As this is my first statement before the historic Millennium Assembly, I wish warmly to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri of Finland on his election to the presidency of the Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. We are fully confident that he will lead our deliberations to a successful outcome. I take t…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I take this opportunity to commend your initiative to convene this meeting, which allows Members of the United Nations that are not members of the Security Council to ex…
We are discussing today one of the most important items on the agenda of this session: the report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization. It deals with humanitarian challenges, and we would like to express our thanks to the Secretary-General for the interest he has paid to this top…
Allow me first of all to take this opportunity to warmly thank the President, on behalf of my delegation, for having convened the General Assembly to consider agenda item 167, entitled “Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo”. As the Assembly knows, the Congo is a brotherly Af…
First, I would like to thank the Chairman of the African Group for the Group's submission of this draft resolution which he was kind enough to introduce on the Group's behalf.
I also would like to thank all the parties that succeeded in bringing this draft resolution to the Assembly by consensus, a…
At the outset, allow me to associate my delegation with the statement of the Non-Aligned Movement on this item. We wish to express our support for the Movement’s position, which was reaffirmed at the Durban summit. I also wish to express my delegation’s support for the African position concerning th…
As Chairman of the African Group this month, I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly the draft
As you know, Niger belongs to the Sahelian geographic region, whose environment is unstable and subject to drought and desertification. This limits the economic activities of its inhabitant…
The United Nations was founded after the indescribable destruction and human suffering of the Second World War, which claimed millions of victims and dispersed hundreds of thousands of refugees. The United Nations embodied the hope of a final end to humanity’s suffering.
Fifty years later, the Unit…
“Among the Believers are men Who have been true to Their covenant with Allah: Of them some have died And some (still) wait: But they have never changed (Their determination) in the least.” (The Holy Koran, XXXIII:23)
This is a sad time to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Afric…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Although my Minister for Foreign Affairs has already done so, I wished to congratulate him personally.
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General for his efforts in preparing the rep…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. Our thanks go also to the representative of Kenya for the able way in which he presided over the work of the Council last month.
I have the honour of addressing the Council on behalf of the …
It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to extend to you once again our congratulations on presiding over the Council. I should like also to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the Ambassador of Gabon on his presidency of the Council.
The Sudan, thanks to the close neighbourly ties of kinship an…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you and your fraternal country, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I would like to thank you personally for your guidance of the Council. We would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to His Excellency the…
I should like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing the General Assembly take up agenda item 156, “Towards a culture of peace”, during this session. We are convinced that peace and its culture are no longer a mere desirable objective but have become a comprehensive process aimed at ensur…
I would like to explain my delegation’s vote on draft resolution VII, concerning the situation of human rights in the Sudan, contained in document A/51/619/Add.3.
Today I will speak neither about selectivity nor about the politicization of the issue of human rights. Our position is quite clear and …
The Government of the Sudan, based on its commitment to all its citizens, took the initiative to invite the United Nations to participate with the Government of the Sudan in coordinating and managing Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) to deliver assistance and relief to those affected by the war. This i…
At the outset, I should like to thank the officers of the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council for their efforts, which are reflected in the report before us. …
I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization, which touches on many issues that are the focus of the Organization’s attention. Our views on these issues were expressed earlier this week in the statement made by my country’s F…
Allow me to begin by offering heartfelt congratulations, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We have confidence in your wisdom and in your ability to lead the deliberations of the Council to positive and just results. We would also like to express our ap…
