I would like to express my appreciation to the President for convening this quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. We take this opportunity to extend our support to the newly appointed Speci…
We would like to thank the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for its report on its eighth session (A/69/818), and the Secretary-General for his report (A/69/745) on the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). The PBC’s report provides a useful overview of the Commission’s work during its eighth session. The Commissi…
My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this debate. We have read the concept note (S/2015/243,
annex) circulated by your delegation and reviewed the progress made in the implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions on the subject before us. We wo…
I hank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also thank the Secretary-General for his quarterly report (S/2015/151) and our briefers this morning.
This is a critical decade of transformation for Afghanistan. India is proud …
We should like to congratulate China on its presidency of the Security Council for this month. We appreciate the briefing given to us today by the Secretary-General. We encourage the Secretary- General to elaborate the briefing into a report that can be given to world leaders when they meet later th…
I would like to join others before me in thanking our briefers for this open debate. I would also like to thank the delegation of Chile for
having circulated the concept note to guide our debate (S/2015/32, annex).
As a country whose representative, Hansa Mehta, introduced the focus on women in th…
We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for personally presiding over this quarterly debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs for…
On behalf of the Indian delegation, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/69/L.17, by which the General Assembly would establish the International Day of Yoga, to be commemorated at the United Nations on 21 June every year.
Member States may recall that during the maiden United Nations …
I thank the President for convening this important discussion in the General Assembly on the question of Palestine.
We are marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On this important occasion, let me reiterate India’s unwavering support for the just cause of Palestine…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports on the agenda item (A/69/93 and A/69/281). The tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade has undeniably been one of the most inhumane chapters in recorded human industry. The slave trade, which happened over a 400-year period, completely al…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this meeting on the annual report of the Security Council for the period 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2014 (A/69/2).
I would like to express my appreciation for the hard work put in by Ambassador Eugène-Richard Gasana, Permanent Representative of Rwanda, and his t…
At the outset, let me thank the President for organizing this discussion on the situation in Afghanistan. I would also like to commend the German delegation for coordinating the intergovernmental negotiations on the issue in an excellent manner, which has led us to this annual General Assembly draft…
On behalf of my delegation, Madam President, I would like to congratulate you and Australia for your successful hosting of the Group of 20 summit and of our Prime Minister’s bilateral visit to your country. I would also like to thank you for organizing today’s open debate on international cooperatio…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting.
At the outset, let me to align myself with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
I would like to express our appreciation for the good work done by the co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Wor…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for his statement made under agenda item 63, “Report of the Human Rights Council”. It is significant that we are considering the report of the Human Rights Council (A/69/53) at this meeting today, as the sixty- ninth sess…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your effective and impressive presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session since you took office in September this year. You have the fullest support of my delegation in assisting you in all your endeavours in this session of the General Assembl…
Since this is the first time I am addressing you, Madam President, let me begin by congratulating you on ably steering the Council as the President for this month and by expressing our appreciation for the convening pf this quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Pal…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for the initiative that resulted in the adoption of resolution 69/1 by all 193 Member States this afternoon. We salute you for the alacrity shown in taking this initiative. Even in your first few days in office, you meet our high expectatio…
Let me begin by thanking you, Madam President, for organizing today’s debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš and Ambassador Zahir Tanin for their briefings. We also thank the Secretary- General for hi…
My delegation would like to join others in commending Ambassadors Seger of Switzerland and De Aguiar Patriota of Brazil for their exemplary role as co-facilitators for resolution 68/310, which we have adopted today.
We commend the General Assembly for adopting by consensus resolution 68/310, on str…
