On behalf of a core group comprising India, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand and my own country, Bangladesh, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/78/L.84/Rev.2, entitled “World Rural Development Day”. The draft resolution is aimed at proclaiming 6 July as World Rural Development D…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the group of States belonging to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in my capacity as the acting Chair of the group.
Permit me to express our appreciation to the Republic of Sierra Leone for convening this open debate on this very…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/78/L.57, entitled “Follow- up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace”. The draft resolution has special significance this year, as it marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration a…
We thank the President for convening today’s plenary debate, pursuant to resolution 76/262, on the use of the veto on 18 April in the Security Council by one permanent member (S/2024/312) on the draft resolution recommending the admission of the State of Palestine as a full Member of the United Nati…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s important debate on the use of the veto under agenda item 63.
This is important in the context of the ongoing serious polarization in the Council, resulting in an unfortunate stalemate on a number of issues that are major threats t…
After just one month (see A/78/PV.59), we are here today to debate this topic once again. For more than 180 days, Israel has been attacking Gaza with an unprecedented and disproportionate amount of force. To date, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70 per cent of
whom were women and ch…
We thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing and for providing us the opportunity to speak before the Council on this very important issue. We appreciate the efforts of the United Kingdom and other the Council members in organizing this long-overdue meeting. We also thank the briefers,…
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s important meeting on the special report of the Security Council regarding the use of the veto (A/78/691, annex).
More than three months have passed since the brutalities against the civilians began in Gaza. More than 23,000 civilians have been killed, 70 per …
Bangladesh aligns itself with the statement of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, delivered by the representative of Mauritania under agenda item 73. We thank the President of the International Court of Justice for her report (A/78/4).
As the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, we…
We thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his presentation of the Court’s report (see A/78/322). We also acknowledge with deep appreciation the work of the Court throughout the reporting period.
In 1998, the International Criminal Court was established with the mission to…
I will do my best to make it brief.
I commend the presidency of the United Kingdom for its dynamic leadership of the work of the Council in July. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his comprehensive briefing.
It is sad and deeply worrisome that, in every quarterly open deba…
I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in my capacity as Acting Chair.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation expresses its grave concern about the rapidly deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, due to the ongoing blatant …
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting today.
In my capacity as the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for its sixteenth session, I am pleased to brief the General Assembly on the work of the Commission from February 2022 to January 2023.
At the outset, I wish to exp…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for his very insightful remarks. Today I have the honour to introduce draft resolution entitled “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace” (A/77/L.74).
This year the draft resolution was negotiated during the resumed se…
On behalf of Bangladesh and its 62 co-sponsors, as of the last count, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/77/L.69, entitled “Community-based primary health care: a participatory and inclusive approach to universal health coverage”, the first-ever United Nations draft resolution on the …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the question of Palestine. I also thank the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its report (A/77/35) and the Secretary- General for his note (A/77/295) on this agenda item. I also appreciate the c…
This year marked the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). As one of the principal global criminal justice institutions, we recognize the important role played by the Court in upholding justice and rule of law over the past 20 ye…
In my national capacity, before I speak on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (NAM), I would like to express our deepest condolences on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
I now have the honour to deliver a statement on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. NAM would like to e…
I thank the President for convening today’s meeting. I would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, for presenting the annual report (A/76/678) of the fifteenth session of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),…
Since this is the first time my delegation is taking the floor, allow me, Madam President, to congratulate you on your accession to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.
My delegation fully subscribes to the statement made by the representative of China. In line with my…
