First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank all the delegations that have supported us throughout the rounds of balloting last Wednesday and today. I would also like to pledge our support to all those whom we have supported, as well as to announce that Uganda, having obtained 39 …
It is with profound shock and deep sadness that I stand here, in
my capacity as Chairman of the African Group for the month of November, and also in my personal capacity as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, to express my heartfelt condolences on the death of H…
Permit me at the very outset to thank Mr. Richard Ryan, the representative of Ireland and President of the Security Council for this month, for his introduction of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session for the reporting period 2000- 2001. I also take t…
I thank you, Sir. My delegation is delighted to see you providing over this session and would like to commend the delegation of Jamaica for hosting this important discussion. We welcome once again this opportunity to discuss in the Security Council the most devastating war faced by mankind during pe…
I am privileged once again to take the floor to address the representatives here assembled on a subject of such immense importance to Africa in particular, and the international community in general. I am referring to the question of peace, security and development. Eighteen months have passed since…
We are meeting at a time when the need to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations for the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance has never been greater. The recent catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey, Greece and Taiwan, inter alia, have once again pointed to the immense nee…
I exercise my right of reply to contribute not to the negative tone of this debate, but to a positive one, because that is the wish of my Government. Hence, I shall reiterate Uganda’s position, namely, that Uganda is committed to the search for a peaceful solution to the war in the Democratic Republ…
As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and as we end today the Human Rights Year which began on 10 December 1997, it is fitting to recognize with satisfaction the long journey and the progress that has been made since 1948, when the General Assembly …
I wish to announce that Uganda withdraws its candidature.
In view of the fact that new ballot papers will need to be prepared to take into account the withdrawals that have just been announced, I propose to suspend the meeting for 10 minutes. May I take it that the Assembly agrees to that proposal?
