At the outset, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the Secretary-General for the report on the Organization’s activities (A/57/1) as well as his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration (A/57/270), adopted in September 2000 by the United Nations. While the former report p…
First of all, I should like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at the very timely holding of this meeting of the General Assembly devoted to information and communication technologies (ICT) for development.
This meeting provides an ideal opportunity for exchanges of views among Member States, …
The Algerian delegation is delighted to see a man of your stature and experience presiding over the Council, particularly at a time when it is discussing ways and means of preventing and resolving the conflicts that continue to beset Africa.
In this connection, my delegation wishes to express its f…
At the outset, I should like to emphasize that, like many other delegations, the Algerian delegation has reached the point where it cannot but ask itself if yet another debate on the situation in the Palestinian territories, or even yet another resolution, could possibly have any meaning at all. Thi…
Let me start by saying how pleased we are, Sir, to see you presiding over the Security Council, and to convey to you the satisfaction I am sure I share with all other Member States at the uniformly praiseworthy manner in which you have conducted the work of the Council this month.
Our gratitude goe…
Mr. President, may I at the outset say how pleased I am at seeing you presiding over the Security Council and how satisfied I am, as I am sure are all Member States, for the entirely praiseworthy way that you have been doing so this far. My delegation is also very pleased to see Mexico return to the…
Beginning with this session, cooperation between the United Nations and the whole complement of regional organizations is being examined under a single agenda item. While we support this reform, the obvious goal is to rationalize the work of the General Assembly and make it more efficient, my delega…
Allow me at the outset to convey my thanks to the Secretariat for the high quality of the documents that are before us today as we consider the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit.
However, my delegation is surprised that neither the Secretary-General nor any representative of his are…
Our debate on Security Council reform comes this year at a time marked by the growing discontent and sensation of frustration numerous delegations feel with regard to the Council. In a time when all institutions have striven to adapt to a new international reality, the Council still struggles to fin…
Article 24 of the Charter stipulates that in discharging its main responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, the Security Council acts on behalf of the Members of the Organization.
The Council is, therefore, supposed to submit annual reports and, if necessary, special reports t…
A year ago, during the Millennium Summit, here in the Assembly and in this very city — which has been so sorely tried but is still upright and more determined than ever in the face of adversity — we made a solemn commitment to build for future generations a world free of fear, hunger and ignorance. …
Our consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization falls this year on the very date on which the general debate had been scheduled to begin. The rooms and hallways of our Organization, which are usually bustling with life and activity at this time of year, bear …
At the outset I should like to express the pain and horror that we in Algeria feel following the appalling attacks on New York and on Washington. We vehemently condemn these acts and feel immense sympathy for the people and the Government of the United Nations, as well as for the families of the vic…
Thank you, Mr. President. I am particularly pleased to see a diplomat of your talent, your competence and your experience taking over at the head of the Council, whose summer break seems not at all to have lightened our agenda or reduced our responsibilities, from another brilliant diplomat, Ambassa…
At the outset, allow me to express to you, Sir, my great satisfaction at seeing you preside over the work of the Security Council and to extend to Ambassador Saïd Ben Mustapha our gratitude and admiration for the way in which he guided the Council’s work last month.
I also wish to thank you for hav…
Allow me, first of all, to pay tribute to Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab for the wise manner in which he led the work of the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and related matters.
I would also like to express our th…
Although the concept of a dialogue among civilizations emerged a long time ago, paradoxically it owes its new incarnation as much to the stimulus provided by the Iranian President, who proposed 2001 as the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, as to the dire prediction of a catastroph…
I would have preferred not to find myself in the difficult position of having to pay tribute to such an outstanding personality as His Excellency the late President Hafez Al-Assad. I was called by duty, after my colleagues in the Group of Arab States asked me to speak on their behalf, to pay tribute…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting to assess the developments in the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the recent visit by the Security Council delegation to Africa. It is true that today’s meeting is being held within a particularly serious c…
First of all, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting on Sierra Leone in these particularly grave circumstances. On behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and on my own behalf, I should like to congratulate you warmly on you…
