Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month and thanking you for holding this meeting on the very important subject of the rule of law.
Our meeting is being held in the wake of another heinous terrorist…
Allow me to congratulate Jordan on bringing this important issue to the Security Council. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting and for proposing this important topic for our debate today.
As the topic encompasses a wide range of issues, I believe that we need t…
I wish to express my appreciation and thanks to you, Sir, the Secretariat and all delegations for their widespread support for the consensus adoption of resolution 68/127 today.
Secondly, I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about the statement made by the representative of Isra…
On behalf of its sponsors, I have the honour to introduce, under agenda item 15, draft resolution A/68/L.31, entitled “A world against violence and violent extremism”. Since the publication of the draft resolution, 13 new sponsors have joined the initial 12 sponsors of the draft resolution. They are…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting. My thanks also should go to Ambassador Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for his statement. I should also thank Mr. Ján Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing and ha…
At the outset, let me begin by thanking the President for convening this annual meeting of the General Assembly to review the progress made in building a secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/68/609) and to express my appreciat…
This is a new experience for me here, and I appreciate it very much. Let me first thank you, Sir. I would like to express my thanks to Director General Amano for his report (see A/68/PV,43).
As a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and climatically benign source of energy, nuclear technology h…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).At the outset, I would like to convey the Movement’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. I also avail myself of this opportu…
I thank you, Sir, for providing me with an opportunity to express in brief the position of my delegation on draft resolution III, entitled “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the best approach to promoting and protecting human righ…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned
Movement on this important agenda item. I would like at the outset to thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate. I would also like to express my appreciation to Ambassador Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Chair of the Pe…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on agenda item 37, entitled “Question of Palestine”.
Given the time constraint, I will present a condensed version of my statement on behalf of NAM. The full text of the statement is being distributed.
Th…
I have the pleasure to speak today on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). At the outset, I would like to convey the Movement’s appreciation to the Indian presidency of the Security Council for having convened this important open debate to discuss the progress achieved in the implementation of …
Nuclear science is among the greatest achievements of humankind and should therefore be used to serve its well-being. Given the numerous peaceful applications of nuclear technology as a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and climatically benign source of energy, it has gained a prominent posit…
Since I am the last speaker and, as it is lunchtime, I will shorten my statement; the full statement will be circulated.
Let me start by expressing our gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Ladsous, as well as Mr. Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), f…
At the meeting of the General Assembly held on 13 February (see A/66/PV.96), we expressed our views on the current situation in the Middle East and in Syria, and I will not repeat those points.
First, on the appointment of Mr. Kofi Annan as the Special Envoy to Syria, I would like to say that, cons…
My delegation voted against resolution 66/253, in line with our principled position that addressing the legitimate demands of the people through a peaceful and domestically led political process and free from foreign intervention is the only way out of a crisis. In the case of Syria, any attempt to …
With regard to today’s meeting of the General Assembly, I would like to express our views both on the procedures for convening this meeting and on the substance of the issue.
First, on the procedure, as my delegation explained this morning, we received the President’s letter dated 9 February, which…
At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2011/772*) and extend my warm greetings to our good colleague, Mr. De Mistura, whose mission in Afghanistan will …
We voted in favour of all resolutions under agenda item 53, including resolutions 66/76, 66/77, 66/78 and 66/79, in order to join other members of the General Assembly in showing our solidarity and sympathy with the Palestinian people.
My delegation wishes to re-emphasize, however, that it will con…
Let me begin by expressing our appreciation to the President for convening this meeting on such an important issue. I would also like to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for his tireless efforts in leading the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council r…
