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Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah

lines on the record: 25
first: 2008-09-24
most recent: 2013-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“In that regard, we welcome the United States- Russia framework agreement for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons and the recent adoption of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) on Syria. Before I conclude, we would like to thank the Secretary-General and all his staff, as well as the United Nations Volunteers, for their hard work. We highly respect the peacekeepers for the sacrifices they have made in the maintenance of international peace and stability. We hope that our efforts within various United Nations agencies and bodies will lead us to the future that we all want.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“The date of 29 November 2012 was indeed a memorable day in the history of Palestine, when it was accorded observer State status in the United Nations (see A/67/PV.44). I would like once again to express our support for Palestine’s full membership and for its people’s legitimate struggle to exercise their right to their own independent and sovereign State. The worsening situation in Syria continues to be of serious concern. We join the international community in condemning the use of chemical weapons, which has caused the loss of lives in that country. More importantly, we support all efforts, particularly those of the United Nations, to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Regardless of the statistics of who has achieved the goals and who has not, we feel that much has been attained through the very concept of the MDGs. The Goals have opened up opportunities to every Member to develop in its own way and to involve its people in that development, even beyond 2015. Unfortunately, the options open to some people are severely limited. That is so when the basic, fundamental right of self-determination has been denied. We refer particularly to the people of Palestine, whom we believe can attest to that. Their legitimate struggle for a homeland of their own remains unresolved. Hence, we support the calls of the international community for intensified efforts towards realizing this basic right, which we take for granted today.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“In that regard, we are pleased that Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has accepted our invitation to come to Brunei Darussalam for the fifth ASEAN- United Nations Summit. We look forward to sharing our views and experiences with him, and hope that will strengthen cooperation between our Association and the United Nations. We are also encouraged by the recommendations put forward in the recent report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Agenda on how we can better assist our people in their daily lives by providing food security and quality education and eradicating extreme poverty. Overall, the MDGs have offered us many lessons indeed, and now it is time for all of us to move forward.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“We hope that the people-to-people approach will promote cultural exchanges and understanding. At the same time, our regional work has been strongly influenced by other Member States’ efforts to achieve the MDGs. Within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), we have an agreed plan to achieve an ASEAN community by 2015. Brunei Darussalam, as this year’s ASEAN Chairman, has chosen the theme “Our people, our future together”. It signifies our people’s role in ASEAN’s community- building efforts. In addition, we have also encouraged our member States to start working on an ASEAN plan beyond 2015, to further strengthen our mission in promoting peace, stability and prosperity. We will also continue to work together to strategically position ASEAN in the wider region and the world at large.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“It is focused on setting the stage. For us in Brunei Darussalam, it means having a national vision — Brunei Vision 2035 — that clearly provides direction towards attaining a dynamic and sustainable economy in the interests of our people. In line with the Vision, we place great emphasis on helping our younger generation realize their hopes. We have done this by providing quality education, encouraging innovation and creating better job opportunities. We also do what we can to assist fellow developing countries, either bilaterally or in partnership with other countries and international organizations, in human resource development, offering scholarships to study in Brunei Darussalam and training under community outreach programmes within the region.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“It has shown us that progress can be made if we work together locally, regionally and internationally. I would therefore like to place on record our expression of appreciation to our Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his predecessor, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the support and commitment provided by the United Nations to realize that historic initiative. We are now approaching the end of the 15-year period. Like many other nations, Brunei Darussalam has been able to learn much from its experiences in implementing the MDGs. We understand the high expectations for all to do well. However, we need to consider the problems that some Member States are struggling with. Those include limitations to natural resources, political conflict, socioeconomic problems and natural disasters. That is why this year’s theme is so appropriate.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“On behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and the people of Brunei Darussalam, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We thank our former President, Mr. Vuk Jeremi., for his efforts and contributions over the past year. Let me begin by expressing our sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Kenya and to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack. Such an act deserves our condemnation. Our deepest sympathies also go to those affected by the recent earthquake in Pakistan. Thirteen years ago before the Assembly, our leaders made a promise to our peoples to fulfil their hopes and expectations for a better life. This is why we see the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a highly important global partnership.