Opening Session
UNITED NATIONS secretary
general
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/sg_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General
23 September 2008
I am thinking, here, of combating malaria and AIDS,
and of reducing maternal and child
mortality.
President of the 63rd General
Assembly
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/pga63opening_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
23 September 2008
In addition to the problem of hunger, poverty and
high food prices, there are many other problems whose human origin
can no longer be doubted. These include ... gender inequality and
children in especially difficult circumstances such as armed conflict
or humanitarian disaster.
AFRICAN UNION
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/tanzania_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic
of Tanzania (on behalf of the African Union)
23 September 2008
No references
EUROPEAN UNION
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/france-fr.pdf
H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic
23 September 2008
No references
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Afghanistan
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/afghanistan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
24 September 2008
No reference
Albania
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/albania_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Bamir Topi, President
24 September 2008
No reference
Algeria
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/algeria.shtml
H.E. Mr. Mourad Medelci, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
Andorra
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/andorra.shtml
H.E. Mr. Albert Pintat, Chief of the Government
25 September 2008
Statement not available in English
Angola
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/angola_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Joao Bernardo de Miranda, Minister of External Relations
26 September 2008
No reference
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Antigua
and Barbuda
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/antiguaandbarbuda_en.pdf
H.E. The Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua
and Barbuda, Chair of G77 and China group
25 September 2008
No reference
Argentina
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/argentina.shtml
H.E. Ms. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the
Argentine Republic
23 September 2008
No reference
Armenia
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/armenia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, President
25 September 2008
No reference
Australia
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/australia_en.pdf
H.E. The Honourable Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister
25 September 2008
No references
AUSTRIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/austria_en.pdf
H.E. Ms Ursula Plassnik Federal Minister for European and International
Affairs
26 September 2008
/…/ There can be no lasting peace without justice, and international
justice will serve its purpose most effectively if it helps societies
advance reconciliation and overcome the wounds of the past. As the
often most vulnerable in our societies, women and children deserve
our special attention in this context.
7. No country, no society can succeed without recognizing the contribution
of women. Worldwide, women are the politically and socially most
relevant emerging power" of the 21st century. Their contribution
must be valued publicly, their participation encouraged, their potential
fully used. There are countless success stories of women leaders
who make a difference in their community, as businesswomen, mothers,
teachers, farmers, workers, peacemakers, and lawmakers.
8. At the same time - and around the world - we hear appalling
reports of discrimination and violence against women. How can we
speak of human rights for women, as long as one out of every three
women worldwide has been beaten or abused? It is the responsibility
of each and every government to act on this. The United Nations
must take the lead by setting clear targets and establishing a network
to share best practices in combating violence against women.
9. Last year, the Women Leaders Network called on the Secretary-
General to appoint more women to leadership positions in the United
Nations, in particular in mediation and peace building. I am pleased
that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has since entrusted a number
of outstanding women both with key positions at Headquarters and
in the field and I encourage him to continue this policy.
10. With regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women,
Peace and Security, the EU policy of targeted support to women in
and through peace mission could be extended to other regional organizations
such as the African Union. To asses the results of resolution 1325
I propose a thorough review process on the occasion of its 10th
anniversary in 2010.
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Azerbaijan
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/azerbaijan_en.pdf
H.E. M. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No reference
Bahamas
Hyperlink: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bahamas_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Hubert A Ingraham, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
26 September 2008
No reference
BAHRAIN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bahrain_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Khalifa ,
27 September 2008
No reference
BANGLADESH
Hyperlink: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bangladesh_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser (Prime Minister) Government
of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
26 September 2008
No reference
Barbados
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/barbados_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. David Thompson, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance,
Economic Affairs and Development, Labour, Civil Service and Energy
26 September 2008
No reference
BELARUS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/belarus_en.pdf
H. E. Mr. Andrei Dapkiunas, Chairman of the Delegation
29 September 2008
No reference
BELGIUM
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/belgium.shtml
H.E. M. Karel De Gucht, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
BELIZE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/belize_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Wilfred P. Elrington, Attorney General, Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Foreign Trade
29 September 2008
Yet, MR. President, with all our abundant natural resources, it
is very doubtful whether we will, despite our best efforts, be able
to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015. We
are not in a position to say today with any degree of certainty
that by the year 2015 all the children in our country, boys and
girls alike, will complete publicly founded primary education. We
can neither forecast that, by 2015, we will attain gender equality
or that we will reduce child mortality by two thirds, maternal mortality
by three quarters and that we will be able to reverse the spread
of HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
BENIN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/benin.shtml
H.E. Mr. Bony Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin
23 September 2008
Statement not available in English
Unofficial translation – no references
BHUTAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bhutan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Jigmi Y Thinley, Prime Minster of the Kingdom of Bhutan
26 September 2008
No reference
BOLIVIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/bolivia.shtml
H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia
23 September 2008
Statement not available in English
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bosniaherzegovina_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Haris Silajd_i_, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
23 September 2008
Some of the international community insisted on maintaining the
arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council in 1991, thus adding
to the obviously overwhelming military advantage of Milosevic’s
regime that was bent on destroying Bosnia and its people…..According
to the ICRC data, 200,000 people were killed, 12,000 of them children,
up to 50,000 women were raped, and 2.2 million were forced to flee
their homes. This was a veritable genocide and sociocide. The intent
of the perpetrator of this genocide was to forever destroy the unique
multi-ethnic fabric of Bosnia and Herzegovina through mass slaughter,
rapes, torture, abuse, expulsion and plunder.”
