My delegation wishes to align itself with the statement made earlier in the debate by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The resumption of direct negotiations between Palestine and Israel in September was indeed a laudable initiative undertaken by the parties concern…
With the establishment of the Human Rights Council in 2006 and its subsequent operationalization, we have witnessed a key paradigm shift that clearly distinguishes the Council from its predecessor. In establishing the Council, United Nations Member States also decided to reject negative practices su…
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, and Uganda for having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October 2010. We have no doubt that under your able leadership, the Council will continue to deliberate and take action on those most pressing questio…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/65/1), which he presented to this body on 23 September (see A/65/PV.11). The thrust of this year’s report is more positive than in previous years, indicating that the Organization has managed to achieve more in this past year despite the …
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Syria on behalf of the 57 States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. We also echo the expression of appreciation extended to Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, who w…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening these meetings, and we associate ourselves with the statements made yesterday on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77 and China, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Asian Group. We wish to extend our condolenc…
I express my congratulations to you, Mr. President, and the delegation of France on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February 2010. We have no doubt that, under your able leadership, the Security Council will continue to deliberate and take action on the most pressing…
My delegation first wishes to align itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Egypt and Syria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, respectively.
Sixty-two years ago, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), proposing the…
Malaysia voted in favour of resolution 64/10 because we strongly feel that Israel, the main perpetrator in the Gaza conflict, should be held accountable for the war crimes and grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law which it had committed during the conflict. In fact, we …
My delegation wishes to align itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Egypt and Syria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, respectively. We would like to thank the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the introduction of the report of the IAEA for 2008 and for his statement, which concisely depicted the various activities undertaken by the Agency this ye…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to extend our appreciation to the Human Rights Council for its report, as contained in document A/64/53.
We reaffirm that human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a f…
Change is upon us. This past year, the Organization and the international community at large went through one of the darkest periods in global economic history. As we recover from the impact of the global crisis, we are learning to change how we accomplish things. More cooperation is evident among M…
I wish to thank the President for convening this plenary meeting to once again allow the international community to reflect on and assess its implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. It is timely indeed that we undertake that ex…
First and foremost, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for organizing this open debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. I wish to also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing on the operation of the United …
It has been 60 years that the question of Palestine has been before the United Nations. We should remind ourselves of the history behind this question of Palestine to keep the issue before us in perspective. The question on Palestine has been with the United Nations since 1947, when Great Britain, f…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, in his capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of November 2008, for introducing the report of the Security Council, contained in document A/63/2.
My delegation regards this debate as an important opportu…
I wish to express our appreciation to the President and to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, for the effort taken in elevating to a high-level event this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to consider agenda item 45, “Culture…
First of all, let me express my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan as contained in document A/63/372. The report provides useful observations on efforts to bring peace, security and stability to Afghanistan. We would also like to express…
I should like at the outset to express my delegation’s appreciation to President Kerim for convening this meeting to review the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. I should also like to express, through the presidency, my
delegation’s appreciation to Ambassador Rosenthal, Permanent Re…
