63/311 GA
System-wide coherence
63
Session
| Draft symbol | A/63/L.103 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 63/311 |
| UN Document | 63/311 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/63/PV.105
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
I give the floor to those representatives wishing to make statements in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Abdelaziz
I have the honour to make this statement in explanation of position on resolution 63/311, entitled “System-wide coherence”, on behalf of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China.
The Joint Coordinating Committee would like to express its sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to the two co-chairs of the informal consultations, the Perman…
Mr. Lidén
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The following countries align themselves with this statement: Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia.
The European Union warmly welcomes the strong and unanimous support of the General Assem…
Mr. Pálsson
I have the honour to deliver this explanation of position on behalf of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The Nordic countries welcome today’s long-awaited unanimous decision to create a new and consolidated gender entity of the United Nations. This is a fresh start for our Organization in promoting gender equality and strengthening gender mainstreaming for i…
Ms. Davies
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ).
Canada, Australia and New Zealand congratulate the co-chairs for their important work in fostering consensus among Member States on the range of issues. The adoption of resolution 63/311 clearly demonstrates Member States’ will to move forward in supporting greater effectiveness in all five areas of system-wide coh…
Mr. Okuda
First of all, I would like to join the many previous speakers in commending the very excellent and efficient manner in which you, Mr. President, have conducted the work of the sixtythird session of the General Assembly. My delegation also wishes you every success in your future endeavours.
We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the co-chairs, Ambassador Mbuende and Ambassador …
Ms. DiCarlo
The United States was pleased to join the consensus on the system-wide coherence resolution 63/311. The broad support for this issue is heartening. It shows that, after several years of intense consultations, Member States have come together to take a number of practical decisions to further our shared objective of a more effective and coherent United Nations development system. We thank the co-c…
Ms. Rovirosa
I would like to express my delegation’s gratitude to Ambassador Kaire Munionganda Mbuende of Namibia and Ambassador Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo of Spain and their teams for their excellent work in conducting this stage of the discussions process.
As we have indicated, we believe it essential to make progress in increasing the coherence and effectiveness of the United Nations development system. …
Mr. Mahiga
At the outset, I should like to thank the two co-facilitators, Ambassador Kaire Mbuende of Namibia and Ambassador Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo of Spain, for their work in advancing the intergovernmental deliberations on system-wide coherence. Having been a
co-facilitator myself, I know how arduous that task is. I congratulate them on their energy and creativity in facilitating a consensus on the …
Mr. Alimov
The Russian delegation joined the consensus on resolution 63/311, on system-wide coherence. Nevertheless, we cannot fail to express our regret that the text was submitted to the General Assembly for consideration without a review or substantial and open intergovernmental consultations. We do not believe
that that is fully in keeping with the mandate entrusted to the facilitators of the process.
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Ms. Hendrie
I would like to align myself with the comments made by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union and to make a few additional comments on behalf of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom has been a strong supporter of the system-wide coherence process for many years. The more effective the United Nations development system is, the more the United Nations, in partnership with n…
Mr. Kelly
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
We would like to thank our co-chairs, the Permanent Representative of Namibia and the Permanent Representative of Spain, and their colleagues for their tireless work this session in steering us to the very important resolution we have just adopted, resolution 63/311.
We warmly wel…
Mr. Park In-kook
The Republic of Korea welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 63/311, on system-wide coherence, which was the result of long and broad interaction among Member States under the leadership of the former and current co-facilitators, the representatives of Spain, Namibia, Ireland and the United Republic of Tanzania.
We believe that this resolution is a historic landmark in the system-wide coh…
Mr. Gálvez
Chile aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Egypt on behalf of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China regarding resolution 63/311, on system-wide coherence.
Likewise, Chile should like to express its appreciation of the hard work done by the co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Spain and Namibia, …
Mr. Gasana
My delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 63/311, entitled “Systemwide coherence”, and wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the Permanent Representatives of Namibia and Spain for their excellent work in facilitating the consultations on system-wide coherence. The resolution just adopted is an important step in ensuring a more efficient and effective United Nations development sys…
Mr. Chave
We should like to thank the co-chairs for having guided us through the system-wide coherence process this year and for their efforts in fostering consensus among Member States on a variety of issues of great importance for the further improvement of the effectiveness of the United Nations system.
We welcome in particular the establishment of a composite gender entity, led by an under-secretaryge…
Mr. Hackett
At the outset, my delegation would like to endorse the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Egypt on behalf of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement. I should also like to thank the co-facilitators for the system-wide coherence process during the sixty-third session, the Permanent Representatives of Spain and Namibia. We would like to thank them for bringing be…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote.
I should like to express my sincere thanks to Ambassador Kaire Munionganda Mbuende of Namibia and Ambassador Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo of Spain, who have conducted on my behalf the intergovernmental negotiations on system-wide coherence. I am sure that the members of the Assembly join me in extending to them our sincere appr…
Mr. Salsabili
I take the floor today to express our deep appreciation for the great privilege of having you, Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, with us as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session.
We are thankful to you for your resolve to relieve people from poverty, hunger and disease, and yet that is not all. We are indebted to you for your independence, courage and persistence in pursu…
Mr. Askarov
I should like to express our sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, for your exceptional and exemplary leadership of the
sixty-third session of the General Assembly. Over the past year, under your leadership, the General Assembly has achieved substantial progress in addressing the most important issues facing human civilization today.
The General Assembly addressed the most urgent issues o…
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