BOTSWANA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/botswana_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Phandu T.C. Skelemani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation of the Republic of Bostwana
29 September 2008
In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman’s lifetime risk of maternal
death is a staggering 1 in 22, compared to 1 in 8,000 in industrialized
countries
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BRAZIL
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/brazil-en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
23 September 2008
No references
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Hyperlink: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bruneidarussalam_en.pdf
His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah Bini His Majesty
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiak Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, The Crown
Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office
of Brunei Darussalam
No References.
BULGARIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/bulgaria_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Sergei Stanishev, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
No reference
BURKINA FASO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/burkinafaso.shtml
H.E. Mr. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso
24 September 2008
Statement not available in English
BURUNDI
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/burundi.shtml
H.E. Mr. Gabriel Ntisezerana, Second Vice-President
26 September 2008
Statement not available in English
CAMBODIA
Hyperlink http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/cambodia.shtml
H.E. Mr Ouch Borith, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia
29 September 2008
No References.
CAMEROON
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/cameroon_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Paul Biya, President
25 September 2008
No references.
CANADA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/canada.pdf
H.E. Mr. Leonard Edwards, Deputy Foreign Minister of Canada
29 September 2008
No references.
CAPE VERDE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/capeverde.shtml
H.E. Mr. Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, President of the Republic
of Cape Verde
24 September 2008
Statement not available in English
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CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/centralafricanrepublic.shtml
24 September 2008
Statement not available in English
Unofficial translation
No references
CHAD
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/chad.shtml
H. E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Relations
29 September 2008
Statement not available in English
CHILE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/chile_en.pdf
H.E. Dr. Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile
24 September 2008
And just as we have drastically reduced poverty, today we aim
to guarantee universal access for all Chilean men and women to a
social welfare system that allows them to live their lives in tranquility,
and removes the fear of disease, poverty or old age, thus increasing
opportunities for all, so as to advance steadily in greater equality.
It will be a force of nurses and doctors, specializing in maternal
and child health, who will spread out over the fields and mountain
ranges of our America, birthing babies, helping mothers and caring
for sick children.
Because despite the progress made in this regard in recent years,
which has increased the percentage of attended births from 78 to
89 per cent, 22,000 mothers die each year on our continent simply
because they received no professional care.
Despite the improvement in child mortality, 400,000 Latin American
children under five years of age are still dying each year.
We want all those who practice discrimination against women to
be ashamed of it
CHINA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/china_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council
24 September 2008No References
COLOMBIA
Hyperlink http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/colombia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of the Republic
of Colombia
24 September 2008
No References
COMOROS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/comoros.shtml
H. E. Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President
25 September 2008
Statement not available in English
CONGO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/congorepublicofthe_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Basile Ikouebe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Francophonie
of the Republic of the Congo
29 September 2008
To reduce maternal mortality, the government has taken the following
measures:
- Adoption of a road map on maternal, neonatal and infantile mortality;
- Free access to treatment of malaria for expectant mothers;
- Organization of bi-annual mother and child weeks;
Such efforts, however encouraging they may be, can only bear fruit
in the long run with the support of external partners, and in a
favorable international context as regards thorny issues such as
debt, trade, public aid to development, financing of development
and above all else, international peace and security.
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COSTA RICA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/costarica_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez, President
24 September 2008
No references.
Cote d'Ivoire
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/cotedivoire.shtml
H. E. Mr. Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs
29 September 2008
Statement not available in English
CROATIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/croatia_en.pdf
H.E. Dr. Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
26 September 2008
We are please by the fact that this year, the Council adopted a
strong and action oriented resolution addressing the disturbing
practice of sexual violence as a method of warfare.
CUBA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/cuba.shtml
H.E. Mr. José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President
of the Council of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba
24 September 2008
No reference
CYPRUS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/cyprus_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Dimitris Christofias, President of the Republic of Cyprus
24 September 2008
No references.
CZECH REPUBLIC
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/czechrepublic_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Czech Republic
27 September 2008
No reference
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/drcongo.shtml
H. E. Mr. Atoki Ileka, Chairperson of the Delegation
29 September 2008
Statement not available in English
DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/dprkorea_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Pak Kil Yon, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No reference
DENMARK
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/denmark_en.pdf
H.E. Ambassador Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Denmark
29 September 2008
Special focus on the empowerment of women is essential –
socially, politically and economically. Increased investments in
women are crucial, across all the MDGs, across all sectors. Gender
equality is a basic human right – and it is smart economics
too. On that basis, the Danish Government has initiated a specific
Call to Action on gender equality and empowerment of women.
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DOMINICA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/dominica_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
No references
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/dominicanrepublic.shtml
H. E. Mr. Leonel Fernández Reyna, President
24 September 2008
Statement not available in English
ECUADOR
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/ecuador_en.pdf
H.E. Ms Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Ambassador and Premanent Representative
of Ecuador to the United Nations
29 September 2008
We share with him the need to prioritize the fight for the eradication
of poverty and to pay special attention to relevant issues such
as climate change, energy crisis, terrorism, human rights, disarmament
and nuclear control, the rights of women and children, and the preservation
of biodiversity and of culture diversity.
EGYPT
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/egypt_en.pdf
H.E. M. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No reference
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/equatorialguinea.shtml
H. E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President
25 September 2008
Statement not available in English
EL SALVADOR
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/elsalvador.shtml
H.E. Mr Elías Antonio Saca González , President of
El Salvador
24 September 2008
Statement not Available in English
Unofficial translation
And I must stress that some of these goals that were raised as
part of the millennium development goals have been achieved before
the date of 2015 particularly the reduction of poverty, also gender
equality, and access to drinking water. This is why we support the
initiate of the Secretary General to hold in 2010 a summit meeting
with the aim of reviewing advances in the fulfillment of these goals.
