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Ramtane Lamamra

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first: 2013-09-24
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“Algeria therefore urges the protagonists to commit resolutely to the search for a peaceful solution to the crises in their countries. There is no other solution. Algeria notes with satisfaction the growing global awareness of the need to fight international terrorism and to address its root causes and repercussions. That is why Algeria calls for comprehensive approaches to fighting transnational organized crime, including human trafficking and drug trafficking. We call for drying up the sources of funding for terrorist groups, especially by prohibiting and criminalizing the payment of ransoms. In this context, Algeria recently organized an international conference on deradicalization, whose recommendations stressed the need to promote the values of tolerance and moderation.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“We call on the United Nations to set a firm date for the holding of a referendum in accordance with relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, as was expressly requested by the African Summit in June 2015. Algeria will spare no effort to assist the parties to the conflict and the United Nations, with a view to an early implementation of the solution for which the fraternal Saharan people and other peoples of the Maghreb have been insistently calling. With this same conviction of the necessity for settling disputes by peaceful means, Algeria has been following with great attention and concern the developments of the situations in Syria and Yemen, and the suffering of the two fraternal peoples in those two countries.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“In Western Sahara, after a quarter century of ceasefire between the two parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Polisario, and the adoption of the United Nations-African Settlement Plan, the Saharan people continue to live under occupation and the resultant suffering. Procrastination and attempts to flee responsibilities are ongoing and have prevented the achievement of a solution to this conflict, thereby undermining the credibility of the United Nations. Algeria, which supports with conviction and firmness the right of the Saharan people to determine their destiny in complete freedom, appreciates the sustained efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy, Mr. Christopher Ross.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Algeria renews its support for the efforts of the United Nations in Libya to achieve an inclusive, comprehensive solution that involves all stakeholders in Libya with a view to immediately creating a Government of national accord. In that regard, the efforts of the African Union in conflict resolution and peacekeeping in Africa are noteworthy. Indeed, the African Union has several achievements to its credit, with the continent contributing over 45 per cent of the world’s peacekeeping personnel. I would recall that the latest African summit, held in Johannesburg, took important decisions reflecting the will of the countries and peoples of the continent to work towards finding African solutions to African problems.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“That is reflected in the steady approach of the international mediation team in Mali, led by Algeria, that resulted in the conclusion of a comprehensive agreement for peace and national reconciliation. We encourage all parties signatory to this agreement, and more generally, all political and social forces in Mali, and we invite the international community, particularly donor countries, to endorse this process and to back it politically and financially in an ongoing manner. Algeria, which has stood by the fraternal Libyan people since the outbreak of the crisis in that neighbouring country, spares no effort to help it restore peace and stability and maintain its national unity.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria has implemented an ambitious development policy and development plans whose purpose is to relaunch the economic growth and to provide for the social needs of all citizens, while continuing to strengthen the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, freedom of expression and equal opportunity for men and women. Because of its central location in the Maghreb and Sahel areas and guided by the principles of its foreign policy, Algeria has continued to work for peace, security and harmony in its immediate neighbourhood and to bring political and economic support to its neighbours so as to strengthen Maghreb and African integration, convinced that this is an investment for the future of all and for the establishment of peace and stability at the regional and international levels.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“It is a question, on the one hand, of reaffirming the central role of the General Assembly as the conceiver and mouthpiece of international cooperation for development and the implementation of its resolutions and approaches, and, on the other hand, of the necessary reform of the Security Council dictated by the new challenges and threats to international peace and security. This principal organ no longer mirrors the composition of the international community, particularly the African continent. 46/55 15-29658 01/10/2015 A/70/PV.22 Algeria is participating in this historic session having achieved, before the deadline, most of the Millennium Development Goals adopted at the 2000 Summit. Under the programme of the President of the Republic, Mr.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“From this rostrum and at this pivotal meeting, Algeria once again affirms the validity of the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and renews its commitment to continuing to work to ensure the triumph of the values that unite us and that have made the United Nations a mirror of the concerns of the peoples of the world, their ambitions and hopes. I would like to stress once again the need to continue United Nations reform, adapting its mechanisms and modernizing its tools, to enable it to fulfil its mission more efficiently.