I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to speak before the General Assembly.
My delegation requested the floor in order to make a statement under item 113 on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations, prior to the adoption of dr…
At the outset, the delegation of Iraq would like to express its great appreciation for the efforts made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to fully implement its mandate in accordance with its statute, to implement the safeguards system, to attain the noble objective of ridding humanki…
My delegation did not want to take the floor again, but is obliged to do so because the falsification of facts by the Zionist entity today is very distressing. In its view, the Zionist occupation of southern Lebanon is not an
occupation; it is self-defence. What a lie! This is simply an attempt to …
My delegation wishes to exercise its right of reply with respect to the statement made by the representative of the Zionist entity. Let me begin by stating clearly that the Zionist entity is the most brutal occupying force of modern times. It heads the list when it comes to perpetrating crimes and v…
May I at the outset express my sincere thanks to the delegation of Iran for taking the initiative to include the item “Year of Dialogue among Civilizations” in the agenda of the General Assembly.
At the threshold of the third millennium, the significance of a dialogue among civilizations and cultur…
I should like to express our delegation’s gratitude for the introduction of the draft resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union” during the past year. Just a few months ago, from 30 August to 1 September 2000, the Conference of Presiding Officers of Nat…
In conformity with Article 19 of the Charter, my delegation is being denied the right to vote. This is because my country has been unable to pay its assessed contributions to the United Nations owing to the economic sanctions imposed on it. My delegation has done everything possible to find a way to…
The comprehensive report of the Secretary-General contained in document A/55/1 covers the increasing activities of the United Nations in a world undergoing enormous changes — a fact that underscores the importance of the role of the United Nations and the need to enhance the Organization and promote…
I apologize for asking for the floor again.
I repeat that Iraq has not waged such a campaign. We have pointed out the daily Kuwaiti and Saudi aggression against Iraq since 1991 and the attempts that have been made to sabotage our interests. Once again, the representative of Kuwait raised the issue …
The statement made by the Foreign Minister of Iraq clearly outlined the manifestations and elements of the Anglo- American aggression against Iraq and the Kuwaiti role in that aggression. Kuwait bears the same legal responsibility as the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
W…
The statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait to the General Assembly this morning contained a distortion of facts that requires a reply.
First of all, concerning the issue of those missing in action, the Kuwaiti Minister attempted to politicize the matter and to confine it exclu…
My country’s delegation already presented its comments on paragraph 9, bullet 8, dealing with sanctions. We wish to reaffirm here that this eighth bullet contains a double-standard provision relating to economic sanctions. The paragraph does not reflect the point of view of the international communi…
The General Assembly's consideration today of the item on “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin” reflects the importance that the international community attaches to the humanistic dimensions of the cultural property of peoples as their principal contribution to huma…
The peoples of the world are commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What makes this event all the more significant is that it coincides with the five-year review of the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action with a view to enhan…
Allow me at the outset to join those who supported the statement made by the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Iraq has always been keen on participating in the deliberations under this agenda item for many reasons. First and foremost, this item is of particular in…