Migration and particularly undocumented migration is becoming increasingly
a source of differences, instability and conflict. As a country
of origin, transit, and destination for migratory movements, we
would issue a call to intensify our actions to combat and prevent
the trafficking in persons, the illicit trafficking in immigrants,
in all its forms and to guarantee the protection for the victims
of these crimes, particularly, women and children.
ESTONIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/estonia_en.pdf
H. E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President
24 September 2008
No reference
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ETHIOPIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/ethiopia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Ato Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs
29 September 2008
No references
ERITREA
Hyperlink http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/eritrea.shtml
H.E. Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of
Eritrea
29 September 2008
No References
FINLAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/finland_en.pdf
H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland
23 September 2008
In mitigating climate change it is important to include all stakeholders,
from NGOs to private enterprises, and from individual citizens to
governments. We need everybody; it is necessary that also women
can participate in this work.
I am pleased to be a co-host together with the President of Liberia,
Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the International Colloquium on Women's
Empowerment in Liberia next March. This conference will explore
climate change from a gender perspective. It will serve as a catalyst
in addressing climate change, security, governance and leadership.
Rising food prices is a challenge with world-wide consequences.
Once again the poorest and the most vulnerable – women and
children – suffer the most. Food shortages lead to deterioration
of the diets and can provoke social unrest.
The increased food prices also provide opportunities. If developing
countries are supported in the spirit of the Aid for Trade agenda,
they can better take advantage of their agricultural potential,
also for exporting. And we need to ensure, again, that both women
and men benefit from support, keeping in mind that women produce
most of the food in many developing countries.
Tackling today's multifold conflicts requires a comprehensive approach
to security. Trade, development policy and humanitarian aid need
to be utilised alongside traditional crisis management tools. We
have to take women and children into account in conflicts and post-conflict
peace building.
We have made good decisions. We have to make them a reality. I am
pleased to inform you that last Friday Finland published a national
action plan on implementing the UN Security Council resolution 1325.
We hope that more and more member countries will do the same.
Furthermore, there can be no sustainable peace without justice.
Finland strongly supports the International Criminal Court in rejecting
impunity for the most serious international crimes.
FIJI
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/fiji_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Commodore Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister and Commander
of the Military Forces of the Republic of the Fiji Islands
26 September 2008
No reference
FRANCE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/france.shtml
H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic (on behalf
of the European Union)
23 September 2008
Statement not available in English
GABON
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/gabon.shtml
H.E. Mr. Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge, Vice-President of the Gabonese
Republic
23 September 2008
Statement not available in English
GAMBIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/gambia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Omar A. Touray, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
My delegation has taken note of the High Level panel’s Report
and the Secretary general’s comment on the UN System-wide
coherence as well as the Concept paper on Institutional Options
to strengthen UN’s work on Gender Parity and the empowerment
of Women. My delegation aligns itself with the position of the Group
of 77 and China on this work in progress.
GERMANY
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/germany_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Deputy Federal Chancellor and
Minister for Foreign Affairs
26 September 2008
We have achieved much together in the last few months and years
[in Afghanistan]. Millions of children—many of them girls—are
going to school again, while streets, bridges and hospitals are
being built.
GEORGIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/georgia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia
23 September 2008
No references
GHANA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/ghana_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms John Agyekum, President of the Republic of Ghana
24 September 2008
No reference
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GREECE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/greece.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Dora Bakoyannis, Foreign Minister of Greece
27 September 2008
We believe that one way to help jump-start development in Africa
is to involve women in the economy more extensively. Providing women
entrepreneurial opportunities at local, national and regional levels
will allow them to strengthen their role in society, increase their
involvement in education, and ultimately allow them to play a more
active part in decisions making. As the French social theorist Chares
Fourier said more than 200 years ago, ‘The extension of women’s
rights in the basic principle of all social progress.'
As heartbreaking as the suffering of immigrants and refugees often
is, nothing can compare to the misery involved in human trafficking.
Young women who leave their homes in search of a better livelihood
are exploited, brutalized and forced into a life of unspeakable
depravity by the traffickers in human misery involved in the international
sex trade. I say it is time for the international community to say
ENOUGH. I urge all the members of the United Nations to begin working
together forcefully to put an end to this blight on human dignity.
GRENADA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/grenada_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
In health care, Grenada has made relatively good progress especially
in improving maternal health, decreasing the child mortality rate,
and combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
GUATEMALA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/guatemala_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Álvaro Colom Caballeros, President of the Republic
of Guatemala
24 September 2008
No References
GUINEA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/guinea.shtml
H.E. Mr. Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, Prime Minister of the Republic
of Guinea
26 September 2008
Statement not available in English
GUINEA
BISSAU
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/guineabissau_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. João Bernardo Vieira, President of the Republic
of Guinea-Bissau
25 September 2008
The international Community must react to all these challenges.
But, how can we succeed without close cooperation among all the
countries of the world? …… Our main goals should be
to foster dialog in all occasions and circumstances. Dialog among
countries, Peoples, Cultures, Religions and Civilizations of the
world. - . . .-
It is only through dialog that we will be able to identify our
differences and find solutions of common interest. . - ……Dialog
and negotiations to defend and Protect the most vulnerable, in particular
Women and Children through the promotion and respect of Human Rights
and the Principle of Democracy and the Rule of Law. ….. Finally,
Dialog and negotiations with the view of promoting policy of inclusion
which guaranties the active of all stakeholders, above all women,
youth and the Civil Society in general in building peace and political
stability and in creating the necessary conditions for the development.
