I wish to begin by expressing my gratitude to the Secretary- General for pursuing United Nations reform. I also praise him for his reports on the different aspects of United Nations reform and his proposals for streamlining the work of the General Assembly and its Main Committees.
I cannot fail to …
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting on the grave and deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territory.
The separation wall, which is being built by the Israeli regime deep in the occupied West Bank, marks the beginning of a new phase in …
I wish to begin by thanking the Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group on the reform of the Security Council, his two Vice-Chairmen and members of the Bureau for their outstanding work over the past year and, in particular, for their leadership and patience during the discussions of the Working Gr…
I wish to begin by thanking His Excellency Mr. John Negroponte, the President of the Security Council, for introducing the report of the Council (A/58/2) to the General Assembly.
We attach great importance to the agenda item under consideration. What we are considering is the annual report by the S…
At the outset, Mr. President, I wish to express my appreciation for the hard work done by you and by your predecessor on the draft resolution under consideration (A/57/L.79). We fully understand that the draft resolution is a result of a long debate and that, given the controversial difficulties inv…
I should like at the outset to convey my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for all his comprehensive and informative reports under agenda item 22, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”. All those reports certainly deserve great attent…
Let me begin by offering my delegation’s condolences to the people and the Government of Indonesia and to the families of those who lost their lives as a result of the recent brutal terrorist attack in Bali.
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Belinga-Eboutou of Cameron, the President o…
The Israeli regime, in pursuit of its bloody campaign and its racist and aggressive policy, is employing more vicious measures against the defenceless Palestinian people. It has once again reacted excessively and disproportionately in the occupied territories, killing and injuring dozens of civilian…
I wish to begin by thanking you, Sir, for holding this open debate on an important development in the Security Council, which is of great importance to the general membership of the United Nations.
The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) has thus far been a stabilizing
factor…
At the outset, allow me to express my thanks to the Secretary- General for the comprehensive report he has presented on the various aspects of the situation in Afghanistan. I wish also to thank him for his personal commitment to Afghanistan and for his decision to revive the mission of Mr. Lakhdar B…
I wish at the outset to convey our appreciation and gratitude to the
Mr. President, we are pleased that you are guiding our deliberations on this critically important issue at this session. We have full confidence in your diplomatic skills and in your commitment to see our deliberations to a succes…
The annual discussions on the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the General Assembly provide us with an opportunity to express once again our commitment to the promotion and strengthening of peace in the multi-ethnic, multicultural society in that country.
The presence of the t…
Allow me to make a correction to the oral revision my delegation proposed this morning.
In the seventh preambular paragraph, please insert “promote culture of peace,” before “remove threats to peace”. The paragraph will therefore read,
“Emphasizing the indispensable role of dialogue as a means to …