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“The outcome document of the Summit on the post-2015 development agenda (resolution 70/1), held a few days ago, has both confirmed that failure and at the same time renewed the universal commitment to tackling the challenges facing humankind on the economic, social, security and environmental fronts, above all the need to unite our efforts to fight poverty and take new approaches to advancing development and improving the living conditions of people, who should be the focus of those efforts. At the same time, scarce natural resources must be safeguarded and the environment protected.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“In this context, I would be remiss if I failed to mention the images that the media have brought us of the massive influx of refugees into Europe as a result of the war- and crisis-induced humanitarian tragedies that unquestionably denote a collective failure to deal with conflicts and their consequences in several regions, particularly the Middle East.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Peace and stability have been restored in many parts of the world that were once ravaged by destructive wars; people have liberated themselves from the yoke of colonialism in Africa, Asia and Latin America; and the world has seen a qualitative leap forward and significant development in the past seven decades. That situation is in sharp contrast to the colonialism and foreign occupation that persist in some regions, along with the worsening poverty and hunger that remain the biggest challenge for the United Nations today. There are also new threats posed by terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking and human trafficking.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“On behalf of Algeria, I would like to warmly congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. I would also like express my thanks and gratitude to Mr. Sam Kutesa, the Assembly’s President at its previous session, for the many achievements realized during his presidency, which we hope to build on and strengthen. The current session coincides with the commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of the creation of the United Nations. It is taking place at a time when the international community is facing multiple challenges and opportunities that are the result of seven decades of profound changes and collective efforts, which have had their share of both successes and failures.”
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“This powerful juncture, at which we bring together all of our peoples within the fold of our founding values, should also be confirmed by action. There are apprehensions, uncertainties and challenges tied to fear and need, but if we face up to them the United Nations will certainly live up to its role as the last haven for the hope of humankind in a better future.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“Bouteflika, and the Algerian authorities are working hard to improve the living conditions of Algerian citizens in many different areas. We have laws that criminalize violence against women and children, and we are strengthening the protection of the rights of divorced women and other legislative efforts that add to our political and institutional success in supporting Algerian women. We have been addressing such matters in our elected bodies and our central Government. The celebration in 2015 of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations should be an opportunity to renew the commitment of all Member States to bring new and stronger vigour, efficacy and credibility to multilateralism. We have the joint responsibility to work to establish a world that is safer and fairer and shows more solidarity.”
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“I should also like to avail myself of this opportunity to pay homage to the efforts of my compatriot, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, and to reiterate our support to his successor, Mr. Staffan de Mistura. The ninth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Weapons should focus on the close, complementary nature of the objectives of disarmament, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and the promotion of the peaceful uses of the atom. Let there be no doubt that much remains to be done when it comes to freeing the world of weapons of mass destruction. Algeria, as a member of the Human Rights Council, is motivated by a strong sense of responsibility to participate actively in the promotion of the universal and interdependent nature of human rights. The President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“We also take note of the international mobilization against transborder terrorism on a large scale, which is relevant to Iraq and Syria. The execution of French citizen Hervé Gourdel in Algeria underscores the need to strengthen the fight against terrorism in all its forms. The earth-shattering developments that affect the lives of people in the Middle East add new questions with regard to the uninterrupted role played by the international community vis-à-vis the tragedy inflicted upon the brotherly Palestinian people. The history of humankind shows that armed conflicts give rise to other conflicts and that only by working towards justice within law and morality can we find lasting solutions. The Palestinian question and the Syrian crisis must be approached along those lines.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“The difficult state of affairs in our region requires a stepping up of efforts in the fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel and their established links to drug trafficking networks and transnational organized crime. In the global forum of the fight against terrorism, Algeria will continue to cooperate, including in its work as co-Chair of the Working Group on the Sahel, and will focus on securing borders and on preventing ransom-seeking abductions by terrorist organizations, bearing in mind the recommendations from the Algiers workshop in September 2013 and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and Security Council. In that spirit, Algeria notes with interest the results of the high-level Security Council meeting on terrorism and foreign combatants, convened on the initiative of President Obama (S/PV.7272).”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“I should like to avail myself of this opportunity to pay homage to the memory of our Consul in Gao and his assistant, Tahar Touati, who lost their lives during their period of captivity. The situation in Libya, a sister nation, has continued to deteriorate over the past three years. The twofold Algerian initiative to implement a common plan of action for all of the countries neighbouring Libya and for launching an inclusive dialogue towards national reconciliation, which would also seek to strengthen State institutions, has made a valuable contribution towards a collective, healthy step towards peace for the Libyan people, which we very much wish for them.