GUYANA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/guyana_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana
23 September 2008
No References
HAITI
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/haiti.shtml
H.E. Mr. René Garcia Préval, President
26 September 2008
Statement not available in English
HOLY SEE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/holysee.pdf
H. E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Chairperson of the Delegation
29 September 2008
No references.
HONDURAS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/honduras.shtml
H.E. Mr. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, President of the Republic
of Honduras
24 September 2008
Statement not available in English
HUNGARY
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/hungary_en.pdf
H.E. Ms. Kinga Göncz, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
We firmly believe that the lasting solution of the challenges of
the present time cannot be completed without the effective involvement
of women into all aspects of the international cooperation. I would
like to state that Hungary fully supports the initiative to make
a comprehensive overview of the implementation of the United Nations
Security Council Resolution 1325 by 2010, and I am confident that
the UN should take the leadership. The outcome of such an analysis
should provide us with sufficient ground to formulate concrete actions
in fulfilling our obligations in this field.
ICELAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/iceland_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Geir H. Haarde, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iceland
26 September 2008
Sixty years ago Eleanor Roosevelt wisely observed that The U'N
Charter is a guiding beacon along the way to the achievement of
human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the world. As we
celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, her words remind us of the progress already made,
and the long and difficult road ahead, made more difficult by major
new global challenges. Today's world does not tolerate racial discrimination
and the time has come to make sex discrimination universally unacceptable
too. My government will continue to promote gender equality internationally.
We will do it both through multilateral efforts within the United
Nations, most notably in UNIFEM, and in the World Bank. Regrettably,
gender equality and women's empowerment remain elusive goals all
over the world. I urge the United Nations to lead by example.
INDIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/india_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
No references.
INDONESIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/indonesia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. N. Hassan Wirajuda, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No references
IRAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/iran_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic
of Iran
23 September 2008
No references
IRAQ
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/iraq_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Jalal Talabani
25 September 2008
Our position requires the support and assistance from countries
around the world to be able to build a modern nation which ensures
justice, equality, the strengthening of the rule of law, the respect
for human rights, and women’s participation in all spheres
of life.
IRELAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/ireland_en.pdf
H. E. Mr. Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Ireland
29 September 2008
No references
ISRAEL
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/israel.shtml
H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel
24 September 2008
Wisdom is not conquerable by armies. Knowledge diminishes discrimination
because it operates through good will and transcends race, nationality
and gender.
ITALY
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/italy_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Franco Frattini, Minister for Foreign Affairs
26 September 2008
No reference
JAMAICA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/jamaica_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica
26 September 2008
No reference
JAPAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/japan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan
26 September 2008
No references
JORDAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/jordan_en.pdf
H. E. M. Salah Bashir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jordan
29 September 2008
During this decade, the Jordanian participation in the peacekeeping
operations expanded to reach an accumulative number of participants
from Jordanian armed forces and police of sixty thousand men and
women who served in 20 military missions spread over four continents.
This contribution reflects the serious and full commitment of Jordan
to commitment to enhancing international peace and security.
Jordan implemented ambitious reform plans towards liberalization
of foreign trade and enhance the environment for fair competition
in business, strengthened the programmes and the institutions of
good governance, political development, enhance the role of women,
combat corruption, protection of human rights, a major breakthrough
in the area of health and education and promoting consistent trend
in economy.
KAZAKHSTAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/kazakhstan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Marat Tazhin, Minister of Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No references
KENYA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/kenya_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya
23 September 2008
No references
KIRIBATI
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/kiribati_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Anote Tong, President
25 September 2008
No references
KUWAIT
Hyperlink: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/kuwait_en.pdf
H.E. Sheikah Nasser , Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait
25 September 2008
The State of Kuwait continues its efforts to achieve economic and
social development, improve the living conditions of the Kuwaiti
citizens as well as those who live in Kuwait land. Kuwait also made
progress in implementing the commitments and resolutions of the
2005 World Summit, realized all of the Millennium Development Goals,
including education and health, as well as advancing the role of
women in society and their empowerment.
LAO
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/lao_en.pdf
H. E. M. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
29 September 2008
No reference
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LATVIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/latvia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Valdis Zatlers, President of the Republic of Latvia
24 September 2008
No reference
LEBANON
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/lebanon_en.pdf
H.E. General Michel Sleiman, President of the Lebanese Republic
23 September 2008
We recall the two massacres of Qana that were perpetrated against
innocent children, women and elderly, as well as the aggression
of July 2006 in which thousands were killed and wounded, tens of
thousands displaced, and bridges and civilian facilities destroyed
in different parts of the country.
LESOTHO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/lesotho_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Mohlabi K. Tsekoa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Relations of the Kingdom of Lesotho
27 September 2008
No reference
LIECHTENSTEIN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/liechtenstein_en.pdf
H. E. Ms. Rita Kieber-Beck, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein
29 September 2008
No reference
LIBERIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/liberia_en.pdf
H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
23 September 2008
We believe in a peace and security environment…that promotes
poverty eradication and human rights especially the rights of women
and children…
I am proud to say that Liberian history and experience have taught
us never to shirk our opposition to wars and the causes thereof,
to man’s inhumanity to main, to oppression, racism, human
rights abuses, especially those against women and children, and
abuses inflicted against race, creed, and religion.
