At the outset, I would like to express my thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening meetings on this agenda item, namely, the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine.
Despite serious efforts on the part of the international community, including the international Quartet …
Allow me, at the outset, to express to the President our appreciation for his wise leadership of the General Assembly, including its relationship with the other bodies of this international Organization, and for the importance he attaches to the issue of Security Council reform. Allow me also to con…
At the outset, let me express to the President the gratitude of my country’s delegation for convening this important meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the items on the global agenda for dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace.
Although all religions and cultures have common d…
I should like at the outset to express our condolences to the people and the Government of Pakistan. I associate myself with the statements made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. I would also like to express my appreciati…
On behalf of its sponsors, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.58, entitled “The right to education in emergency situations”. Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Israel, Ita…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting of the General Assembly in follow up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, widely known as the Goldstone report (A/HRC/12/48). We thank you for you…
We thank the President of the Assembly for responding to the request of the Arab Group and the Non-Aligned Movement to convene a meeting of the General Assembly to consider the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Gaza (A/HRC/12/48), also known as the Goldstone report…
The State of Qatar attaches utmost importance to the question of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to participate in today’s important debate. I wish also to thank Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency R…
It gives me great pleasure to convey my gratitude and appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting, to the Secretary- General and to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for their great efforts in carrying out their work.
I wish to em…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on an item that relates to one of the most significant challenges to international peace and security. I thank Their Excellencies the Chairmen of the three Security Council Committees for their briefings. The briefings were of great importance beca…
I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. I also thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his briefing this morning.
I have the honour to address the Council on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I thank you, Mr. President, …
Mr. President, we wish to thank you for convening this thematic debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also wish to thank Mr. Holmes for his very important and comprehensive briefing. The last report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in cases of armed confli…
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the President on having taken the initiative to convene this important meeting. Undoubtedly, the constructive debate in which we were engaged yesterday was an additional opportunity to promote solidarity and partnership within the international community an…
First of all, I would like to pay tribute to the President of the General Assembly for his personal interest in the issue of climate change and for making it one of this year’s
top priorities. We appreciate his awareness of the importance of this issue and its grave consequences for our planet. We …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I wish to welcome Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia. I thank him for his briefing and urge him to continue the efforts he has undertaken since he took office to promote a comprehensive politi…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to speak today in my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone and of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning L…
Thank you again for convening this debate this morning, Mr. President, and allow me to thank Ambassador Baso Sangqu, Deputy Permanent Representative of South Africa, for his briefing on behalf of Ambassador Kumalo, head of the Security Council field mission to Timor-Leste. I would also like to comme…
At the outset, allow me to welcome Mr. John Holmes, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and to thank him for his briefing to the Council on his recent visit to Somalia, Ethiopia and the Sudan, and his operational activities there in the areas of humani…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this important month, whose agenda is full of important, sensitive topics. We are fully confident of your wisdom and ability, and we assure you of our full cooperation with you and your delegation…
I should like at the outset to welcome Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of South Africa. We thank him for his briefing on the peace talks in Burundi, where South Africa is playing a very important role as Facilitator.
We also thank the Secretary-General for his report on the activit…
