It is a great honour to take the floor before the General Assembly, which is meeting to discuss the issue of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), one of the most serious and widespread threats to health care in the twenty-first century. I would like to take this opportunit…
The African Group associates itself with draft resolution A/65/L.36. It also attaches great importance to the realization of the goals of resolution 61/19 of 2006. Understandably, the African Group is an active player in the group of interested States overseeing the permanent memorial project and is…
Mr. President, I would like at the outset to thank you for organizing this important meeting so quickly at the request of the Group of Arab States to study the war of 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009 and the report on that war. The report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Con…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I would like to congratulate President Treki on his excellent opening address and to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the steadfast support he has given the Progr…
On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, allow me to express our deep thanks and gratitude to the President of the Assembly for convening this all-important meeting. We also wish to express our appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al …
It is with pleasure that I offer Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann my warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. We have every confidence in his exceptional skill and future success in consolidating the gains achieved and in enhancing interna…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you for giving me this opportunity to provide the Council with a clarification of the situation resulting from the corrective change that took place on 6 August 2008 in Mauritania. I would like also to thank the Security Counc…
At the outset and on behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate the President of The General Assembly on having convened this high-level debate on the theme “Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the MDGs by 2015”. Since assuming the …
The situation is very encouraging following the holding of the Annapolis Conference on 27 November. Nevertheless, the road to the culmination of the peace process is long and arduous, and it requires joint international efforts on the part of everyone to ensure peace in the Middle East region, which…
I would like to associate myself with the
statements delivered by the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. I would also like to express my gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moo…
I wish to express, through you, Mr. President, the thanks of my delegation to the Philippines and to Pakistan for the convening of this High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace.
It is self-evident that the world has become a small, but expansiv…
Since this is the first time I take the floor before the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, permit me to extend to you, Mr. President, our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations in its sixty-second session. I am confident t…
I shall follow the recommendation to be brief. My country’s delegation welcomes the holding of this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. My country associates itself with the statements made by the representative of Benin on behalf of the African Group and by the representative of Pakis…
