On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate Judge Patrick Robinson on his election as President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and to thank him for his statement to the Council. I also wish to thank Judge Dennis Byron, President of the Internatio…
South Africa would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports under agenda item 70, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, as contained in documents A/63/63 and Add.1, as well as for the study contained in document A/63/342. We also wish to express our gratitude to the coordinator on the omnibus …
My delegation wishes to thank Mr. Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Mr. Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), for their statements introducing the reports of their respective Tribunals.
My…
It is an honour to participate in this review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which was adopted under resolution 60/288. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala for his facilitation of the informal consultations that preceded this…
My delegation wishes to thank Mr. Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Mr. Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), for their statements introducing the work of the International Tribunals. We al…
Mr. President, since this is the first time my delegation has taken the floor under your presidency, allow me to extend South Africa’s felicitations upon your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to assure you of my delegation’s cooperation.
My delega…
My delegation wishes to thank Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Judge Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), for their statements to the Council elaborating on the measures their respe…
My delegation commends the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the insightful report before the Assembly on the activities of the Agency for 2005. The report is yet another impressive example of the Agency’s untiring efforts to promote the peaceful application of nu…
Allow me to take this opportunity to thank the President of the
International Court of Justice, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, for her elucidating introduction of the Court’s report.
We commend the Court for taking steps, such as rationalizing the work of the Registry, to absorb the increasing workload it…
Since this is the first time we have taken the floor since your assumption of the presidency, Madam, we wish to congratulate you and to commend you for the very businesslike manner in which you are conducting our work.
Delegations that have spoken before mine — Cyprus, Pakistan and Uganda — have in…
We wish to congratulate the co-Chairpersons, Ambassador Yáñez- Barnuevo and Ambassador Menon, for the objectivity that they displayed throughout the informal consultation process and for having brought us to a successful outcome.
The process has been difficult, and the current draft is a reflection…
We thank you, Ambassador Diarra, for convening this meeting. Our heads of State or Government in September committed themselves to continuing the efforts to achieve an early decision on reform of the Security Council and requested the General Assembly to review the progress thereof. This meeting is …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China following the adoption of the draft resolution contained in the report of the Fifth Committee (A/60/831/Add.1), on “Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide”.
When we take stock of our follow-up on the d…
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made by Malaysia on behalf of the Non- Aligned Movement.
The South African Government is deeply concerned at the recent military incursion into northern and southern Gaza and the West Bank over the past few days, resulti…
As this is the first time this month that my delegation has made a statement, we would like to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. My delegation also welcomes the report of the Secretary-General (S/2006/109) und…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We wish to congratulate Mr. Achim Steiner on his election as the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and wish him well in his new post.
We would like also to thank the Secretariat for having informed the r…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the African Group.
We welcome the adoption of the resolution establishing the Human Rights Council, as was envisioned by the heads of State and Government at the 2005 world summit. We congratulate you, Mr. President, and the facilitators, on the tremendous ef…
I would like to begin by associating myself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
When the 2005 World Summit called for the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission, it was in the realization that countries emerging from conflict d…
We abstained in the voting on the Declaration and take this opportunity to explain our vote.
We are grateful for the efforts made by the Chairman of the Sixth Committee to ensure that the different sides of the debate over human cloning should agree on a compromise language. We believe that the lan…
