I apologize, Madam President, for taking the floor at this late hour. I know that I am taking advantage of your incredible stamina, but I hope that you will bear with me for a few minutes.
It is my duty to reply to the statement made earlier by His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Gül, Deputy Prime Minister…
I would like to say that I am really puzzled with regard to the legal situation of the matter before the Assembly. I therefore believe that we need more clarity before we proceed. Let me explain how I view the situation at the moment.
What we have before us are rules 21, 22 and 23 of the Assembly’s…
I am taking the floor to support the statement just made by the representative of the People’s Republic of China, in favour of upholding the decision taken yesterday by the General Committee not to include the items in question in the agenda of the General Assembly.
We believe that the issue of Tai…
I thank Ambassador Natalegawa, Permanent Representative of Indonesia and President of the Security Council for this month, for his introduction yesterday morning of the report of the Council (A/62/2).
We appreciate the informative content of the report, as well as the actual work done by the Counci…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening this debate. We consider the maintenance of a constructive dialogue to be useful even on those issues where stark differences of opinion remain and where a bridging of the gap is not yet within reach. Having substantially advanced in m…
Allow me at the outset to note that Cyprus is fully represented by the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union (EU).
Five years after the 2001 special session, the collective effort of the international community to halt the spread of the pandemi…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on having convened this High-level Dialogue. The time could not be more appropriate for the start of a frank and open exchange of views and ideas on this important international issue that affects the lives and welfare of us all, as individuals an…
I wish to reply to the statement made this morning by Mr. Abdullah Güll, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Without examining Mr. Güll’s assessment of recent developments with regard to the Cyprus problem, with which we entirely disagree, and without entering into pole…
I would like, first, to thank the President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for having introduced the report before us.
We have been considering the issue of United Nations reform for years, and we have now reached the point at which we have to contempla…
It gives me great pleasure to address the Assembly today on the issue of the Olympic Truce, that is to say, the idea that humankind can achieve a universally conflict-free environment, even for a limited period of time. The warmest congratulations must be extended to the impressive and laudable effo…
The report transmitted to the Secretary-General on the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin (A/58/314) delivers a hopeful message that much of what needs to be done is being done, and that important efforts to protect cultural property are well on their way to bearin…
