Let me begin by expressing my delegation’s deep appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/66/770) submitted under agenda item 130. The report identifies major areas of interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) sin…
On behalf of member States of the Asia-Pacific Group, I have the distinct honour to pay tribute to the memory of His Excellency Mr. Bingu Wa Mutharika, late President of the Republic of Malawi.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family and to the people and Government of the Republic of Malaw…
At the outset, I wish to extend my delegation’s great appreciation to the Secretary-General for his thought-provoking report entitled “Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: options for sustained and inclusive growth and issues for advancing the United Nations development ag…
Space science and technology touch many aspects of our daily lives and make a significant contribution to the advancement of human development. It is therefore difficult to
overestimate the historic importance of the first human space flight, on 12 April 1961, undertaken by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Ga…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant, for presenting the report of the Security Council, contained in document A/65/2. Mongolia commends the Council for its critical
work in discharging its function of maintaining international …
At the outset, may I join previous speakers in extending our sincere appreciation to you, Madam, for convening this special high-level meeting on transnational organized crime on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the launch of the Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime a…
Let me join previous speakers in commending the leadership of the President of the General Assembly in convening this formal debate on human security. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his submission to the General Assembly of his first report on human security (A/64/701).
My del…
My delegation associates itself with the statements made by the representative of Yemen, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the representative of Paraguay on behalf of the landlocked developing countries.
The Dialogue we are holding today is a timely one. It takes place at a time when the …
My delegation wishes to confine its remarks to agenda item 119, on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
Since the adoption of the historic decision 62/557, three rounds of intergovernmental negotiations have taken pl…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies (A/64/372). As seen in the report, Member States have made good progress in promoting and consolidating democracy, i…
Let me begin by thanking His Excellency Ambassador Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica and President of the Security Council during the month of November, for presenting the report of the Security Council (A/63/2) to the General Assembly on behalf of the Council. My delegation would…
My delegation commends the timely initiative of the President of the General
Assembly, Srgjan Kerim, and the strong leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in marshalling the efforts of the international community through stock- taking of the mid-point implementation of the Millennium Developme…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to commend the important and
timely initiative of the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Kerim, to convene this thematic debate on harnessing the work of the United Nations to address climate change. I wish to also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to join previous speakers in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist attacks carried out two days ago in Algeria. We express our sincere sympathy to, and solidarity with, the people and the Government of Algeria and the United Nations Secretary-…
At the outset, I would like, on behalf of my Government, to congratulate the Government of the State of Qatar on having successfully convened the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies on the main theme of “Building capacity for democracy, peace and social progress” in Doha fr…
Mongolia wishes to extend its strong support to the draft resolution entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula”, contained in document A/62/L.4. Mongolia is heartened by the outcome of the second inter-Korean
summit, held in early October, which resulted in the adoption of…