Since education is the single most barrier to women leadership,
we have put ion place special programs to support girls’ education
throughout Liberia. These have resulted in the high rise in girl
enrollment in schools and higher education institutions. I truly
believe that when you educate the girl child you educate the whole
nation and progress will become manifest and even.
I come from a continent where women leadership- particularly a
women Head of State and Government- is still unthinkable in some
quarters. At the global level, there are only a handful of colleagues.
To help sensitize and energize the world to the reality of women
leadership, my friend and colleague, Ms. Tarja Halonen, the President
of Finland and I are organizing an International Colloquium on Women
Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security
around the event of International Women’s Day in March, 2009
in Monrovia. I believe that to correct the inequalities in leadership
and denials that women have suffered as a result of untenable and
unacceptable practices, special efforts must be applied in support
of women desirous of elective public offices or to encourage women
to seek suck office.
LIBYA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/libya_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Giadalla A. Ettalhi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Representative & Head of the Libyan Delegation
29 September 2008
No reference
LITHUANIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/lithuania_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania
23 September 2008
No references
LUXEMBOURG
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/luxembourg.shtml
H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs and Immigration
26 September 2008
Statement not available in English
MACEDONIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/macedonia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Branko Crvenkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia
25 September 2008
No reference
MADAGASCAR
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/madagascar_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Marc Ravalomanana, President of the Republic of Madagascar
23 September 2008
No reference
MALAWI
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/malawi_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Bingu Wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi
24 September 2008
No reference
MALAYSIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/malaysia_en.pdf
H.E. Dr. Rais Yatim, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
27 September 2008
No reference
MALDIVES
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/maldives_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Ahmed Khaleel, Permanent Representative of the Republic
of Maldives to the United Nations
29 September 2008
No reference
MALI
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/mali.shtml
H.E. M. Moctar Ouane, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
MALTA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/malta_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
Poverty eradication and the achievement of all the Millennium Development
Goals are to be priorities of our times which should be addressed
in a multidimensional way, both through the conduct of political
and economic decision-making as well as through social and environmental
factors related to different facets such as culture and gender equality,
geography, climate and energy.
MARSHALL
ISLANDS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/marshallislands_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Litokwa Tomeing, President of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands
25 September 2008
Today, we see vast increases in movements and organizations devoted
to humanitarian work, empowerment of women and mobilization of youth.
MAURITANIA
Hyperlink: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/mauritania_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Abderrahim Ould Hadrami, Ambassador, Permanent Representative
to the United Nations
29 September 2008
Lastly, women were accorded a quota of 20% of all candidatures
in our Islamic Republic.
MAURITIUS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/mauritius.pdf
Representative of H.E. Dr the Honourable Navinchandra Ramgoolam,
Prime Minister of the
Republic of Mauritius
29 September 2008
No references
MEXICO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/mexico_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of the United
Mexican States
24 September 2008
no reference
MICRONESIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/micronesia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Emanuel Mori, President
25 September 2008
No reference
MOLDOVA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/moldova_en.pdf
H. E. M. Andrei Stratan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Republic of Moldova
29 September 2008
No reference
MONACO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/monaco.shtml
H.E. Mr. Franck Bianchéri, Government Counsellor for External
Relations and International Economic and Financial Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
MONGOLIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/mongolia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Bayar Sanj, Prime Minister of Mongolia
24 September 2008
No references
MONTENEGRO
Hyperlink: http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/montenegro_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Filip Vujanovic, President of Montenegro
26 September 2008
No references
MOROCCO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/morocco_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Abbas El Fassi, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco
27 September 2008
No reference
MOZAMBIQUE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/mozamique_en.pdf
H. E. Mr. Armando Emílio Guebuza, President
24 September 2008
Last February we launched the Presidential Initiative for the
benefit of women and children. At that time, several meetings were
held with health professionals, religious and traditional leaders,
women and youth. During these meetings, which are being replicated
at the local level, it became clear that health issues permeate
the MDGs. Although significant, the advancements that we have recorded
are not enough to have an effect on the reduction of avoidable deaths
in Mozambique. Our assessments show that we could, for instance:
- Reduce maternity mortality by more than 50%
- Significantly facilitate access to anti-retroviral treatment and
to the treatment of tuberculosis and malaria
- To have, my 2010, more than 95% of the mothers and children sleep
under insecticide-treated mosquito nets;
However, in order to achieve these objectives, we are dependent
upon an additional funding of US 4 dollars per capita a year for
the health sector, form now to 2010. Additionally, we need 10 million
more for mosquito nets. The supply of the deficit amount of 590
million US-dollars along the next 7 years could help us train and
employ around 20 thousand additional health people. This figure
would raise the number of doctors by 119%. The number of nurses
and of mother gaining access to a health care would rise by 86%.
We wish to take this opportunity to commend and encourage the
persistence of the international solidarity movement to help Africa,
and Mozambique in particular, both in the women and children’s
health context for the fulfillment of the commitments made at the
Millennium Summit.”
MYANMAR
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/myanmar_en.pdf
H. E. M. U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar
29 September 2008
No reference
NAMIBIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/namibia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia
23 September 2008
No references
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NAURU
Hyperlink http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/nauru_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Marcus Stephen, President of the Republic of Nauru
24 September 2008
No References
NEPAL
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/nepal_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Prime minister
26 September 2008
No references
NETHERLANDS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/netherlands_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister and Minister for General
Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
25 September 2008
There is still so much to do. In some countries the situation is
actually getting worse, especially where health is concerned. One
child still dies every" three seconds. One mother every minute.
