The adoption by consensus of the draft resolution for emergency humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia under agenda item 21 (b), “Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions”, has a significant message to my people and Government. I am grateful to note that Ethiopia enjoys the full s…
I should like to announce that, since the publication of draft resolution A/57/L.57, the following countries have become sponsors: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Canada, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ecuador, France, the Gambia, Ghana, Israel, Jordan, Liberia, the Netherl…
On behalf of the African Group, I have the honour to introduce, under agenda item 21(b), “Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions”, draft resolution A/57/L.41 on international assistance for the economic rehabilitation of Angola, and draft resolution A/57/L.46 on assistance to…
At the outset, allow me once again to express our pleasure at seeing you, Madam, presiding over this important agenda item before the General Assembly.
I would also wish to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his report entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change”…
My delegation strongly condemns the terrorist acts committed in Bali on 12 October 2002 and expresses its deepest sympathy and condolences to the people and the Government of Indonesia and to all the victims and their families. In this connection, we commend the Security Council for the swift action…
Like my colleague, the Ambassador of France, I had the privilege of chairing the first panel, whose theme was how information and communication technologies (ICT) leverage development to meet the Millennium Summit goals, building on multi-stakeholder partnerships for promoting digital opportunities.…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the President on his leadership in the preparation of this timely and important meeting. My delegation fully associates itself with the statement made by the Chair of the Group of 77 and China.
Ethiopia welcomes the convening of the meeting of the General Ass…
We have already made our points. What we want is to fight poverty. We do not want to engage in polemics here. We do not want to dignify the other party by doing so. We would like to leave it to you and the Assembly here to judge.
Ethiopia has only one strategic enemy. Eritrea is not that enemy; the enemy I am referring to is poverty and backwardness. We therefore want to use all our resources, both human and material, to fight poverty. However, we cannot do so if we have a neighbour whose leadership is unable — as it has bee…
Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. That very mandate also requires the Security Council to be truly international, in terms of not only its mandate but also its representation. The proble…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Han on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session.
In Ethiopia, 11 September has for centuries been marked as the beginning of the new year. Three weeks ago, with the shocking, devastating and criminal terrorist acts comm…
Seven years have passed since the General Assembly established an Open-ended Working Group to consider all aspects of the question of an increase of the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council. However, despite the laudable efforts made, much remains to be done to…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his progress report on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN- NADAF). The report provides a solid analysis and concrete recommendations for actions at the national and global levels.…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. As in previous years, the report provides a clear description of the activities undertaken by the two organizations in the framework of their ongoing c…
The spread of HIV/AIDS has become a serious health issue that threatens to reverse a generation of accomplishments in human development and is now becoming a social crisis on a global scale. It threatens the balance of productive employment and livelihood of people in every continent, making it a gl…
I very much regret that I have to speak again. We did not intend to use even the first right of reply, but we were forced to do so. I will be brief. We speak of the commitment to the future. Let us practise it.
For the record, Ethiopia signed the Geneva Convention fifty years ago — not three years …
When my country, signed the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities with Eritrea, it did so with a full commitment to work for a comprehensive peace agreement. It believed, and still does, that the Agreement went beyond the simple silencing of the gun. The Agreement’s spirit was also recognized by a S…
