First, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I extend our sincere condolences to the Governments and the peoples of the countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that struck South-East Asia and part of the coast of Africa, resulting in thousands of …
Today, the General Assembly is discussing agenda item 36, entitled “The situation in the Middle East”. Everyone knows that the situation in the Middle East, during the past year, has deteriorated further, owing to the Israeli policies being carried out in Palestine against the unarmed Palestinian pe…
I sincerely thank the members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for their efforts to make known the tragic situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, as set out in the Committee’s comprehensive report (A/59/35) before us. The report reveals …
At the outset, I have the pleasure of joining previous speakers in conveying my gratitude to the Secretary- General for his report on the work of the Organization (A/59/1) and to commend him for the huge undertaking involved in drafting the report.
The report is comprehensive in its presentation of…
With respect to draft resolution A/58/L.60/Rev.1, I should like first to thank the Government of Oman for
its role in sensitizing the entire world to the serious implications of road traffic. I also wish to thank the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank for their efforts in publishing…
My delegation would first like to recall that Saudi Arabia supports cooperation between the United Nations and other regional organizations. However, the draft resolution contained in document A/57/L.23/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”, contains in i…
Since the end of the Second World War, the Middle
East region has undergone a series of wars and acts of destruction as a result of an Israeli policy which is based on occupation, settlement and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. The United Nations has made …
Although the past century has witnessed the great liquidation of colonialism, largely attributable to the role played by the United Nations in many regions of the world, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has continued to deteriorate, year after year, for the past 50 years.
Opera…
The item before the Assembly today is entitled “The situation in the Middle East”. It has been on the agenda for 56 years, and the United Nations is 56 years old. In the historic Millennium Declaration, third-world and other countries affirmed their commitment to the Charter, to sovereign equality a…
