The United States sincerely thanks the German delegation for its timely efforts on draft resolution A/56/L.62, on the situation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is at a crossroads today, on the eve of the inauguration of the interim authority. The United Nations has played an crucial role in working with…
Paragraph 10 of draft resolution A/56/L.10 does not reflect what was agreed at the General Conference in a balanced way and is thus objectionable. Agreements reached in Vienna should be respected as we pursue our efforts in New York. We regret that this has not been the case.
I request that the record of today’s proceedings reflect that the United States did not participate in the consensus on agenda item 74, draft resolution F, which asserts a relationship between disarmament and development. We continue to believe that disarmament and development are two distinct issue…
On behalf of the United States, in sympathetic solidarity with our friends and colleagues in the United Nations community, I come before the Assembly to honour the memory of the late Assistant Secretary-General, Ismat Kittani, the thirty-sixth President of the General Assembly.
Mr. Kittani was a re…
I am most grateful for the opportunity to address the General Assembly for the first time on this historic day. On behalf of the host nation, I want to express heartiest congratulations on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, and to the United Nations. That aw…