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“At the behest of the stakeholders in Mali, Algeria is undertaking large-scale mediation between the Malian Government and the movements in the north of that country, working with a team that is representative of Africa and the international community as a whole. The adoption of a road map for negotiations in the Algiers process and the declaration of a cessation of hostilities have marked the effort towards the launching of substantial negotiations since 1 September, with the aim of achieving a comprehensive and definitive peace accord. The launching of those negotiations has been a source of satisfaction and coincides with the freeing of two Algerian diplomats who had been held hostage for nearly three years by a terrorist organization.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“The worrisome spread of the Ebola virus has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a global health emergency, and that reminds us tragically of the structural precariousness of human security systems, as well as of the responsibility of the international community in the treatment of health problems that affect the poor, who have no means or role in decision-making. Algeria adds its voice to that of the Secretary-General in urging the United Nations agencies and other donors, as well as non-governmental organizations, quickly to provide the international assistance needed by the African countries that have been hit by that scourge. That existential threat is yet another that Africa must collectively take on in order to ensure its rebirth, and brings with it challenges in the area of peace and security.”
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“The economic effort has allocated significant public investment in the sectors of agriculture, industry, energy, the environment and tourism, and into the diversification and modernization of the economy, all based on objectives tied to competitiveness and a substantial relaunching of growth. At the same time, Algeria is working to promote development with mutually beneficial strategic partners, based on respect for sovereignty and a balance of interests, in order to bring about opportunities for cooperation and the means of tackling the challenges and threats of a transnational nature. That cooperation excludes unilateral measures such as the embargo imposed on Cuba.”
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“Algeria supports the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination, as has been well established, and in that regard Algeria encourages the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy, Ambassador Christopher Ross, to intensify their efforts to ensure the success of that effort to move towards peace. Algeria is a stakeholder in the common destiny of the peoples of the Maghreb. Algeria’s own development has been conceived and guided by the desire to achieve the integration of the vast geopolitical space of which it is at the very centre. The policy platform on which President Bouteflika was re-elected and the five-year plan of action of his Administration hinge on a deepening of participative democracy, the modernization of the judiciary, equal opportunities for men and women, and good governance.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“In that context, the strengthening of cooperation and the multiform partnerships between the African Union and the United Nations should be encouraged, in particular in the context of the many conflicts and crises that continue to afflict Africa and to slow down the conclusion of its decolonization process. From that perspective, the global review that Mr. Ban Ki-moon is called upon to present in April 2015 on the question of Western Sahara, which pits the Kingdom of Morocco against the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguía el-Hamra y de Río de Oro, must honour the United Nations doctrine in the matter of decolonization, as well as stress the importance of the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.”
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“At the United Nations, Algeria coordinates the NAM working group on the revitalization of the General Assembly. In that role, Algeria will continue its efforts to ensure that the NAM working group, which is the most representative in the international system, assumes its full role. At the same time, Algeria will continue to work with its partners in the African Union Committee of Ten towards Security Council reform, aimed at putting an end to the historical injustices vis-à-vis the African continent, which wants, more than anything, representation and legitimacy in the Security Council.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“That was the formulation expressed by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the seventeenth Ministerial Conference hosted by Algeria in May, in reaffirming the relevance and importance of the right to development and the pressing need to eradicate poverty, which has been identified as a global challenge and a central objective of the post-2015 development agenda. Algeria is pursuing its efforts to reach a comprehensive and ambitious agreement on the SDGs and on climate, to include, in the case of the latter, desertification and access to genetic resources. Furthermore, we must see the implementation of commitments, whether they are commitments made as official development assistance or within the Monterrey Consensus, in the Doha Declaration or at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“Given the persistence and varied manifestations of the current crisis, we must have a comprehensive vision in order to make the United Nations a builder of lasting solutions to modern global problems. We are banking on the hope that the new sustainable development goals (SDGs) will contribute to bringing about a world that makes it possible for us effectively to protect human rights, guarantee the inclusive participation of all, and ensure that everyone — particularly those living in the forlorn regions in which 40 per cent of the poorest people live — shares in prosperity.”
