54/282 GA
Draft United Nations Millennium Declaration
54
Session
| Draft symbol | A/54/L.89 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 54/282 |
| UN Document | 54/282 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/54/PV.100
Speeches following this vote (13)
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Doutriaux
On behalf of the European Union, we are happy with the work that you, Mr. President, have carried out. You have said several times in informal meetings that you were a major combatant and you have proved once again that you are a major combatant for the United Nations and for the success of the Millennium Summit.
On behalf of France, I have a brief statement to make. France has a reservation to …
Ms. King
On behalf of the United States I would like to make some comments on the document which we are transmitting to the fifty-fifth General Assembly to be read as a declaration at the end of the Millennium Summit to be held from 6 to 8 September.
Earlier this year, the fifty-fourth General Assembly accepted an important challenge. The challenge was to draw upon the observations so eloquently expresse…
Mr. Gatilov
In view of the adoption of draft resolution A/54/L.89, by which the Assembly decides to refer the draft United Nations Millennium Declaration to the Millennium Summit, and especially in view of its reference to striving for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, the Russian delegation wishes to note that progress towards the goal of nuclear disarmament is necessary for the implementation…
Mr. Wang Donghua
As always, the Chinese delegation has supported you, Mr. President, in all your efforts to achieve a good draft United Nations Millennium Declaration, and the draft text we have just adopted is indeed a good one. The Chinese delegation, moreover, is in agreement with it.
Turning to paragraph 9, bullet 9, on the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, the Chinese…
Mr. Mekprayoonthong
We would like to express a concern of which we have spoken before regarding paragraph 9, bullet 10. We would have preferred the words “especially by making arms transfers more transparent and supporting regional disarmament measures” to have been deleted.
Mr. Apata
Speaking on behalf of the Nigerian delegation and of the Group of 77, I wish to express our sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to congratulate you and your team on your outstanding work on the draft United Nations Millennium Declaration, a text of which we can all be proud and which undoubtedly will stand the test of time.
I want only to add my suggestion that the delegations that h…
Ms. Álvarez Núñez
I wish first of all, Mr. President, to thank you and your team for your efforts to formulate a document worthy of being referred to the Millennium Summit. We consider that the draft Declaration is for the most part well balanced. Despite the varied perceptions of the United Nations and its role in the world, which we have again seen reflected in recent debates, the text has succeeded in gaining m…
Mr. Jacob
In a spirit of goodwill and cooperation, and because of our commitment to the success of the Millennium Summit, Israel joined the consensus on the resolution just adopted, and we will join the consensus on the Millennium Declaration. We will, however, submit a formal reservation, to be placed on the record of the United Nations, with regard to the second bullet in paragraph 26.
Mr. Franco
I should like first if all to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team on this excellent draft Declaration, and on the outstanding work done to come up with a document that, in the opinion of my delegation, is very satisfactory. Colombia is completely satisfied with every paragraph.
However, we would like to place on record that my delegation entered into consultations in good faith on the…
The President
I should now like to express my very sincere thanks to Ambassador Gert Rosenthal of Guatemala and Ambassador Michael John Powles of New Zealand, as well as to other collaborators, for their time, excellence, patience and understanding. All of them were very helpful to me and made invaluable contributions to the draft Declaration. I am sure that members of the General Assembly join me in extending…
Mr. Al-Awdi
My delegation has no wish to speak at great length. We are pleased that the Assembly has adopted the draft United Nations Millennium Declaration, and we congratulate you, Mr. President, on that text.
At the same time, my delegation wishes to reply to comments made by the Iraqi delegation, which referred to Kuwait as the “agent” of certain States. This is Iraq’s style of dealing with Kuwait. We s…
The President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (b) of agenda item 49?
It was so decided.
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