My delegation would like to take this opportunity to dissociate itself from draft resolution A/65/L.13 on the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the following reasons.
Principally, the Sudan is not a member of the Rome Statute and I would therefore like to remind this body of the …
Allow me on behalf of the Group of 77 and China to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the co-facilitators, His Excellency Mr. Paul Badji, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Senegal, and His Excellency Mr. Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Den…
At the outset, my delegation would like to take note of the report of the Secretary- General on implementing the responsibility to protect, as contained in document A/63/677. My delegation would have preferred the General Assembly to debate the concept of the responsibility to protect prior to the p…
Draft resolution A/63/L.19 contains contentious procedural issues regarding the workings of the International Criminal Court and we would like to inform this Assembly that the Sudan strongly dissociates itself from the draft for the various reasons that were outlined by my country when the report of…
At the outset, allow me to convey my country’s warm greetings to you, Mr. President, as we come to the close of this sixty- third session of the General Assembly. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
That said, although the issue of the responsibility to protect (R2P) has generated s…
It gives me great pleasure at the outset to convey to all those present the greetings and the best wishes of His Excellency Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, the President of the Republic of the Sudan, who, owing to unforeseen circumstances, could not take part in this important session.
It also gives m…
I wish to congratulate you, Madam, and the United Republic of Tanzania on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. As this is the first time that I have addressed the Council, I wish to express our gratitude for the interest that the Council has consistently devoted …
