At the outset, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I wish to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine in their tireless efforts and unwavering determination to pursue their national aspirations and in their courageous struggle to defend and …
The Islamic Republic of Iran would like to endorse the salient points raised by the representatives of Lesotho on behalf of the African Union, Suriname on behalf of the Caribbean Community, Nauru and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We believe that the issue at stake is the integrity of the Uni…
I wish to pay tribute to you, Mr. President, for convening this joint debate and for giving due attention to Security Council reform in the agenda of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Let me express my gratitude to the delegations of Uganda and Austria for preparing and introducing t…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 64/10, adopted under the agenda item on the report of the Human Rights Council, on the follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. However, I should like to state the following. With regard to this resolution, m…
I would like to express my appreciation to the Human Rights Council for its report contained in document A/64/53. I would also like to welcome the statement made in the General Assembly by the President of the Human Rights Council.
The Council has done a commendable job over the past four years in …
At the outset, my delegation would like to align itself with the statement made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/64/PV.22).
With regard to the very important agenda items of today’s deliberations, it is worth noting that the underlying causes of probl…
I would like to begin by associating myself with the statement made by the representative of the Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was a turning point in global health-care discussions, especially in promoting the is…
I thank the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for all of
their efforts in preparing the report on the work of the Organization (A/64/1). Allow me to take this opportunity to share with the Assembly my country’s views on some of the main agenda items addressed in the report, which also comprise …
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for having convened this thematic debate on the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. We believe it is necessary to continue to consi…
Allow me, Sir, to thank you for having convened this meeting and to congratulate you on your skilful stewardship of the Council’s work this month. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kai Eide, and his colleagues in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanista…
I wish to extend our thanks to the Secretary-General for his latest report on the situation in Afghanistan (A/63/372). We also thank him and his Special Representative, as well as the personnel of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, for their steadfast commitment to and unwavering …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report under agenda item 19, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” (A/63/93). My delegation associates itself with the statements made by the represe…
At the very outset, please allow me to congratulate the President for convening such a timely meeting. I am confident that under his able leadership, the high-level plenary meeting devoted to the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action will achieve a fruitful outcome. I should also like to …
The Islamic Republic of Iran joined the consensus adoption of resolution 63/308, as amended by the Permanent Representative of Guatemala, as a procedural resolution merely mandating continued consideration of the notion of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic c…
In its capacity as the Chair of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the Islamic Republic of Iran has the pleasure of introducing the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization” (A/65/L.40) on behalf…
