Turkey has aligned itself with the statements made on behalf of the European Union under agenda items 36 and 37 entitled “The situation in the Middle East” and “Question of Palestine”, respectively. I would like to further elaborate on our views at this critical juncture.
The Middle East is current…
Turkey has been unwavering in its support for a just and lasting solution to the Nagorny Karabakh conflict on the basis of the fundamental principles of international law, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the relevant Security Council resolutions and good neighbourly relations. In that regar…
It is my solemn and sad duty to speak on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on our loss of a valiant leader of the Palestinian people, President Yasser Arafat. As evidenced by the numerous speakers who have taken the floor before me, representing the four corners of the world, this…
When the issue of the inclusion of an additional item on the agenda of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, entitled “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan”, was discussed in the General Committee only two days ago, no member of the Committee, nor any other member who t…
As this is the first time I am taking the floor at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, Sir, I would like to join preceding speakers before me in congratulating you on your election to the presidency at the current session. I also would like to seize this opportunity to assure you and th…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October and to wish the United Kingdom delegation every success in this important task. We express our appreciation to your Spanish predecessor for the able manner in which he guided …
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on Guinea’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council at such a crucial juncture and to wish you every success in this important duty. Our appreciation goes to your predecessor, the German presidency, for bringing its task to completion with care and dilig…
Only two days before the convening of this Security Council meeting, which deals with the international implications of modern forms of terrorism, a gruesome terrorist attack took place in the Republic of Korea. At the outset, therefore, I would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the victim…
My delegation has already associated itself with the statement made by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the European Union. In the light of Turkey’s deep-rooted historical ties with Afghanistan, I would like to add the following remarks.
One year has passed since the signing of the Bonn A…
On 12 October 2002, at the Twelfth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), held in Istanbul, Turkey assumed the chairmanship of the ECO. It is my country’s honour, in that capacity, to introduce today draft resolution A/57/L.22, entitled “Cooperation betwe…
I do not wish to indulge myself in a prolonged debate, as I see that it is futile indeed to expect my Armenian colleague to question at least some aspects of his arguments. I would say only this. As is very well known, at the end of the First World War, the Armenians, reminding the victorious Powers…
During his address to the general debate on 16 September, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Armenia, His Excellency Mr. Vartan Oskanian, announced that his country will continue to work for the recognition of the Armenian genocide, probably implying those who have fallen under con…
My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and wishes you every success in that very important work. We also
wish to express our appreciation of the excellent way in which Ambassador Ole Peter Kolby of Norway conducted the Council during the c…
Turkey has aligned itself with the statement made by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union. That statement not only laid out the many questions that are currently at the forefront of Turkey’s concerns, but also showed a sensible way out of the very worrisome and worsening situa…
Turkey has aligned itself with the statement just made by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union. Therefore, I shall confine myself to brief comments on the points which we think are of particular importance from my country’s perspective.
I should like at the outset to remind…
With regard to the two draft resolutions before us under the agenda item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, Turkey will vote against the draft resolution entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, contained in document A/56/L.17. The reason for my delegation’s negative vote is that some of the…
I understand; we can go along these lines with my Armenian colleague, but I will restrain myself to what Professor Bernard Lewis wrote in Ha’aretz on 23 January 1998,
“The Armenians want to benefit from both worlds. On the one hand, they speak with pride of their struggle against Ottoman despotism,…
Today, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Vartan Oskanian, deploring once again the absence of diplomatic relations with neighbouring Turkey, called on Turkey to join in a dialogue, while claiming that Armenia is not willing to permit its tragic past to define its actio…
I am afraid that this intervention cannot really be classified as a statement in exercise of the right of reply in the classic employment of the term, but I just wish to state that I understand that the representative of Israel, when talking about empires, was indeed referring to the Roman empire an…
