First of all, through you, Madam President, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/61/90) on the role of the Economic and Social Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in the l…
Since this is the first time my delegation is addressing the Council under Denmark’s presidency, let me congratulate President Løj on assuming this important post. We are confident that under her able stewardship the Council will be very productive this month.
My delegation expresses its appreciat…
Our delegation joins the President and other representatives in expressing our deep solidarity with and sympathy for the peoples and the Governments of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, which have been severely affected by the recent earthquake. Indonesia joins other members of the international comm…
My delegation believes that the adoption of the Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism signals the unity and determination of the international community to eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The significance of the Convention lies in the fact that it will p…
I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for the convening of this open meeting of the Security Council to review the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) over the past three months. We would like to express our appreciation to Ambassador Konuzin, Chairman o…
The delegation of Indonesia was appalled to learn of the assassination by
Israel on 22 March 2004 of the leader of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. That attack led, even more sadly, to the deaths of eight others, and we strongly condemn it.
In our view, Israel’s policy of targeted assassinations is not…
Allow me to state the following on behalf of my colleagues members of the Group of 77 and China.
The Group of 77 and China joined the consensus on the adoption of this resolution, but not without great disappointment. We are very much concerned about the spirit under which this resolution was negot…
It would be remiss if my delegation did not say a few words concerning the issue of improving the working methods of the Fifth
My delegation holds the view that we should not be disheartened that our consideration of this subject could not be completed during the session. Rather, we are heartened t…
Let me, if I may, speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. My delegation does
On behalf of the Group of 77, I would like to place on record that the Group of 77 and China continue to believe that this is not the right time to discuss or to reopen the debate on the issue of the scale of assessm…
The member States of the Group of 77 and China are deeply concerned that, despite our continued and sincere wish to take action by consensus, the General Assembly has once again taken a decision on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by vote. It is a matter of princ…
Before we conclude our consideration of this agenda item, permit me to state that the Group of 77 and China agreed to join the consensus on this resolution since it clearly spells out the regrettable quality of documents A/52/758 and A/52/848. In this regard, the documents did not fully respond to t…
We have listened to the statements by the representative of Japan and by the representative of the Secretariat. In that regard, the Group of 77 and China would like to place on record that we are not convinced of the need for the Secretariat to have made a statement on the financial implications of …
