I would like to begin by thanking the President of the Human Rights Council for his presentation of the Council’s annual report (A/69/53). We greatly appreciate his leadership in taking the work of the Council forward.
In the short period of time since its inception in 2006, the Human Rights Counci…
We thank you, Madam, for convening this meeting on the situation in Angola. We wish to join previous speakers in welcoming the Foreign Minister of Angola once again to our midst and to thank him for his comprehensive statement. We also thank Ambassador Gambari for his briefing this afternoon.
Only …
Madam President, I welcome you to the presidency this month. We wish to thank Ambassador Richard Ryan and his very able team for their excellent work in the presidency last month. We also wish to recognize the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liberia at this important meeting. The Ban…
It is with great pleasure that I initiate the discussion on agenda item 28 entitled “Culture of peace”.
We have in front of us the report of the Secretary- General on the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, which began last year.
I thank the …
I wish to thank Ambassador Richard Ryan for his presentation of the fifty-sixth annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. The consideration of the report provides an important occasion for the General assembly to deliberate on the work of the Security Council. As an elected memb…
Let me join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Hans Haekkerup, Special Representative of the Secretary General, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and for his informative briefing and update on its important aspect…
We are meeting here today against a sombre backdrop. The barbaric and catastrophic attacks on the landmarks of our host city and country three weeks back, resulting in a huge loss of human life and destruction of property, has been a terrible tragedy. The attacks on that fateful morning of September…
We have in our hand the report of the Secretary-General issued at a trying and challenging time, as we are still recovering from the shock of destruction of lives and property, caused by attacks in New York, our host city, and Washington. Let me reiterate my delegation’s heartfelt condolences for th…
Since I am taking the floor for the first time since your assumption, Sir, of the presidency of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, allow me to congratulate you on behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. We are confident that under your able guidance we will be …
The Government and the people of Bangladesh are shocked at the despicable, cowardly acts of terrorism committed yesterday in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. We are overwhelmed by the enormous toll in innocent human lives, destruction and damage in cities that these horrific attacks hav…
We have been witnessing in the past few weeks a dangerously escalating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and East Jerusalem. We are extremely concerned at the continuation of the alarmingly high level of violence taking place daily and causing numerous deaths and intolerable human suff…
My delegation welcomes the interim report of the Secretary-General and the additional information provided by Mr. Annabi this morning. We also welcome to the Council Mr. Xanana Gusmão, President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance, and Mr. Ramos-Horta. We greatly value their presence and …
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We, too, would like to express appreciation for the three briefings today by Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno, Assistant Secretary-General Fall and the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. McAskie, which complement each other and highlight th…
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for injecting quite a bit of
novelty into our formal meetings here, not least because you have allowed questions from non- members through members. That is quite something, which we appreciate very much.
We would also like to thank Mr. Annabi for his co…
We join others in warmly welcoming to the Council Mr. Hens Haekkerup, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The job of the Special Representative is by no means an easy one. He has taken over at a time when m…
Let me join previous speakers in welcoming to this meeting Foreign Minister Miranda of Angola. My delegation would like to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. This gives us an opportunity to exchange views on the final report of the Monitoring Mechanism on the sanctions…
In the light of compre- hensive statements made by pr.ceding speakers which, in our view, have covered all salient aspects of the question, I wish very briefly to state Bangladesh's position.
38. As we meet at this reconvened session of the General Assembly to consider the question and to find ways…
