I would like to join other members of the Council in thanking our briefers this morning, Judge Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the two Prosecutors, Mr. Brammertz an…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, on behalf of Ambassador Amil and the Pakistan delegation for the opportunity to participate in this important debate initiated under your presidency. We align ourselves with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Morocco on behalf of the Non-…
On behalf of Ambassador Haroon and the Pakistan delegation, I wish to thank Ambassador Paul Badji, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and his country Senegal for their leadership and outstanding contribution to the cause of Palestine.
Two …
Pakistan’s position on the agenda item under consideration, expressed
individually and collectively in the context of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, is known. We share the concern over the devastating impact and widespread environmental damage caused by the fires. We therefore sympathi…
We are meeting in the Council for the fourth time in almost as many weeks to
discuss, yet again, the ever-worsening situation in the Middle East. It is indeed a matter of concern to the international community that Israel persists in its defiance of the successive resolutions adopted by the Council…
Thank you, Mr. President, for accommodating me at this late hour. I know that we are all running against time. I promised that I would be brief, and I will be.
First, my congratulations go to you, Sir, on your presidency. Then, I express profound appreciation to my colleague, Ambassador Peter Kolby…
We meet today in pain and grief over what is happening in Palestine. Only three weeks ago, the Security Council acted with courage and wisdom, reaffirming the vision of a lasting peace in the Middle East. That vision, unfortunately, has been blurred by the events of the past 24 hours, demonstrating …
I too would like to begin by conveying to our Afghan brothers, on behalf of my Government and the people of Pakistan, our profound grief and sympathy over the tragic loss of life and the material devastation caused by the earthquakes in the northern part of Afghanistan, which have also affected nort…
Once again we return to this Chamber, as we have done so many times before, to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Like others, Sir, we too are happy to see you presiding over this important Security Council meeting.
The deteriorating situation in Palestine…
Once again, we are deliberating an issue which has been a challenge to the international community for decades. It also represents one of those cases in contemporary history in which a poor and dispossessed nation, which had sacrificed so much for the cause of the free world, was treated in turn by …
We are discussing today the cooperation between the United Nations and various regional and other organizations. I think it was an ingenious decision to lump together the whole list of organizations; this lumping together, hopefully, will remove some of the lumps from within the United Nations syste…
At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, and also the Secretary-
General for the progress report that we have before us on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General. This, together with the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the …
Yesterday, we commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. It is only befitting that we started our debate to coincide with this occasion. It was a day of reflection and resolve — reflection, because it has been 54 years that the Palestinian people have remained depr…
We compliment the Secretary-General on his “Road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration”. Last year our leaders assembled here and adopted the historic Millennium Declaration, reaffirming their faith in the United Nations and its Charter as indispensable foundati…
At the outset, I would like to extend our warm felicitations to Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei on his reappointment as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). We also appreciate the excellent work that the Agency has been doing under his able leadership in the promotion of the peac…
Let me begin by expressing our appreciation to my good friend, Ambassador Richard Ryan, the Permanent Representative of Ireland and current President of the Security Council, for introducing the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
We are considering the report of the Secu…
Only a year ago our leaders assembled in this great city, the capital of the world, to reaffirm their faith in the ideals of the United Nations and to pledge to work together for a better world, a more peaceful and a more just world. They renewed their commitment to the timeless and universal purpos…
This year, as we address ourselves to the Secretary-General’s annual report, we should be performing more than just a ritual. It is a different year that we look at in retrospect. The Millennium year, the first of the twenty-first century, as it will be remembered in history, started with a renewed …
Since I am addressing the General Assembly at this session for the first time since the horrendous tragedy that struck both this great city of New York and Washington, I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to express our profound sympathy and condolences to the Government and the people o…
It is really good to see you, Sir, presiding over this chief deliberative organ of the United Nations, which, it seems, in the true spirit of the Millennium Declaration, is seeking to assert its authority by moving in recent months like a homeless person from room to room and finally taking shelter …