Governments are there for everyone. For men and women. For people
of all backgrounds and all religious convictions. For monks, priests,
rabbis and imams. And equally for those who do not believe in a
supreme being.
NEW ZEALAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/newzealand_en.pdf
H. E. Ms. Rosemary Banks, Chairperson of the Delegation
29 September 2008
No references.
NICARAGUA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/nicaragua.shtml
H.E. Mr. Samuel Santos López, Minister For Foreign Affairs
26 September 2008
Statement not available in English
NIGER
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/niger.shtml
H.E. Ms. Aïchatou Mindaoudou, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
NIGERIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/nigeria_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Umaru Musa Yar’adua, President
29 September 2008
No references
NORWAY
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/norway_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway
25 September 2008
Climate and energy are among the biggest issues of our time. They
must be on the top of our agenda. These big issues are also all
about poverty, inequity and gender. Leadership is called for. Leadership
her at the United Nations. I believe we face, not only a food crisis,
an energy crisis, a climate crisis, a trade talk crisis, but a larger,
decision making crisis. We have great institutional capacity. We
discuss, we deliberate and we study But we are too often unable
to decide. Often, those countries, who want the least. Those countries
decide the most. Those who want the least of change and progress
are able to slow us down and block decisions. And now also the Security
Council seems to face difficulties, after many good years
….. Reaching the Millennium Development Goals is our foremost
priority. We have taken on a special responsibility regarding Millennium
Development Goal number 4 on child mortality and number 5 regarding
maternal health.
We are making progress towards the Millennium Goals. Poverty is
being reduced Child mortality is falling. But we have not made any
progress with regard to maternal health. The fact that we have not
made any significant progress at all in reducing the number of women
who die in pregnancy or childbirth, is appalling.
There can only be one reason for this awful situation And that
is persistent neglect of women in a world dominated by men. Just
think of all these millions of young girls and young women, who
know, and who fear and dread, that giving life may cause their death.
And all this human tragedy is avoidable By simple means. But we
have not taken the problem seriously.
Money doesn’t seem to be a problem when the problem is money.
Let us look for a moment on what is happening on Wall street and
in financial markets around the world. There, unsound investment
threatens the homes and the jobs of the middle class. There is something
fundamentally wrong when money seems to be abundant, but funds for
investment in people seem so short in supply.
The marked mechanisms will not fund the schools in Afghanistan,
the hospitals in Rwanda, or the vaccines given in the slums and
the ghettos. That kind of investment requires political will and
decisions. And we must provide the framework that will direct resources
toward these ends.
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OMAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/oman.shtml
H.E. M. Sayyid Badr Bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Secretary-General of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
PAKISTAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/pakistan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan
25 September 2008
Democracy is not like water from a tap that can be turned on and
off when it's convenient. It is a universal value guaranteed to
all men and women. It is the outcome of these struggles that will
determine whether the noble experiment embodied in these hallowed
walls of the United Nations will succeed or fail. …..
The terrorists can blow up our girls' schools but we will rebuild
them, brick by brick, inch by inch. We are in this battle to win,
and we know how we have to do it.
PALAU
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/palau_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Elias Camsek Chin , Vice President
25 September 2008
No references
PALESTINE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/palestinianauthority_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Palestine Liberation Organization President of the Palestinian
National Authority
26 September 2008
No reference
PANAMA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/panama.shtml
H.E. Mr. Martín Torrijos, President of the Republic of Panama
23 September 2008
The United Nations has as its major principle the preservation
of peace, but peace is not just the absence of armed conflict between
countries. Peace also needs the tranquility of nations and entails
the elimination of adverse factors that can cause motivations.
PAPUA NEW
GUINEA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/papuanewguinea_en.pdf
H.E. The Honourable Puka Temu, Deputy Prime Minister
27 September 2008
UN reforms need to be carried out in all the relevant areas of
the UN We need to address the international gender architecture
to be more robust, responsive and effective and has to be part of
the core reform process to cater for our women, youth and children
…. Achieving the MDGs remains an integral development priority
of my Government
We have set ourselves 15 nations! targets and 67 indicators, which
have been integrated into our Medium Term Development Strategy and
sectoral plans.
For example,
- In partnership with UNICEF we have also introduced proactive programs
accelerating the girt child's access to education
- In the area of health issues, major challenges remain, such as
maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS, which the Government is now addressing
through the 10-year National Health Plan
…After ail, reducing poverty, expanding access to education
and health, and empowering women through economic and social participation
are what we are addressing in my Government.
PARAGUAY
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/paraguay.shtml
H. E. Mr. Fernando Lugo Méndez, President
24 September 2008
Statement not available in English
PERU
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/peru.shtml
H.E. M. José Antonio Garcia Belaunde, Minister for Foreign
Affairs
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
PHILIPPINES
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/philippines_en.pdf
H.E. Ms. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President
23 September 2008
No references
POLAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/poland_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Lech Kaczyñski, President of the Republic of Poland
24 September 2008
No References
PORTUGAL
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/portugal_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic
24 September 2008
No Reference
QATAR
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/qatar.shtml
His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Amir of the State
of Qatar
23 September 2008
No reference
REPUBLIC OF
KOREA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/korearepublic_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Han Seung-soo, Prime Minister
25 September 2008
No reference
ROMANIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/romania.shtml
H.E. Mr Lazar Comanescu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/russia_en.pdf
H.E. M. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No references.
RWANDA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/rwanda_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
23 September 2008
With regards to empowering women and promoting their socio economic
and political participation, we continue to make modest progress.
