We would first like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this meeting, in accordance with resolution 76/262. The Kingdom of Morocco, whose monarch, King Mohammed VI, Chair of the Al-Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), accords great importanc…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate in accordance with resolution 76/262.
The United Nations emerged from the ashes of the Second World War with the aim of preventing such a catastrophe from ever happening again. Since then, unfortunately, many even…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate our friend France on presiding over the Security Council this month. I also thank you, Madam President, for convening this ministerial-level meeting at a very critical time for the Palestinian question and for peace and security in the Middle East as a who…
The Kingdom of Morocco welcomes the holding of this extremely important open debate under your presidency for this month, Sir. We would also like to express our thanks to the briefers for their detailed briefings.
According to the United Nations, small arms and light weapons (SALW) were the second-…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for organizing this important annual meeting. The Kingdom of Morocco commends the efforts and leadership of the Secretary-General, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and other relevant United Nations bodies for their selfless work an…
Morocco welcomes the holding of this very important Security Council debate under Ecuador’s presidency. We welcome the presence here this morning of His Excellency the President of Ecuador, which raised the tenure of our debate. Morocco thanks the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of the Un…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the President of the General Assembly and to Ambassador Niang, along with the members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, for the Committee’s important role and sincere effo…
I would like to express the Kingdom of Morocco’s thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this annual debate on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council.
My congratulations also go to His Excellenc…
The Kingdom of Morocco welcomes the presentation of the sixty-seventh annual report (see A/78/304) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by its Director General, Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, and his exhaustive and detailed presentation on the Agency’s most recent activities and its laudable…
The year 2023 is a remarkable year for the promotion and protection of human rights. It commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the thirtieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
Those two landmark anniversaries offer a v…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for Japan’s efforts in conducting the work of the Security Council this month. I would also like to sincerely thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing on the most recent developments.
The…
It is a pleasure to see the representative of Burundi presiding
over our work. I thank the President for organizing this meeting to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The codification of th…
I would like to thank the President for convening this important meeting on multilingualism, one of the core values of
multilateralism as enshrined in Article 1 of the Charter of the United Nations. The Kingdom of Morocco would also like to take this opportunity to extend its heartfelt thanks to An…
Allow me to begin by congratulating the United Kingdom on its presidency of the Security Council during the month
of April. I appreciate its efforts in leading the work of the Council. I also wish to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his very impor…
I would like to begin by congratulating Norway for presiding over the Security Council this month and to thank you personally, Madam President, for presiding over today’s meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his invaluable…
At the outset, I would like to express my thanks and sincere appreciation to Ambassador Cheikh Niang and the members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the important role that the Committee plays and its tireless efforts to enable the Palestinian…
First of all, I would like to thank the President for holding this important high-level meeting of the General Assembly and to congratulate the co-facilitators, the Ambassadors of the Philippines and the Dominican Republic, on the Assembly’s adoption of the Political Declaration on the Implementatio…
Morocco fully aligns itself with the statements made by the Permanent Representatives of Eritrea, on behalf of the Group of African States, Sierra Leone, on behalf of the African Union Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on Security Council reform, and Kuwait, on behalf of the Group of Ar…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad of the Kingdom of Morocco.
“I thank the President of the General Assembly for his initiative to hold this urgent and extremely…
I would like to thank the President for organizing this formal debate of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect (R2P), the fourth such debate since 2009.
This year’s debate is taking place at an unprecedented time. With the coronavirus disease pandemic our habits and our certainties …
