I am honoured to read this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States. At the outset, I would like assure you, Sir, of the support of our Group in your leadership of the Assembly’s work at this session. I would also like to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, …
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on Argentina’s assumption to the presidency of the Council this month. We wish you every success in managing the Council’s work, and we also pay tribute to the United States for its presidency last month.
We should recall the deeply troubl…
I thank the delegation of Nigeria for convening this important debate to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. The Kuwait delegation aligns itself with the statements made on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the …
At the outset, we wish to align ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of Tunisia on behalf of the Arab Group and the statement made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
The General Assembly debate on this im…
The action taken by the General Assembly today is indeed a birth certificate for the State of Palestine, as President Abbas said in his statement earlier today (see A/67/PV.44). The adoption by a large majority of resolution 67/19, which grants Palestine the status of non-member observer State at th…
My delegation is pleased to participate in discussing one of the most important items on the agenda of the General Assembly, as reflected in the report of the Economic and Social Council (A/67/3). At the outset, I would like to commend the contents of the report on the effective contributions and ac…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of the States members of the Asian Group at this historic meeting of the Assembly to express our sincere congratulations to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, following the Assembly’s adoption of the rec…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened these meetings to demonstrate the solidarity of the international community with Pakistan at a time when they have great need of our solidarity in the face of the destructive flooding in their country. We welcome yesterday’s most tim…
At the outset, allow me to echo the words of previous speakers by conveying my sincerest condolences to the Government and people of China and the families of the victims of this morning’s devastating earthquake.
It is an honour for me to speak on behalf of the Arab Group to assess the situation in…
It is a pleasure for me to speak before the General Assembly on two successive days on behalf of the Asian Group of States to convey our congratulations on the election of an Asian candidate to a prominent post.
Today, I would like warmly and sincerely to congratulate our colleague Mr. Nassir Abdul…