For example, in the just-concluded Rwandan Parliamentary Elections
for the Lower Chamber, women candidates performed exceptionally
well- increasing their percentage in the new Parliament from forty-nine
to fifty-five. We believe that, besides improving gender relations
in our country, this marks healthy progress towards realizing a
vision of a united, democratic prosperous Rwanda.
SAMOA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/samoa_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Tuila’epa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime
Minster of the Independent State of Samoa
26 September 2008
No reference
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SAN MARINO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/sanmarino_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Fiorenzo Stolfi, Minister of Foreign and Political Affairs
and Economic Planning with functions of Prime Minister
26 September 2008
On the occasion of the opening of the 52'" Session of the
Commission on the Status of Women, the Secretary General announced
the launch of the UN campaign to end violence against women. San
Marino intends to work in support of this campaign to protect the
rights of women which parallels a commitment undertaken during its
Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
I would like to add that the campaign to combat violence against
women was also earned out at the national level, in which we tried
to raise public awareness of an issue too often ignored or underestimated.
Following this initiative, the Parliament of San Marino has recently
adopted a law - Prevention and Repression of Violence Against Women
and Gender-Bused Violence. It is a decisive and innovative legal
instrument for our Country that provides for, inter alia, the introduction
of preventive measures addressing violence against women and gender-based
violence, as well as the protection of victims during criminal proceedings.
SAO TOME
AND PRINCIPE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/saotomeandprincipe.shtml
H.E. Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President
25 September 2008
No references.
SENEGAL
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/senegal.shtml
H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal
24 September 2008
Noting that the World Bank had named Senegal among those nations
likely to meet the Millennium Development Goals, he said: “I
like challenges.” However, as long as Senegal faced high child
and maternal mortality rates, its progress would be slowed. Senegal
was working to reduce those deaths, notably through plans to provide
cell phones to women so they could contact health centres.
SERBIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/serbia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Boris Tadi, President of the Republic of Serbia
23 September 2008
No references
SEYCHELLES
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/seychelles_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms James A Michel, President of the Republic of Seychelles
25 September 2008
No reference
SIERRA LEONE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/sierraleone_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra
Leone
25 September 2008
No reference
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SINGAPORE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/singapor_en.pdf
H. E. M. George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore
29 September 2008
No reference
SLOVAKIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/slovakia_en.pdf
H.E Mr. Ján Kubis, Minister for Foreign Affairs
26 September 2008
Slovakia would like to place renewed emphasis on the advancement
of the agreed UN reform measures, including the management reform
of the UN Secretariat. We must strengthen the UN's capacity to deliver
"as one" in the areas of peace, security and development,
humanitarian assistance and environment, while taking into account
the cross-cutting areas of gender equality, sustainable development
and human rights.
SLOVENIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/slovenia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr D.R Danilo Turk, President
24 September 2008
No references
SOLOMAN ISLANDS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/solomonislands_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Derek Sikua, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
My delegation remains concern that much on the debate on the MDGs
is centered on social commitments from health to gender and from
HIV/Aids to education. Economic issues are not given any attention,
placing countries with huge youth and unemployed population in an
awkward and fragile situation.
SOMALIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/somalia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Ali Ahmed Jama Jengeli, Minister for Foreign Affairs
26 September 2008
No reference
SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/southafrica_en.pdf
H. E. Ms. Nkosazana C. Dlaminni Zuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs
of South Africa
29 September 2008
In order to accelerate the achievement of all the MDG's, a lot
more attention needs to be focused on MDG 3 on the empowerment of
women. Women need to be at tile centre of development as agents
of change both socially, economically and politically.
… We understand fully well the pain, suffering and agony that
conflict brings to bear on the lives of ordinary people, particularly
women and children. These ordinary souls continue to cry out to
this assembly of the world as they have done in the past, to help
bring about an end to the conflict.
SPAIN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/spain.shtml
H. E. Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President
25 September 2008
Statement not available in English
SRI LANKA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/srilanka.shtml
H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka
24 September 2008
No reference
ST KITTS AND NEVIS
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/saintkittsandnevis_en.pdf
H.E. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs Minister of National Security & Immigration, Minister
of Sustainable Development and Minister of Tourism, Sports and Culture
25 September 2008
No reference
ST LUCIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/saintlucia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Stephenson King, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance,
International Financial Services, Economic Affairs, National Development
and External Affairs, of Saint Lucia
26 September 2008
There are however two additional issues that are critical to development
in Saint Lucia and that are not properly covered under the existing
MDG framework:
- the first issues encompasses violence, crime and security. It
is an issue that takes many forms, including the gender-based violence
that should be incorporated in MDG3.”
ST VINCENT AND
THE GRENADINES
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/stvincent_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
No references.
SURINAME
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/suriname_en.pdf
H. E. Mr. Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan, President
24 September 2008
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SWAZILAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/swaziland_en.pdf
His Majesty King Mswati III, Head of State of Swaziland
25 September 2008
Like many other countries, the Kingdom of Swaziland is on track
in some of the MDGs. We are doing everything possible to achieve
universal education. We are providing resources for every child
to go to school. Efforts are made to achieve gender equality and
empowerment of women, ensuring of environmental sustainability,
reduction of child mortality, combating of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria
amongst other targets.
SWEDEN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/sweden.pdf
H. E. Mr. Anders Lidén, Chairman of the Delegation
29 September 2008
Violence against women and girls is a major obstacle to the full
enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by all people.
Efforts to combat this violence must not end with a peace agreement.
