On behalf of the Group of African States, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this solemn event as a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe.
At the outset therefore, and a…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I would like to extend to the Government and the people of Turkmenistan, as well as to the bereaved family of the deceased, our deepest condolences on the demise on 21 December 2006 of His Excellency President Saparmurat Niyazov. May his soul rest in peace.
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Mr. Secretary-General, as you prepare to leave your post as head of this Organization after 10 busy years of
intense activities, of skilful initiatives and of total dedication to the cause of multilateral cooperation, it is a particular honour for me to take the floor on behalf of the African Group…
On behalf of the States members of the African Group, I have the great honour to introduce draft resolution A/61/L.48/Rev.1, entitled “Tribute to Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations”.
My delegation would like to express its profound gratitude to all the other States and groups o…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the Group of African States to express our solidarity with UNICEF, which is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary. We believe this to be a very important event, and the culmination of 60 years of struggle on behalf of the rights of children to dignity…
Allow me, at the outset, to convey my delegation’s pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over the High-level Meeting on the midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010.
In that connection, my delega…
