Mr. Desta

Mr. Desta

Eritrea
11
Speeches
10
Meetings
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Speeches

ERI A/67/PV.99 Sept. 16, 2013

I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the African Group, draft resolution A/67/L.67/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union”. The African Group would like to express its appreciation to all delegations for their constructive engagement in and contributio…

ERI A/67/PV.21 Oct. 1, 2012

I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply in connection with the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Djibouti during his address to the Assembly at the 19th plenary meeting this morning. My delegation was surprised by the Minister’s statement about our cou…

ERI A/65/PV.95 June 10, 2011

It is a great honour for me to address this High-level Meeting on the comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS of 2001 (resolution S-26/2) and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS of 2006 (resolution 60/262). My delegation wishes also to e…

ERI A/65/PV.24 Sept. 29, 2010

I wish to remind the representative of Ethiopia once again that the key to resolving the problem between Eritrea and Ethiopia is the withdrawal of Ethiopian soldiers and institutions from Eritrean sovereign territories. With regard to the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the Eritrea-Ethi…

ERI A/65/PV.24 Sept. 29, 2010

I am taking the floor in exercise of the right of reply in connection with the statement made by His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia this morning. Clearly, the Foreign Minister was trying to divert the attention of this body from his country’s refusal to withdraw its troops from southern…

ERI S/PV.6362 July 20, 2010

I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July, and I wish to thank you and the members of the Council for according my delegation the opportunity to share its views on the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa”. Before I ad…

ERI S/PV.6000 Oct. 23, 2008

I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for the opportunity accorded to my delegation to participate in this meeting of the Council requested by His Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, in connection with the so-called Djibou…

ERI A/63/PV.16 Sept. 29, 2008

I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply in connection with the statement made by the representative of Ethiopia. Ethiopia has made several false and unsubstantiated allegations against Eritrea, and in the interest of time I am not going to honour them by responding to each one. Furthermo…

ERI S/PV.5924 June 24, 2008

In the interests of time, I will read a shortened version of my statement. I kindly request that the full text be circulated in the Council Chamber. I wish to thank the presidency and the Council for according my delegation the opportunity to share its views on the current developments between Erit…

ERI A/62/PV.92 April 3, 2008

Henry Ford, a great American industrialist and a name known to us all, once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success”. The coming together of our leaders in September 2000, when they declared the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), was the beg…

ERI A/62/PV.72 Dec. 13, 2007

I wish to add my voice to those of delegations that have expressed their profound condolences to the Government and people of Algeria for the lives lost during the terrorist attacks. Children deserve the utmost attention and care that we can provide, and for that reason my delegation is honoured to…