Allow me at the outset, Sir, to extend my thanks for your quick response to the call to hold a public meeting of the Security Council to consider the very serious developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, prominent among which is their l…
It is my honour to congratulate, on behalf of the African Group, Mr. Mark Malloch Brown on his reappointment as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). I should like to add that we of course associate ourselves with the statement made by the representative of the Kingdom of…
I have the sad privilege today, on behalf of the African Group, of conveying to the friendly delegation, Government and people of Nauru our condolences on the loss of the President of the Republic of Nauru. It is clearly a heavy burden in such circumstances to express to our friends in Nauru the ext…
Once again, an open meeting of the Security Council has been convened to deal with the situation resulting from Israel’s reoccupation of Palestinian territories under the control of the Palestinian Authority, in blatant violation of the agreements it has signed with the Palestinian Authority and wit…
I should like at the outset, until a more authoritative voice can do so, to congratulate Mr. Han on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session and to assure him of the full cooperation of the delegation of Mauritania.
I should also like to express to the peopl…
We have gathered here today to consider the question of Palestine under agenda item 41.
More than three hundred martyrs have already fallen, and thousands have been wounded, in the wake of the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Reports carried by the international medi…
Before I make my statement, I wish, on behalf of African delegations, to extend our condolences to the sister delegations of Angola and Singapore in connection with the tragic plane accidents that claimed so many lives, and ask them to convey our condolences to the families of the victims.
I wish t…
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania pursues a foreign policy based on firm foundations: good neighbourliness, peaceful coexistence and the strengthening of cooperation
My country is following the situation in the Middle East closely and attentively. In this regard, while reaffirming anew our full su…
On this fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the conference that
After so many years, this celebration today provides a unique opportunity for the United Nations and its Members to increase efforts to promote awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…
Allow me first to convey to you, Sir, my thanks for holding this plenary meeting, which offers to the members of the international community, without distinction, the opportunity to exchange views on an important question which concerns all and greatly disturbs many people, and that is the issue whi…
As this is the first time that I have spoken to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session, I should like to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko presiding over our work. Given his experience and personal qualities, we are sure that, under his guidance, we will achieve posit…