We must ensure that women have full access to justice, also in the
transition from war to peace. Last June, the landmark Security Council
resolution 1325 on women, peace and security was followed up by
resolution 1820 on sexual violence. It reaffirms that rape and other
forms of sexual violence can be war crimes or crimes against humanity.
It obliges governments to combat such behaviour by all necessary
means. Although the UN has made considerable efforts in this area,
more needs to be done, both in the field and at headquarters.
The Accra meeting on the Paris Declaration took important steps
towards better aid effectiveness and reconfirmed the shared responsibility
for development. However, much more must be done in areas such as
democratic governance and human rights, the role of women in development,
and the impact of global climate change. This is a challenge for
developing and developed countries alike.
The UN system – both in the field and at headquarters –
has to be reformed in order to ensure coherence and effectiveness.
Reforms must also enable the UN to work more effectively with gender
issues and the promotion of equal rights and opportunities.
SWITZERLAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/switzerland_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, Ambassador
29 September 2008
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SUDAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/sudan.shtml
H.E. Mr. Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Vice-President
25 September 2008
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/syria_en.pdf
H.E. M. Walid Al-Moualem, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
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TAJIKISTAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/tajikistan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President
25 September 2008
Lives of millions of people on earth, among them women and children,
depend on exercising the human right for a dignified food supply.
TANZANIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/tanzania_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic
of Tanzania (on behalf of the African Union)
23 September 2008
No reference
THAILAND
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/thailand_en.pdf
H. E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Chairperson of the Delegation
29 September 2008
No reference
TIMOR-LESTE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/timorleste_en.pdf
H.E. Mr Jos’e Ramos-Horta, President
25 September 2008
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TOGO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/togo.shtml
H.E. Mr. Kofi Esaw, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
27 September 2008
Statement not available in English
TONGA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/tonga_en.pdf
H.E. Dr. Feleti Vaka’uta Sevele, Prime Minister of Tonga
26 September 2008
No reference
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/trinidadandtobago_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
27 September 2008
Trinidad and Tobago’s development strategy, Mr. President,
in some respects exceed the MDGs targets. The Government of Trinidad
and Tobago has been able to provide free secondary and tertiary
education to its citizens. In addition, thirty percent of Cabinet
Ministers and Members of Parliament are women.
TUNISIA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/tunisia_en.pdf
H.E. M. Abdelwaheb Abdallah, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
No references.
TURKEY
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/turkey_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey
23 September 2008
no reference
TURKMENISTAN
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/turkmenistan_en.pdf
H. E. M. Rashid Meredov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan
29 September 2008
No reference
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TUVALU
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/tuvalu_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Apisai Ielemia, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Labour of Tuvalu
26 September 2008
No reference
UGANDA
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/uganda_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda
23 September 2008
The second position I would like to point out under MDGs is that
Uganda is on course to meet all of them except maternal and child
mortality.
UKRAINE
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/ukrain_en.pdf
H.E Mr. Victor Yushchenko, President
24 September 2008
No reference
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/uae_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan , Minister of Foreign
Affairs
27 September 2008
The United Arab Emirates has made major progress internally in
a number of spheres, such as the expansion of the representation
of women in its executive and legislative bodies and the enhancement
of their role and participation in the labor market /…/
UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/uk_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister
26 September 2008
No references.
United
States
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/usa_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. George W. Bush, President
23 September 2008
No references
Uruguay
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/uruguay_en.pdf
H.E. Dr. Gonzalo Fernandez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
27 September 2008
No reference
Uzbekistan
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/uzbekistan_en.pdf
H.E. Mr/ Ms Vladimir Norov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Uzbekistan
27 September 2008
no reference
Vanuatu
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/vanuatu_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Kalkot Matas Kelekele, President
26 September 2008
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Venezuela
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/venezuela.shtml
H. E. Mr. Francisco Javier Arias Cardenas, Deputy Foreign Minister
of Venezuela
29 September 2008
Statement not available in English
Vietnam
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/vietnam_en.pdf
H.E. M. Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
Affairs
27 September 2008
No reference
Yemen
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/yemen.shtml
H. E. M. Abubakr Al-Qibri, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen
29 September 2008
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Zambia
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/zambia_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Kabinga Jacus Pande, Minister for Foreign Affairs
27 September 2008
“Zambia believes that the attainment of the MDGs will only
be meaningful if it is all inclusive. This entails the implementation
of programmes and policies for empowering women, the girl child
and other vulnerable groups of society are part of the overall process
within this framework. Zambia in this regard, supports the assertion
that ‘women empowerment and gender equality are drivers for
reducing poverty, building food security and reducing maternal mortality’.
It is with this realisation that most of the Member States of the
Southern African Development Community (SADC), signed the SADC Gender
and Development Protocol in August 2008, the first of its kind in
Africa. These regional and national efforts need to be complemented
by global action. It is in this regard, that Zambia welcomes the
on-going debate on the reforms of the United Nations system wide
coherence, particularly as they relate to strengthening the gender
architecture, which is currently fragmented and under resourced.
In the process of empowering women, and striving
for gender equality, Zambia realizes that HIV/AIDS continues to
be a challenge in the country’s development with the prevalence
rate of women being higher than that of men. The pandemic is robbing
the country of a young and productive work force. The Zambian Government,
therefore, has put in place a number of policies that have seen
the reduction of the prevalence of HIV from 16 per cent in 2001
to 14 per cent in 2007. This reduction in the prevalence rate is
an indication that our Government is determined to stop the spread
of HIV/AIDS. This would not, however, be possible without the support
of the international community.”
Zimbabwe
http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/zimbabwe_en.pdf
H.E. Mr. Robert Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
25 September 2008
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