It gives me pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session and on presiding at the high- level dialogue on globalization. Your election reflects the appreciation of the international community of you and of the positive r…
We appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General to settle disputes by peaceful means and to consolidate the tenets of international peace and security, and we wish to recognize his contribution to the establishment of a just peace in the Middle East on the basis of international legitimacy and th…
Mr. President, allow me, as my predecessors have done, to congratulate you and your brotherly country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I am confident that your experience and wisdom will successfully guide the deliberations of the Council. We would also like …
Since it was established over a half century ago, the United Nations has been able to help end numerous wars and conflicts that threatened regional and international peace and security. It has also contributed a great deal to ending colonialism in many parts of the world. What remains to be done is …
The question of Palestine is at a critical stage, with serious repercussions that are halting the peace process between the Arabs and the Israelis mainly because of Israeli prevarication despite Security Council and United Nations resolutions and international accords that Israel signed with the Pal…
In recent times, the world has seen the end of the cold war and of bipolar division. Today’s is a new world order dominated by a single super-Power and by the globalization of markets, finance, communications and culture. The second half of the twentieth century was marked by great, and astonishing,…
At this fifty-fourth session of the Assembly, we are debating the item entitled “The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Etched in our minds are the tragic, shocking events of ethnic cleansing in that part of the world. As we stand at the threshold of a new century, we hope that the
At the outset…
Now that we are on the threshold of a new century, in a world undergoing tremendous changes, a world shaped by technological and scientific progress, telecommunications revolution and the rapid exchange of information, at a time when markets are becoming global, we can only hope that all these devel…
Eager to ensure a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, as well as security and stability in the Middle East, the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has supported the peace process from the beginning. Our support will continue, convinced as we are that peace is a strategic choice.
The Gover…
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It is noteworthy that, between July and September of this year — a period of no more than three months — the Israeli Government added 2,600 new settler units, whereas the former Government approved no more than 3,000 new units in the course of an …
For over five decades, since the establishment of the United Nations, this Organization has assumed responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. The activities undertaken by the Organization to achieve that goal have covered many fields, including human rights, disarmament, outer…
We are discussing today the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference”. In this respect, I wish to express our deep appreciation and full support for the report submitted by the Secretary-General in document A/54/308.
Since its incep…
It gives me pleasure, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I wish you all success as you carry out your duties. My appreciation goes also to your
Ethnic cleansing, the expulsion of citizens and the destruction of property in Kos…
