Iraq, a founding Member of the United Nations, is being subjected to criminal, tyrannical, barbaric American- British military aggression. This aggression is killing women, children and the elderly, and it is destroying the lives and future of the people of Iraq, who are the people of civilization —…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council for their efforts aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution to the current crisis, which was created by the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain, with the intention of launc…
My delegation would like to extend its gratitude to you, Sir, for the convening of this open meeting. We would also like to extend our thanks to the delegation of Malaysia, Chairman of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, for requesting this meeting, given the need to hear the opinio…
My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your African wisdom will be the best guarantor of the success of the Council’s work under these difficult circumstances. I should also like to thank Germany for it…
I would like to express my thanks to you, Mr. President, and to the members of the Security Council for acceding to the request made by the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement to convene this open meeting. I also have the pleasure of conveying my gratitude to the delegation of South Afri…
I thank you, Sir, and the Security Council for granting Iraq the opportunity to participate in this meeting and to address the Security Council within the time allotted to us.
I listened very carefully to the presentations by Mr. Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations
Monitoring, Verificat…
My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We wish you success in your work amid these extraordinarily difficult international circumstances.
We should have liked to have been granted sufficient time, commensurate with the gravity of th…
My statement will address agenda item 35, entitled “Question of Palestine”, and agenda item 36, entitled “Situation in the Middle East”.
At the outset, I would like to confirm the solidarity of the people and Government of Iraq with the Palestinian people in their just struggle to liberate their la…
On behalf of the delegation of Iraq to the United Nations, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the report before us today entitled “Strengthening the United Nations: an agenda for further change”. The report clearly outlines the efforts undertaken by the Secretary- General and his team t…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to express to you our congratulations on your assumption to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that African wisdom will certainly help crown the deliberations of the Council with success under your leadership.
We would also …
The international community has been working for 57 years
to strengthen the United Nations and to bring it into line with today’s realities. In that context, reform of the Organization is a programme of vital importance, and Security Council reform represents one of the main aspects of its moderniz…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President and all the members of the Bureau on their election to guide the work of the General Assembly at this session. I also wish to convey our appreciation and gratitude to the Secretary-General for his annual report on the work of the Organization, whi…
For the fourth time in the course of a short, yet tragic period fraught with killing and destruction and drenched in blood, the Arab Group along with other good people, has requested the convening of an open meeting of the Security Council concerning the Palestinian question.
But after all we have …
My delegation regrets that its draft amendment has not been adopted by the General Assembly. It would have reflected the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iraq as mentioned in IAEA documents. Considering the current unbalanced state of the draft resolution, my delegation…
My delegation would like to ask delegations to vote against the no-action motion that is intended to deprive a Member State of its right to express its position with regard to a draft resolution and to introduce a paragraph that would reflect the simple truth, as expressed in the reports of the Inte…
My delegation has presented a draft amendment, contained in document A/56/L.11, to the draft resolution entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”, which would be inserted as a new paragraph after paragraph 12.
We fully understand that this draft resolution is the result of consult…
The fraternal people of Cuba have been suffering for over 40 years from the blockade imposed on them by the United States. This blockade has caused immense suffering for the civilian population and has damaged the Cuban economy. The 1996 Helms-Burton Act has also had significant extraterritorial eff…
I repeat once again that Iraq has never threatened Kuwait. It is in the interest of Iraq to see stability and security prevail in the region. It is also in the interest of the Arab countries.
The question of the no-flight zones has already been dealt with and resolved through several United Nations…
My delegation has asked to exercise its right of reply to clarify and correct some of the information in the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Acting Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait. My delegation would like to say the following.
First, the Acting Prime Minister of the St…
Interest in the protection of the environment has fortunately, increased greatly during the past quarter-century and in the beginning of this century. Iraq supports fully the idea of preserving the environment and of not exploiting it — not just during periods of war but also in peacetime.
Iraq was…
