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AD AL SA BAH HIS HIGHNESS SHEII<H NASSER AL MOH AMM AD AL AHM PRIME MINISTER OF THE STAT E OF I<UWAIT

BEFORE THE SIXT Y-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION OF THE UNITED NATI ONS GENERAL ASSE MBLY

UNITED NATI ONS HEADQUARTERS NEW YORI< FRID AY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2010

ns Mr. Presid ent, Excel lency Secre tary-G enera l of the United Natio Your Majes ties and Highn esses , Your Excel lencie s, Perm anent Repre senta tives and Amba ssado rs, Ladies & Gentl emen , as It pleas es me at the outse t to congr atulat e you on your electi on th bly. We Presid ent of the 65 Sessi on of the United Nations Gener al Assem coupl ed with the are certai n that your wisdo m and your practi cal exper ience , on - which presti gious stand ing your friendly count ry, the Swiss Confe derati a most has the close st of relatio ns with my count ry - enjoy s, shall have forwa rd to. signif icant effec t on the succe ss of our sessio n, which we all look r Dr. Also, I canno t but comm end the sincer e effort s of your prede cesso s and Ali Abdu lsalam Al-Treki. as well as to expre ss my utmo st thank worki ngs of appre ciatio n for his succe ssful and distin guish ed condu ct of the the previo us sessio n. the I also wish to expre ss our great pride in the effort s exerte d by H.E. ve the Secre tary-G enera l of the United Natio ns, Mr. Ban I<i-Moon, to achie lidate the intern ationa l objec tives and aims we all pursu e, in order to conso l legitim acy conce pts of intern ationa l coope ration , the respe ct for intern ationa as well as foster ing the principles of the United Natio ns Chart er. Mr. Presid ent,
th Soon we shall be celeb rating the 65 anniv ersary marking the story of the founding of the Unite d Natio ns. It is our hope that the succe ss se it is United Nations will contin ue for many years to come ; not only becau but also for consi dered the best multilateral intern ationa l mech anism there is, the span of being the most legiti mate, neutra l and credible institu tion. Over wars and six decad es it demo nstrat ed its ability to ward off destru ctive nges maint ain intern ationa l peace and secur ity. Howe ver, since the challe d of and threa ts facing the intern ationa l comm unity are increa sing instea lex. There fore, decre asing , as well as becom ing more entan gled and comp gain the role of the organ izatio ns starte d to branc h out, as well as to ems, such impor tance and vitality, in order to confr ont social crises and probl disea ses and as the elimination of pover ty and hunge r, comb at the sprea d of as well as epide mics, the scour ge of drug trafficking and organ ized crime , proble ms the violations of huma n rights , also to confr ont other econo mic ial crisis, such as the increa se in food prices , the global econo mic and financ