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Economic security is food on the table, a job and the best possible support for health, education and old age. In all these efforts, we have felt well guided by the United Nations, above all through the encouragement it provides towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the confidence in the future that they give to all people. That, we believe, will lead us towards the common ground we are trying to discover. It will be reached when it is shared among the most powerful of industrialized nations and the smallest of threatened island communities. The search for common ground is the immense task of both present and future generations. We believe that only when it is concluded can mediation successfully perform the role suggested in the President’s theme.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“What concerns us is that the dynamics of the twenty-first century have the potential to exclude many from this common ground. It will become the exclusive territory of great unseen globalized forces, whether in the market, the workplace or in the world of great decision-making forums. That development could be so divisive as to destroy any common ground. We believe such common ground will only be created by ordinary people, as individuals and in their families and communities, who feel that they are indeed occupying that common ground. For them, political security lies in the principles of diplomacy among all nations, especially respect for each other’s traditions, values, beliefs and ways of life. Physical security means the rule of law.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We have given our full support to the great institutions of which we are members and will continue to do so. But our Government has emphasized one thing throughout this year in all international gatherings we have been privileged to attend. It is not a change in our 21 11-51384 overall approach; it represents a particular focus. It means that more and more we are trying to identify the challenges in basic human terms, because we feel that such a focus relates directly to the wise theme the President proposed for this debate. We acknowledge with deep respect that successful mediation has always been a cherished objective of the United Nations, and we strongly support that ideal. At the same time, however, we maintain that no mediation can be successful unless the parties involved share common ground.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Although both generations are naturally still influenced by those times and the leaders who brought them to this point, they are also new generations, for whom the new century shapes world affairs. In our statement to the General Assembly three years ago (see A/63/PV.10), we outlined our approach to this by broadly setting out what are now regarded as the challenges of this new century. Some involve security in all of its forms — political, physical and economic. Others address the natural environment and the effects of climate change. Still others raise questions about sustainable development and many challenges arise from the concept of good governance, both nationally and in world organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the Group of Twenty and even the United Nations itself.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We do so directly, through peacekeeping and monitoring efforts, and indirectly, through financial contributions made bilaterally and to relevant United Nations and regional bodies. In these ways, we seek to follow the commitments made in our first General Assembly debate. Nevertheless, we increasingly recognize that those commitments were made over a quarter of a century ago. Twenty-five years is a common definition of a generation in human terms, which means that a new generation is now moving into positions of authority. Behind it, a further generation is now coming of age. It has no personal memory of the global situation that shaped international policy in the Cold War era.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“At the same time, it is our deepest wish that these same sentiments may soon be expressed to the parties directly involved in efforts to reach a fair and equitable two-State solution to the situation in Palestine. The President of the Assembly has asked us to consider the role of mediation in the settlement of disputes by peaceful means. In doing so, we follow the direction given by His Majesty the Sultan in his address to the General Assembly in 1984, when we had the honour of becoming a Member of this great Organization. In outline, it committed us to mutual respect for territorial integrity and the principles of dialogue and negotiation in disputes, no matter how long or how frustrating the process may be. We still adhere to that principle. We give whatever practical assistance we can, whenever asked.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“He was greatly assisted in his work by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. We offer the Secretary-General our very best wishes for the coming year. We welcome his reappointment and join fellow Members in thanking his staff and the United Nations volunteer workers, peacekeepers and agencies for all of their efforts in many extremely difficult situations. It is a tribute to their work that one of the longest-running and most complex situations of all has been resolved this year. As a result, we add our own words of welcome to the Government and the people of South Sudan as a new Member of the United Nations. We also commend all parties involved in the process of dialogue, negotiation and final resolution.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“His term of office saw another impressive contribution by the United Nations to meeting the great international challenges Members face in the first decade of this new century. Some of that work began right here, in this building, with our efforts to reform the Security Council and revitalize the General Assembly. Other efforts addressed our world at large and the confrontation between essential economic growth and critical environmental realities that it faces. Still others were aimed directly at the people we represent. Those efforts addressed their health and food security; considered their personal and legal status, whether at home or as members of immigrant communities; and examined the systems of governance under which they live. This is a fine record, and we thank the outgoing President for his leadership.