I should like at the outset to express our great sadness at the passing of Pope John Paul II. His death is a great loss, because he was a true icon of peace. When he visited Syria in 2001, he prayed at the church of Saint Ananias in Damascus, where Saint Paul was baptized before the people of Damasc…
It is my honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Arab States members of the League of Arab States, and as Chairman of the Arab Group for the month of February.
It is my sad duty to convey to the Government and the people of Togo our most sincere condolences on the death of the…
I should like, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to consider the tragic effects of the natural disaster that struck South Asia and South-East Asia. We would also like to thank the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the current Chairman of the Association of S…
Unlike other regions, the Middle East has been subjected for many centuries to external threats, an onslaught of injustice, the falsification of facts and the use of force against its people, in a continuous process in which its potential is threatened and its intellectual and material wealth is squ…
It is no coincidence that the countries of the world meet annually on this very day to deal with the ongoing tragedy experienced by the Palestinian people for many decades. That tragedy persists despite the efforts of the international community represented by the United Nations Organization. To thi…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report that has been presented under the two issues on the agenda. We also support the statement made by the Qatar delegation on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
When the heads of State and Government met in New York at the beginning of the n…
I should like first of all to join with all previous speakers who have expressed their sincere and heartfelt condolences to our brothers from the delegation of the United Arab Emirates for the loss of their leader, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, who was an eminent and very worthy ma…
We would like to express our thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on women and peace and security, an issue of great importance on the agenda of the international community. We listened with great interest to the statements made earlier by Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Ms. Thoraya Oba…
I would like to begin by associating myself with the statement delivered by the delegation of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter underscore the right of States to exercise their sovereignty over their own territory and establish t…
It is with great pleasure that we meet today, as children’s issues occupy a prominent place on the agenda of the United Nations, as well as on the agendas of the world’s countries and organizations. There is hardly a United Nations document, whether of the General Assembly or the Security Council, t…
Allow me at the outset to thank Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, President of the Security Council for this month, for submitting the report of the Security Council covering the period from August 2003 to July 2004.
I should like to reiterate on this occasion that the General Assembly’s considerati…
First, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/59/1). I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his report, in view of its importance in the current unstable international circ…
We wish at the outset to express the Syrian delegation’s support for the statement made by the representative of brotherly Algeria yesterday on behalf of the working group of the Non-Aligned Movement on reforming the United Nations and revitalizing the work of the General Assembly.
We also wish to …
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I would also like to express our appreciation for the way in which Ambassador Yáñez-Barnuevo conducted the Council’s deliberations last month. I would like to thank you and, thro…
Allow me at the outset to express the gratitude of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic for the convening of this important meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. My delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for the report before the Council (S/2004/431). We wish also…
It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic, to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting and for resuming the discussion of the item on the question of Palestine. I also wish to thank the countries of the world for their ongoing principled support for the inalienable rights of the Pal…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to give Member States an opportunity to express their opinions on the important subject on the Council’s agenda today. My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made later by the representative of Malaysia on behalf of the Non- A…
Allow me to first express to you, Sir, our appreciation for convening this meeting to discuss the
new crime perpetrated by Israel in assassinating Mr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi and his companions.
The policy of assassinations that has become a major method of the Israelis is disgusting. It shows the I…
Mr. President, allow me first of all to thank you for convening this open meeting of the Security
Council to denounce the crime perpetrated by the Israeli Government in the early morning hours of yesterday that claimed the life of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and six other Palestinians who had been praying …
It gives me pleasure to welcome the presence of Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste. I wish him and the Government and people of Timor-Leste every success in building their nation. I should like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his spe…
