I should like at the outset to thank you, Madam, for having convened this emergency meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We would also like to thank Ms. Angela Kane for her briefing to the Council today.
Over the past two days, Israeli military forces hav…
Madam President, like other Security Council members, I should like to commend you for this mission. Our visit to the region was an important initiative that allowed us to take stock of developments in the Sudan and in particular of the humanitarian situation in Darfur; the agreement reached between…
I would like, first of all, to thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing today.
Throughout history, humankind has suffered enormously as a result of armed conflict. Recent years have seen an increase in armed conflict in various parts of the world, as well as a notable change in the nature of such conflic…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Søren Jessen- Petersen, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for the constructive efforts that he is making in Kosovo and for his technical assessment and the
progress that has been achieved in connection with standards for Kosovo.
The situati…
I should like at the outset to express my thanks to Ambassador Mayoral, Ambassador Løj and Ambassador Burian for their briefings on the activities of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004). Those Committees play an important role in our efforts to…
In the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) we did not get clear and consistent evidence that would condemn those individuals in the way required for imposing sanctions on them in accordance with the Committee’s measures and guidelines. We have frequently stated that we are ready…
I would like first to thank you, Ms. President, for convening this meeting, which is providing additional information to Council members about events in an important part of the world. Qatar is convinced of the need to settle disputes through peaceful means, in particular through negotiations based …
First of all, I should like, on behalf of Qatar, to thank the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al- Hussein, Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations …
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I would like to thank the delegations for their great support for this draft resolution. There is no doubt that the adoption of this resolution demonstrates the determination of Member States to honour their commitments to families. This reflects the importanc…
The Group of 77 and China is introducing draft resolution A/59/L.29 on celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family, which reflects the will of Member States to respect the family and to demonstrate the importance that we attach to supporting and protecting it.
In resol…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive and useful reports provided under agenda items 45 and 55, which are contained in documents A/59/282, A/59/224 and A/59/545. The issues dealt with in the two substantive reports highlight the mai…
On behalf of the Chairman of the Group of 77 — the Ambassador of Qatar, who is currently overseas on an official mission — and China, I take this opportunity to thank you most sincerely, Sir, for convening this meeting to adopt draft resolution A/58/L.8/Rev.1,
entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of …
At the outset, I wish to extend my condolences to Iran for those who fell victim to the earthquake in Bam.
I also wish, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to join those who have spoken in condolence to the Government of Spain and to the family of Ambassador Jaime de Piniés, former President of…
I warmly thank you, Mr. President, for having provided us the opportunity to participate in this debate on a serious and important issue that is threatening international peace and security.
For 54 years now, the General Assembly — under resolution 181 (II), which called for an end to the British m…
It is an honour for me, on behalf of the State of Qatar, to offer my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on presiding over the General Assembly during its meeting devoted to information and communications technologies (ICT) for development in preparation for the upcoming World Summit on the Informa…
At the outset, I thank you most sincerely, Sir, for your work at the helm of the Council this month and for your rapid response to the request of the Arab Group to convene a meeting on the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. As the President of the Organization…
I am pleased to come before the General Assembly to participate on behalf of my country in the discussion of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, in which much work has been done to bring together the different points of view of different cu…