2014-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 69 (2014)
“I should like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, an African neighbour, brother and friend, presiding over this important session of the General Assembly and to assure him of our full cooperation. I should also like to hail his predecessor the outgoing President of the General Assembly, Mr. John Ashe, and to pay homage to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his work in driving forward the role and missions of the United Nations. The theme of the general debate focuses on the future and the prospects for future generations. This reminds us, on the eve of the global summit on the post-2015 development agenda and of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, of the urgency of making a renewed commitment to multilateralism founded on international law.”
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“Since then, prodigious advances in science and technology, which have increased the power of humankind over nature, and changes in the very fabric of the international community have only increased the expectations of our peoples, for whom the United Nations remains the best refuge. May God inspire us to work in the best interests of our countries and our peoples.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“All of these factors make Algeria a good candidate for the Human Rights Council and have won it the support of the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the African Union. Almost 40 years ago, in 1974, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was at that time Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria and President of the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session, made significant history here by putting an end to the usurpation of the people of South Africa’s representation by the apartheid regime and by welcoming to this Hall for the first time the Palestine Liberation Organization, thus opening up two significant paths towards peace.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, and Algeria, moved by a high sense of responsibility, would like to dedicate itself to improving the effectiveness of the Council, strengthening the universal and interdependent nature of human rights and mobilizing the international community in this lofty collective endeavour. As a member of the Council, Algeria will share its experience in human rights and in the rights of peoples. We will endeavour to improve our own performance by, inter alia, adapting our national legislation and harmonizing it with the relevant international treaties and promoting the inclusion of all segments of society, including women, who now comprise 31 per cent of the deputies elected to the People’s National Assembly last year.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Algeria is working within the organizations and groups to which it belongs and with its other partners towards the elimination of the many obstacles to building peaceful, well-balanced and just international relations. We are nurturing the virtues of dialogue, and we place our hopes in the Alliance of Civilization and mutual respect among religions. Algeria is deeply dedicated to the heritage of the values shared by all humankind, beginning with the sacred nature, value and dignity of human beings and the promotion and protection of all human rights. It is this commitment that inspires Algeria’s candidature for a seat on the Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016 period.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“We must also agree on a democratic reform of the Security Council that covers its working methods and its composition and ensures equitable representation, taking into particular account the African States’ Ezulwini Consensus. The United Nations must be heeded when, from within the democratic framework of the General Assembly, it issues statements of strong positions that reflect the universal conscience, whether it is a question of strengthening the foundations of international humanitarian law and protecting civilians or specific situations, such as the long overdue lifting of the economic blockade that has been imposed on Cuba for decades now and the current one imposed on the Gaza Strip. The will of the international community that is so often reiterated here must prevail.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“While welcoming the efforts of the United States, which led to a resumption of negotiations, Algeria expresses the hope that the international community can redouble its efforts for the rapid establishment of an internationally recognized Palestinian State within the borders of June 1967, with Al-Quds as its capital. The legitimacy of the United Nations must be strengthened and its role enhanced, and to that end its reform must not be unduly delayed. We must ensure that the General Assembly remains participatory in nature and must increase the economic, social, humanitarian and environmental functions of the programmes, entities and agencies of the United Nations system.”
