I have the honour to speak on behalf of the African Group. I wish at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on such an important issue. I would also like to congratulate the Belgian presidency of the Security Council for having chosen to highlight the link between natural…
The African Group learned with great sadness of the passing of Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and former President of Austria. On this occasion, we should like to express our most heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and to the Government and the people of Aust…
I am pleased to take the floor in this debate on agenda item 114 on multilingualism. I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and informative report on multilingualism in the Secretariat and for the important conclusions that it contains, in addition to the recommendations …
On behalf of my delegation, I wish to congratulate you, Madam, on the way in which you are conducting this debate, which is of particular importance to Member States. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (A/61/483).
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Madam President, allow me to begin by congratulating you on the manner in which you are guiding this debate. I should like also to thank the Ambassador of Qatar, the President of the Security Council for the current month, for having introduced the report of the Security Council submitted to the Gen…
The discussion in the General Assembly of the question of Palestine during its annual meeting, and in accordance with a tradition that goes back more than 50 years, is particularly important this year, given the current dangers in the occupied Palestinian territory and in the Middle East in general.…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate the Secretary-General on his report entitled “Sport for Development and Peace: the way forward” (A/61/373) and to tell him how much my delegation appreciates the work done by Mr. Adolf Ogi, former President of Switzerland, Special Adviser to the Secretary-Gener…
It is a great pleasure for the delegation of Tunisia to take the floor on this agenda item.
At the outset I wish, on behalf of my delegation, to thank Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, for her detailed and comprehensive statement on the work of the main judicia…
I would like to endorse fully the statement made by South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I will focus on certain points that are particularly important for Tunisia.
The increasing interest of the international community and the United Nations system in particular towards Africa is t…
I should like to endorse the statement made by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
This important debate is the first high-level event of the United Nations entirely devoted to migration and development. It is the outcome of a long process of coordination and …
I would like to express deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this annual meeting, which has been held for half a century, to focus the attention of the General Assembly on the question of Palestine and the struggle of Palestinian people. There can be no doubt that this centra…
Sir, before discussing agenda item 48 (b), allow me first of all to thank you on behalf of Tunisia for your recent statement on the World Summit on the Information Society. We are convinced that your appeal for high- level participation in the second phase of the Summit, which will be held in Tunis …
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by Namibia on behalf of the African Group.
By dedicating part of its recommendations to the specific needs of Africa, the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting (resolution 60/1) c…
The Tunisian delegation sets great store by the agenda item before us today, and takes this opportunity to express its appreciation for the quality of the reports produced on the issues under consideration. We also thank the Secretariat staff for their eloquent presentation of those contributions to…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your outstanding presidency of the Security Council during the month of March. I should also like to thank you for having taken the initiative of organizing a public wrap-up meeting on the Council’s deliberations this month and for permitting …
At this time of international bereavement, Tunisia reiterates its condolences to the affected countries of South Asia and Africa for their human losses resulting from the tsunami.
We further wish to express our esteem for the generous pledges of contributions made in response to the United Nations …
The General Assembly’s annual consideration of the question of Palestine is a situation that we have seen for about half a century, but these are especially sad circumstances because of the passing of the historic leader of the Palestinian people and symbol of their long struggle, Chairman Yasser Ar…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to subscribe to the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I would like to explain Tunisia’s views concerning some issues of interest.
The major event of September 2005 marks an important date on the international ag…
First of all, may I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General for the remarkable work he has done in drawing up his detailed and exhaustive report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/59/62 and Add.1). My thanks also go to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the…
On behalf of the delegation of Tunisia, I would like to read to the General Assembly the following statement:
As we are celebrating the fifty-ninth anniversary of the International Day of the United Nations, we affirm our respect for the noble purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, …
