I congratulate you, Sir, once again on your election as President of the fifty- sixth session of the General Assembly. I also wish to express high appreciation to Mr. Harri Holkeri, who carried out his duties as President of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly in an excellent manner. I w…
I would like to express high appreciation to Ambassador Richard Ryan, President of the Security Council, for having introduced the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
The number of open-ended meetings of the Security Council has recently increased, thus improving its work…
Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes a major force that poses constant instability and threats to all countries and peoples. It is, therefore, important, in ensuring world peace and security, that effective measures be taken to eliminate terrorism.
The large-scale terrorist inc…
I first congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session.
My delegation expresses its great appreciation to the Secretary-General for presenting his report on the work of the Organization.
I also take this opportunity to express once…
I should like at the outset to express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report on the prevention of armed conflict, contained in document A/55/985. In his report, the Secretary- General has defined the prevention of armed conflict as the major United Nations activity for the maintenance of…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.14, submitted under agenda item 183, entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula”. In the draft resolution the General Assembly would welcome and support the historic inter-Korean summit held at Pyongyang in June this yea…
On behalf of the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I should like first of all to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. I believe that the present session will produce the desired results under his leader…
Since the Security Council is facing ever-increasing new challenges and the current session is the last one of the twentieth century, we believe it would be most appropriate for the deliberation of the agenda item now before us to be seized as an opportunity to review comprehensively and in the ligh…
First of all, I should like to say that my delegation takes note of the report of the Security Council submitted to the General Assembly.
In ensuring international peace and security, in conformity with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, the responsibility of the Security Co…
