At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the President for having convened this important and most timely meeting, as well as to congratulate Mr. Zahir Tanin, our colleague the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, on his reappointment as chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on Sec…
At the outset, I should like, on behalf of Kazakhstan, to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for the report contained in document A/63/466, entitled “Sport for development and peace: building on the foundations”, which lays out a comprehensive picture of the progress achieved to date a…
Today is Friday, but so many members of the Assembly are here. They are most welcome, and from the bottom of my heart I would like to wish all a pleasant weekend after they have taken action on this draft resolution, which I hope will be adopted today.
I am honoured to present draft resolution A/63…
At the outset, I would like to thank you for the initiative in organizing this meeting and for inviting the Secretary-General to brief the General Assembly on the revised version of the comprehensive framework for action developed by the High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis.
It …
This year marks the midpoint for efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
While speaking about the achievement of these Goals, we note success in eliminating poverty and hunger in many countries. However, we need to coordinate multilateral action to achieve the MDGs for the creat…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election to this high office and express confidence that under your skilful stewardship the sixty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly will be fruitful and successful.
The emergence of new challenges and threats to humankind, p…
