57/337 GA
Prevention of armed conflict
57
Session
| Draft symbol | A/57/L.79 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 57/337 |
| UN Document | 57/337 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/57/PV.93
Speeches following this vote (15)
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted. May I remind speakers that explanations of position are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Donovan
Thank you, Mr. President, for your unwavering commitment and your extremely hard work in getting us to this Hall today.
My delegation greatly supports conflict prevention, but it is unfortunate that this resolution became a vehicle to comment on many unrelated subjects. We note your statement, Mr. President, that paragraphs in this resolution that do not relate directly to the prevention of arme…
Mr. Hyassat
I would like to express my high appreciation and sincere gratitude for your leadership, Sir, in reaching consensus on this resolution. I would like also to thank the facilitators for their efforts and excellent work.
This resolution was finalized after a lengthy process and intense negotiations, which reflected the great importance of the subject before us. Our position remains that the preventi…
Mr. Chaudhry
Let me, too, join others in expressing appreciation for the hard work that you, Sir, your staff and the facilitators have done. This is truly a magnificent achievement after tremendous hard work.
I will briefly refer to two or three issues that my delegation has very strong feelings about.
We, like other delegations that have spoken before us, are not happy with the language in some of the para…
Mr. Mekel
Israel has joined the consensus position on this resolution in light of the importance attached to the principle of conflict prevention and the resolution of disputes by peaceful means. Israel shares the belief that there is no better way to protect our children from the wars of tomorrow than by preventing conflicts today.
At this time, Israel would like to thank the President of the General Ass…
Mr. Samy
Allow me at the outset, on behalf of my delegation, to thank you, Sir, for your efforts to achieve today’s important result.
We joined the consensus adoption of this resolution. We are fully aware of the difficulties that arose before we reached today’s conclusion and of all the efforts you made to overcome them and achieve consensus. Although the language in many paragraphs
is not as strong as…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote.
I now give the floor to the Deputy Secretary- General.
The Deputy Secretary-General
I am here today to warmly welcome the adoption by the General Assembly of this historic resolution on the prevention of armed conflict. In adopting this resolution, the membership is responding to the report of the Secretary-General of 2001.
The Secretary-General has taken conflict prevention as one of his major priorities, pledging to move the United Nations from a culture of reaction to a cult…
Mr. Balarezo
On behalf of the Rio Group — Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela — I would like to convey to the President and the facilitators our warmest congratulations and gratitude for their commitment, patience and leadership, which made it possibl…
Mr. Lavalle-Valdés
Needless to say, my delegation fully and unreservedly associates itself with the statement just made by our friend the representative of Peru on behalf of the Rio Group. We nevertheless wish to make a brief comment on our own account with regard to the resolution that has just been adopted.
In the fourth preambular paragraph of resolution 57/26, entitled “Prevention and peaceful settlement of di…
Mr. Francese
My delegation is particularly pleased to address the General Assembly today in your presence, Mr. President. I would also like to acknowledge with appreciation the presence at the podium of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette.
On behalf of the European Union and its acceding countries, I would like, Sir, to express our most sincere gratitude for the excellent way in which you conducted the…
Mr. Rowe
As a country emerging from a very bitter conflict, and at the same time trying very hard to prevent the recurrence of armed conflict, Sierra Leone participated actively in the drafting of this resolution. We therefore wholeheartedly welcome its adoption. Notwithstanding its obvious weaknesses on a number of issues, we consider it to be a landmark document of the General Assembly. The prevention o…
Ms. Davtyan
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to join all those delegations that expressed their appreciation to you and to the facilitators for your commitment and hard work to ensure the successful outcome of our efforts to elaborate this long-needed resolution, which is of great importance for all of us. We particularly welcome the adoption of the resolution by consensus.
As we all know, the reso…
Mr. Loulichki
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, but
on behalf of my own delegation, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the consensus that was forged on this very important resolution. I believe that your presidency will be remembered, inter alia, for the adoption of resolution 57/270 B, on integrated follow-up to the major United Nations conferences, and for today’s consen…
The President
I should like now to express my own sincere thanks to the facilitators — Ambassador Arnoldo Listre, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations; Ambassador Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations; Ambassador Paul Heinbecker, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations; Ambassador Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Permanent Representat…
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