At the outset, I wish to take this opportunity to thank the President for convening this meeting to consider agenda item 75, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, which holds great significance for the international community as a whole.
This year, the subject of oceans occupies a special place as the U…
I have the honour to introduce, under agenda item 44, draft resolution A/61/L.62, entitled “International Day of Non- Violence”. In addition to the 114 sponsors named in the document, I have the pleasure to inform the Assembly that a further 26 member States have also become sponsors, bringing the n…
On behalf of the Government of India, I would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as the President of the General Assembly and on the successful organization of this important High-level Meeting to review the progress made in the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for t…
We are pleased to participate in this joint debate on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly and the strengthening of the United Nations system. We thank
the Secretary-General for the detailed documentation presented under the two agenda items. We express our appreciation for the in…
Thank you, Mr. President, for accommodating me in the forenoon portion of today’s Council meeting. We welcome you to the Council and convey our deep appreciation of the contribution of Ambassador Ole Peter Kolby and his team to the work of the Council. Today’s meeting is timely and, under your presi…
I thank the Secretary- General for his report contained in document A/56/270, on the final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. I would also like to express our appreciation for the extremely useful report contained i…
We are once again gathered to debate the obvious. There is general agreement that the Security Council needs to be reformed and enlarged in order to make it more representative of the general membership, and to enable it to discharge its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations more …
Let me begin by congratulating Bulgaria, Cameroon, Guinea, Mexico and the Syrian Arab Republic on their election to the Security Council, whose report we are considering.
If we had to describe it in one word, we would call the report elephantine: it is huge, ponderous and, like the blind men of Hin…
On Monday, a few hours before the General Assembly began its debate on terrorism here, in India a suicide bomber drove his car, packed with explosives, into the compound of the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, while two accomplices sprayed bullets at anyone in sight. Forty people are dead …
Allow me to convey our congratulations to the President on his assuming the office of the President of the General Assembly. We are confident that his wise and able leadership will guide us through a session that has begun under a terrible shadow. We also place on record our appreciation for Mr. Har…
As this is the first time I have spoken in the plenary this session, let me express our outrage at, and condemnation of, the monstrous act of terrorism perpetrated recently on the host country, and express our sympathy and condolences to the bereaved, and deep regret over the immense material damage…
Mr. President, it is always a pleasure for my delegation to see you chairing plenary meetings of the Assembly. We appreciate your calling this meeting on this important subject.
Only a few years back, the General Assembly, acting on the Secretary General’s report entitled “An Agenda for Peace” and …
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for arranging this meeting so expeditiously, and to the German delegation, led by Ambassador Kastrup, for taking the initiative to prepare the draft resolution and mobilizing support for it in such a short time.
We meet to discuss actions that in the twenty-fi…
We joined in sponsoring the draft resolution on assistance to El Salvador as a result of the earthquake of 13 January 2001 out of a sense of sympathy and solidarity. We now find ourselves affected by the same devastation.
I would like to express appreciation for the words of sympathy and concern ex…
Mr. President, it is a great pleasure to see you presiding in the very first month of Singapore’s current tenure on the Security Council. This is truly a remarkable inauguration of Singapore’s service on the Council. Your wisdom in identifying the topic of strengthening co-operation with troop- cont…
The peace process that began in Madrid in 1991 infused new life into the efforts to end the Arab-Israel conflict, an issue which has been of high priority to the international community for decades. The Madrid peace process was envisaged as a process of direct negotiations proceeding along two track…
As we celebrate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the international community today underlines its support for the people of Palestine in their quest for peace and justice and for the realization of their legitimate goals and aspirations. We would like to reaffirm our …
At the outset, I express our deep gratitude to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab of Namibia, and Ambassadors John De Saram of Sri Lanka and Hans Dahlgren of Sweden, for guiding the work of the Open-ended Working Group in an exemplary manner.
The debate on this subject has now be…
I have the honour of introducing the draft resolution contained in document A/55/L.20 entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. The text of the draft resolution has been jointly prepared by members of the Executive Committee of the Inter- Parliamentary Unio…
May I begin by thanking the President of the Security Council for introducing the report of the Council. I congratulate Colombia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore on their election last week to the Council.
All Member States have a deep interest in the work of the Security Council and we at…