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“On behalf of His Majesty and the people of Brunei Darussalam, I would like to congratulate our new President, His Excellency Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz 11-51384 20 Al-Nasser. These are not only personal congratulations. We also congratulate his country, Qatar, our fellow Member of the United Nations. We greatly appreciate its significant efforts to promote dialogue, consultation and mediation in many difficult situations, both in its own region and far beyond. Thus we thank the President, as its representative, and warmly welcome him to the General Assembly as the representative of us all. We would also like to express our appreciation to his predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We and our neighbours have greatly benefited from the exceptional international research, advice and technical assistance that this organization has constantly offered, and for which we are all most grateful. I have briefly outlined Brunei Darussalam’s support for the United Nations and its current objectives. Above all, we are committed to the work of its agencies as they attempt to help us all achieve the Millennium Development Goals. I have spoken of how a new generation of leaders can offer their people the hope that comes from confidence in the future. The United Nations is the organization that gives us a fair chance to deliver on this hope. That is all we ask, because for us the twenty-first century presents a difficult journey, and the United Nations is the compass that directs us towards a hopeful future.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In particular, we thank the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). We see the success of both of these organizations as essential to providing our people with the confidence I have mentioned. In Brunei Darussalam, we had the privilege of hosting our first UNESCO science and technology camp in 2006 and we have been deeply impressed by the agencies’ relevance to the needs of ordinary people trying to meet the challenges of the modern world. We especially support the commitment of UNESCO to the process of dialogue and negotiation as the only lasting means of resolving confrontation, no matter how painstaking the process may be at times. In similar fashion, we have also long supported the invaluable work of WHO.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“We have to provide that confidence; by that I mean the confidence that comes from education, modern training, health care and the knowledge that their culture, values and faith are safe. If there is one broad lesson to be learned from the security crises that have marked the start of the century, it is that security is not an abstract concept, nor is it simply the traditional tasks of upholding the law and fighting crime. At its heart, it is a deeply felt feeling of unfairness. What we are asking for is the chance to address those causes at a very basic level. In that task, we therefore turn to the United Nations for help. We deeply acknowledge the work of the United Nations agencies in the field and their expert staff and selfless volunteers.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The twentieth century is, indeed, history. The twenty-first century is plainly here, creating its new set of internal and external dynamics. We clearly recognize that in my region. That is why ASEAN’s leaders have signed a new charter. We and our fellow members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have acknowledged that fact by amending the OIC charter and accepting the far- reaching objectives of the Makkah programme of action. Underlying both those moves is the deep desire of leaders who are passing the baton to their successors to ensure that their people have hope and confidence in the future by being given the chance to join the twenty- first century. Our people must be able to participate to the fullest. The new generation of leaders must have the opportunity to help them do so.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“It is the reason behind our work with our neighbours in Indonesia and Malaysia to conserve the priceless heritage of the Borneo rainforests by placing over half our territory under environmental protection in the heart of Borneo projects. It is why we affirm the right of all small nations and fragile societies, with all the values they uphold, to continue their way of life with security today and hope for the future. It is why we have supported worldwide dialogue between faiths to promote tolerance and respect for each other’s deepest beliefs. I offer this appreciation and support for a particular reason. A new generation of international leaders is slowly beginning to shape the future. It is my privilege here to speak not only on behalf of all our people, but especially on behalf of that new generation in our country.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In more specific terms, that is why Brunei Darussalam strongly supports the role of the United 35 08-51851 Nations in the Quartet working to establish a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. It is why we ask the World Trade Organization to recognize the impact its work has on the stability of small, fragile societies. We ask its strong and influential members not to give up the search for a fair formula for an equitable world trading system acceptable to all nations. That is also why we acknowledge the work of the Secretary-General with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to help our neighbour Myanmar recover from the terrible effects of Cyclone Nargis this year.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In September of next year, we celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of our membership in the United Nations. We thank the Organization and fellow members for giving us the opportunity to play a part in a world we all share. The global challenges we now face demand that every nation, big and small, work together. That is why we will offer whatever we can to support this world Organization. We will also support all its efforts to address political, economic and social concerns. We will help with recovery from natural disasters. We will join fellow Members in protecting not only the environment but also the cultures of small societies like our own. We will respect the values of the various faiths held by the people this Organization represents.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Please accept my expression of sincere appreciation to our outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim, and my warmest congratulations to Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. Brunei Darussalam wishes him every success in the coming year and we offer him our full support. My congratulations also go to the Government and people of Nicaragua. I offer them my very best wishes for peace, happiness and prosperity. That is a wish, of course, that we also offer all our fellow members. We very much enjoy working with them, sharing experiences, voicing concerns and hearing each other’s thoughts and ideas. I say that because the coming year is a very special one for Brunei Darussalam.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)