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“In welcoming the initiative of the Russian Federation and the Russian-American agreement as well as the adherence of Syria to the Chemical Weapons Convention, Algeria calls for the creation of political momentum towards the holding of the Geneva II conference and the attainment of a political solution among the parties in Syria. We reiterate our encouragement and support for Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi as he leads those praiseworthy peace efforts. In a Middle East mired in dangers and crises, a just settlement of the question of Palestine remains at the heart of any serious effort to stabilize the region.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Algeria is naturally supportive of the Arab peoples, who are experiencing difficult transitions and are confronting multiple challenges in a particularly delicate phase of democratic and socioeconomic transformation. We encourage the promotion of political solutions to governance crises as well as the management by consensus of these critical transitional periods. Clearly, military solutions are neither possible nor desirable in the context of the polarization of societies and the exacerbation of partisan interests and dissent. Algeria reaffirms its rejection of the threat or use of weapons of mass destruction. In that regard, we categorically condemn the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, regardless of who the perpetrators were or the circumstances.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Whether it is a question of Somalia, Darfur, relations between the Sudan and South Sudan, the Great Lakes region, the Central African Republic or efforts to restore constitutional order in a number of brotherly countries, Algeria is harmoniously blending its voice and efforts with those of the African Union. Algeria, which is resolutely committed to the right of peoples to self-determination, supports the intensification of the efforts of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, to prevail on the two parties to the conflict — the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front — to agree in negotiations on the lifting of all obstacles, so that the people of Western Sahara can freely determine their own future.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Algeria is particularly delighted at the liberation of the regions in the north of Mali from the claws of terrorist and criminal groups as well as the restoration of the constitutional order in this fraternal country with the clear success of the presidential elections. Algeria, which remains the target of international terrorism — as we were reminded by the violent terrorist attack carried out against the Tiguentourine gas complex early this year — is making an effective contribution to the joint efforts to promote collective security in the Sahelo-Saharan region as well as in the rest of Africa and beyond.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“The celebration this year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of African Unity-African Union under the theme of “African Renaissance” is an important milestone in the rise of our continent on the stage of history, giving us grounds for hope and ambition, as well as promises of African solutions for the problems of Africa, with the assistance of the rest of the international community. Algeria is participating in that shared destiny of the African peoples, and we welcome and are gratified by the progress made towards the recovery and economic development of the continent and the considerable rates of growth that have been recorded. We are also gratified at Africa’s steady progress towards conflict prevention and settlement. We also welcome the achievements of good governance, human rights and pluralist democracy.”
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“Those extensive efforts are naturally supported at the international level by multifaceted assistance to countries affected by crises and natural disasters and by the effective integration of debt relief for the poorest countries in Africa and other parts of the world. At the same time, Algeria is projecting its own development in the context of the historic coherence of the great Arab Maghreb Union project that the peoples of the region aspire to profoundly. That overall initiative came from the agenda of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and is aimed at making all Algerian men and women free from fear and need.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“In fact, it is a question of reaching an ambitious global agreement for the promotion of sustainable development containing commitments stemming from the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility, in particular for the mobilization of the financing needed for capacity- building and the transfer of know-how and technology. Under its 2010-2014 five-year plan, Algeria is implementing a human development strategy that sets forth ambitious policies to promote social justice and balanced regional preparations, within a framework of strict resource management, where the education, health, housing and infrastructure sectors continue to be given priority, backed by investment in economic growth.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Overcoming poverty is a long-standing endeavour that requires appropriate public policies coupled with effective international cooperation and consistent productive flows of investment, as well as greater complementarity between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions, with a view to exploiting synergies in the context of the peace-security- development triad. That means that new objectives for 2030 must be part of a global integral approach that reflects the disparities among regions, an improvement of the balance between urban and rural development, the strengthening of the capacities of poor people, good governance, the fight against corruption and the protection of the environment.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“The growing challenges arising from our increased interdependence are exacerbated by a multidimensional crisis that adversely affects our economies and governance and has disastrous social and humanitarian consequences. The only worthy response to the upheaval and dangers of our day is a determined quest for peace, justice and solidarity, in order to build with confidence that better future that we must bequeath to future generations. Consideration of the post-2015 agenda warrants a serious relaunching of the debate on development issues, particularly in terms of the elimination of poverty, a phenomenon that continues not only to affect the dignity of millions of human beings but also to threaten their lives. The international community should be primarily concerned at the lack of significant progress in its fight against poverty.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“I would like first of all to warmly congratulate Mr. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, and his predecessor Mr. Vuk Jeremi. on their excellent work. I would also like to commend our Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for the steady enhancement of the role and status of the United Nations under his leadership. The designation of the post-2015 development agenda as the central theme not only of this general debate but also for this entire session is a timely reminder of the role of the United Nations in promoting peace and prosperity throughout the world, for the benefit of all humankind. Indeed, more than ever before, we need the visionary role of the United Nations in order to face up to the ills besetting humankind.”
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