64/294 GA
Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention in the wake of devastating floods in Pakistan
64
Session
| Draft symbol | A/64/L.66 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 64/294 |
| UN Document | 64/294 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/64/PV.110
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
I now give the floor to The Honourable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America.
Ms. Clinton
I listened with great interest and concern as Foreign Minister Qureshi detailed, with sombre eloquence and painful specificity, what the people and Government of Pakistan are facing today.
We are here, at the request of the Government of Pakistan, to help them respond to the worst natural disaster in their history. As Foreign Minister Qureshi pointed out, the flooding, which has affected more th…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Steven Vanackere, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium.
Mr. Vanackere
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the European Union (EU) for all 27 Member States, our European institutions and our citizens, and also to bring a special message of support from the EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton, who would have liked to represent the European Union here today and who is looking forward to the time when that will be possible.
I would like first of all to …
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Temor Yakobashvili, Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia.
Mr. Yakobashvili
To begin, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting to mobilize international efforts to alleviate the effects of the unprecedented humanitarian disaster unfolding in Pakistan.
I would like to convey the sympathy of the people of Georgia to the people of Pakistan, and to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for the leadership and cou…
The President
I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Lene Espersen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
Ms. Espersen
At the outset, I should like to express my own behalf and on behalf of the Government and people of Denmark our sincere and heartfelt sympathy and solidarity with the hard-tried people of Pakistan, who have suffered such tragic loss of human life and livelihood following the devastating floods.
I wish, of course, to associate myself with the statements that have already been made by many of my c…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Lawrence Cannon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada.
Mr. Cannon
On behalf of the Canadian people, I should like to begin by offering my deepest condolences to all those who have been and are still so cruelly affected by the terrible natural disaster in Pakistan.
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this meeting.
The floods in Pakistan serve as a powerful reminder that every day millions of people worldwide require urgent humanit…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Egemen Bağiş, Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of Turkey.
Mr. Bağiş
I would like to begin my statement by reading out a message to the General Assembly from His Excellency Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
“Pakistan has experienced the most destructive natural disaster of its history. On behalf of my nation and my Government, I would like to express our deepest sorrow for the flood disaster that has shattered the lives of millions of Pakistanis. The Governmen…
The President
I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden.
Ms. Carlsson
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting, which offers an opportunity for the international community to reiterate its solidarity with the Pakistani people, along with an exchange of views on our future engagements. Sweden supports the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium on behalf of the European Union.
On behalf of the Swedish Government and people, let me express …
The President
I now give the floor to The Right Honourable Andrew Mitchell,
Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Mr. Mitchell
The British Government would like to express its deep sadness at the loss of life and destruction that has been caused by the floods in Pakistan and our concern for the continuing suffering of the Pakistani people.
I have come straight from Pakistan today and the area devastated by flooding. Yesterday, I visited the village and camp at Pir Sabak, where I saw scenes of total destruction of homes,…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Peter Power, Minister of State for Overseas Development of Ireland.
Mr. Power
I would like to begin by thanking the General Assembly and His Excellency Mr. Ali Treki for the initiative to convene this special plenary meeting of the Assembly in response to the terrible catastrophe that has befallen Pakistan. I would also like at the outset, on behalf of Ireland, to associate our country with the statement made by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs o…
The Acting President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
Mr. Hoyer
First of all, let me thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this special Assembly meeting. His initiative to summon this important gathering is timely and greatly appreciated.
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement just delivered by Belgian Foreign Minister Vanackere in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Union.
We listened carefully to the Secret…
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