The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is considered a “constitution of the sea” that is expected to make significant contributions to maintaining international peace, security and order by governing ocean affairs, and thus to socio-economic development in the world. The Conven…
First of all, my delegation would like to express its sincere gratitude to all those delegations that have kindly extended their support to the candidate of Nepal, Mr. Mr. Sharada Prasad Pandit, Supreme Court justice of Nepal. However, in view of the trend or pattern of voting in the three rounds of…
At the outset, let me warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your well-deserved election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I assure you of our cooperation to make that session a successful one. My delegation joins others in expressing its appreciation to the former President…
At the outset, I wish to join previous speakers in expressing my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/58/333) on the follow-up to the United Nations special session on children.
My delegation also wishes to express its appreciation to the Specia…
