I would like at the outset to join others to express my delegation’s thanks and gratitude to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his valuable and comprehensive report, contained in document A/59/303, on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, in which he spoke very …
The international community’s growing interest in Africa, and the interest of the United Nations system in particular, reflects the worldwide realization of the urgent need to establish a true partnership for development for our continent, which has suffered for decades from the horrors of armed con…
First of all, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on the manner in which you are guiding this debate. My delegation also thanks Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom and President of the Security Council for the current month, for introducing the rep…
Allow me at the outset to express to you, Mr. President, and other members of the Council our sincere thanks for promptly responding to the request to convene this urgent meeting by the Group of Arab States, on whose behalf I have the honour to make this statement.
I also express to you, Sir, our c…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, and to the other members of the Security Council my profound thanks for your speedy response to the request of the Arab Group to hold this urgent meeting to discuss the dangerous developments occurring in the occupied Palestinian territories.
I would li…
I would like first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for your rapid and positive response to the request for the convening of this urgent meeting to discuss the most recent serious events in the Middle East. I would also like to take this opportunity to say how much we welcome the skilful way in w…
On behalf of the African Group, I too would like to express the sympathy of the African Group and its member States to the Government and the people of brotherly Morocco with regard to the recent earthquake and the resulting heavy toll in human lives and material damage. Morocco, a brother country m…
The Tunisian delegation attaches particular importance to the debate that brings us together today, on information and communication technologies in the service of development, particularly since this meeting is being held on the eve of the beginning of work in Geneva on the first stage of the World…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made this morning by the representative of Morocco, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I would like to add a few elements that we believe are particularly important.
Let me at the outset take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the Secreta…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary- General contained in document A/58/260, which is entitled “Assistance in mine action” and which is now before the General Assembly. That report attests to the remarkable progress that has been achieved with regard to the six strategic goals set out…
I am pleased to take the floor under agenda item 39 (a), “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support”. In that regard, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/58/254). In addition, we should like to take note of the statement…
The Security Council is meeting once again to review Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people and its flouting of the principles adopted by the international community in its search for a just and lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East.
The numerous meetings of the Security Coun…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank Ambassador John Negroponte, President of the Security Council for this month, for his introduction of the report of the Security Council (A/58/2), submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
My dele…
I wish on behalf of my delegation to thank the Secretary- General for his report on implementation of the Millennium Declaration (A/58/323), adopted by heads of State or Government from all over the world in September 2000. The report has the merit of having clearly and courageously identified the c…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of October. My appreciation goes to Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry for the way in which he guided the work of the Council last month. My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having responded so quickly to the request to co…
Once again, the General Assembly is taking up the question of Palestine, as it has done in previous years. Since the convening of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, certain developments have taken place with regard to this central issue, among which we would like to highlight the signi…
The General Assembly's annual consideration of cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reflects the interest of the international community in the contribution that such cooperation can make to the realization of the purposes and principles of the United Nation…
The General Assembly is again taking up a report of the Security Council, submitted in accordance with Article 24, paragraph 3, and Article 15, paragraph 1, of the Charter. We would like to thank the Council and its President for this report.
During our consideration of last year’s report of the Se…
On behalf of the New York delegations of the Group of African States I would first like to express our most sincere condolences to the leadership and the people of the State of Bahrain on the sudden passing of His Highness Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa. I would like to express to you, Mr. Chairma…
As it has done for more than half a century, the General Assembly at its fifty-third session is once again considering the question of Palestine. This endows the question with special importance, given the sensitive situation in the occupied territories and in the Middle East in general. With the pa…
