We thank you for organizing this debate on a matter of considerable importance, Madam President. We would also like to thank the Executive Director of UN-Women, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and the representatives of civil society for their briefings.
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As we mark the twentieth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), India remains committed to the consensus reached at the ICPD and subsequent reviews. India has achieved substantial declines in infant and maternal mortality rates as a consequence of targeted …
I take the floor in exercise of our right of reply to respond to the reference made by the representative of Pakistan.
It is a matter of deep regret that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire and that their unprovoked fighting has led to the loss of civilian lives on the Indian side. Six persons have…
I thank the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the briefings that they have provided.
We welcome this opportunity to share our views on the subject of conflict prevention, which cannot but be of the utmost importance to the membership of the United Natio…
At the outset let me thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, and Ambassador Tanin for their briefings. We would also like to thank the Secret…
We take note of the report of the Secretary-General, entitled “Towards ending the AIDS epidemic: meeting the 2015 targets and planning for the post-2015 era” (A /68/825), which outlines the challenges facing the international community on that front.
The National AIDS Control Programme in India has…
At the outset, Mr. President and Minister for Foreign Affairs, I would like to welcome you and to express India’s appreciation for scheduling this discussion on a subject of great significance for us, our region and the world. I also would like thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, f…
We thank you, Mr. President, for providing this opportunity to Member States to share their views on this important subject. We also thank your delegation for the very useful concept note (S/2014/144, annex).
In one of the many religions that we have in India, God himself is depicted as a child. Th…
I would like to begin by thanking the President for convening today’s meeting on oceans and the law of the sea, a subject of significant interest to the whole world. The outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, entitled “The fu…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this important discussion. I am happy to place on record our appreciation for the good work done by the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly last year, Ambassador Mootaz Ahmadein Khalil, Permanent Representative of Egypt. I …
My explanation is with regard to A/57/L.23/Rev.1, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe. India has extremely warm and friendly relations with the members of the Council of Europe. We are, indeed, gratified that these relations continue to be further strengthened and dee…
First and foremost, my delegation would like to express its satisfactions with the adoption of this resolution, as well as with the adoption of the resolution contained in document A/57/L.38, as orally revised. We would also like to express our deep appreciation for the efforts undertaken by the del…
The need for cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union is more real now than it has ever been before. Durable solutions for the enormous range of challenges and problems that most societies face require the promotion of democracy, of tolerance and of respect for diver…
We thank the Secretary- General for document A/56/371, in which he reports on the progress of the implementation of the recommendations contained in his April 1998 report (A/52/871) on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in
Africa. We also thank the…
We thank the Secretary- General for the comprehensive road map provided in his report (A/56/326) on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration. That report provides a satisfactory analysis of the state of play on the various goals which were agreed upon a year ago and outlines a large number a…