ed by ter ror ism , proliferation of to sec uri ty cha llen ges , rep res ent in addition of oin g arm ed con flic ts in a num ber apo ns of ma ss des tru cti on and ong we regions in the wo rld . ir tot alit y, hav e con trib ute d in the the se dif fer ent cha llen ges in the All elo pin g ny of the gai ns tha t num ero us dev pas t tw o yea rs to wip ing ou t ma s rea chi ng the MDG's. cou ntr ies hav e ach iev ed tow ard ies a des tru ctiv e eff ect on the eco nm Also nat ura l dis ast ers hav e had pro per ty. sin g eno rm ous los ses in life and of ma ny dev elo pin g cou ntr ies , cau t Jan uar y, the ear thq uak e tha t hit Haiti las Th e mo st striking exa mp les are ed 20 0,0 00 peo ple , as well as the ere the num ber of vic tim s exc eed wh mo nth . floods tha t sw ept Pak ista n las t rk rem ain s to be don e to limit the ere is no dou bt tha t ple nty of wo Th enc e in nom eno n. Th e upc om ing con fer dan ger s of the clim ate cha nge phe h an nth of No vem ber , pro vid es us wit Ca ncu n, Mexico in the com ing mo erm ine the binding agr eem ent wh ich will det opp ort uni ty to hopefully rea ch a the ir fulfillment, as well as the required goa ls, the tim e fra me for the me cha nis ms of joint wo rk to ilities of the me mb er sta tes and responsib by the ancing and tec hno log y tra nsf er gua ran tee the com mi tm ent of fin the pin g one s, to help the m ada pt to dev elo ped cou ntr ies to the dev elo ir imp act . climatic cha nge s and con fro nt the Mr. Pre sid ent , ed cha llen ges req uir e con tin ued Un dou bte dly , the afo rem ent ion the bod ies , age nci es and pro gra ms of reforms and im pro vem ent s to the nal rela tion s e wit h the cha nge s in int ern atio United Na tio ns, so as to kee p pac ma nce . as well as to adv anc e the ir per for pti on of the Ge ner al As sem bly to thi s reg ard , we we lco me the ado In Wi de coh ere nce ," by wh ich a new the res olu tio n, ent itle d: "Sy ste matio nal s est abl ish ed to fos ter the int ern com pos ite entity-UN Wo me n - wa the ality, wo me n's em pow erm ent and eff ort s to acc ele rat e gen der equ ner al pos t for thi s pur pos e. cre atio n of a De put y Sec ret ary -Ge w tha t aft er sev ent een yea rs of From ano the r per spe cti ve, we vie h tim e to ty Council hav e ela pse d, it is hig neg oti atio ns to ref orm the Sec uri Sec uri ty rove and dev elo p the wo rk of the tak e the nec ess ary ste ps to imp num ber of mo re tra nsp are nt, inc rea se the Council, as well as ma ke its wo rk iev e a fair rds and con tro ls tha t wo uld ach its me mb ers acc ord ing to sta nda in its dis cha rge of its dut ies , and in rep res ent ati on and efficiency bal anc e the ir the Arab and Mo sle m sta tes of wo uld also gua ran tee the right of ons and pon d to the ir siz e, the ir con trib uti rep res ent atio n tha t wo uld cor res ive s and principles of the Ch art er. their role in def end ing the obj ect
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Mr. Presid ent, rting In affirming the const ant cours e of the State of Kuwa it in suppo s fields , Kuwait the effort s and activi ties of the United Nations in the variou of the contin ued to exten d a helping hand to the needy in differ ent parts , The Kuwait world. In conso lidati ng the principles of Kuwa it's foreign policy for the Fund for Arab Econo mic Devel opme nt, contin ued, as it has done ited up past five decad es, to provid e assist ance and grant s that have benef pay loans to till now, more than 100 count ries all over the world , with easy % of Kuwa it's GNP, totalin g 14.5 billion dollars, which is equiv alent to 1.31 tance which is doubl e the perce ntage of the Official Deve lopme nt Assis agree d upon intern ationa lly. of Departing from Kuwa it's firm belief in the impor tant and vital role l natura the United Natio ns in easing the huma n suffer ing result ing from by almos t five folds its disast ers or confli cts, Kuwait has decid ed to increa se ies and voluntary contri bution s to a numb er of the United Natio ns agenc rt these progr ams, over its past contri bution s, out of its desire to suppo d Nations. huma n activi ties and to deepe n its joint coope ration with the Unite As the State of Kuwait celeb rates its golde n jubilee, and in of the State imple menta tion of the emine nt desire of His Highn ess, the Amir orm Kuwait of Kuwait, Sheik h Sabah AI Ahma d AI Jaber AI Sabah , to transf for the into a financial and trade cente r in the region, a devel opme nt plan t 115 period 2010 -2014 have been appro ved, to which a budge t of almos build ports billion dollars have been alloca ted to devel op the infras tructu re, to work on improving and railwa ys, const ruct new cities , as well as contin ue alike. In this the level of basic servic es provid ed to the citize ns and reside nts positi ons, on conte xt, the State of Kuwait is proud in alway s being in the top tion, the the Arab and intern ationa l levels with regard s to the qualit y of educa the fields of quality of life, the health care servic es it provi des, as well as in accor ding to gende r equal ity, econo mic positi on and political freed oms, ies and other rankings issued by intern ationa l organ izatio ns, specia lized agenc non-g overn menta l organ izatio ns. Mr. Presid ent, of the Twen ty years have elaps ed since the incurs ion and the invasi on ersary , State of Kuwait by the forme r Iraqi regime. This is a painful anniv laying the that we, and our broth ers in Iraq are determ ined to get over by l respe ct of found ations for stable relatio ns based of the principles of mutua in the sover eignty , indep enden ce, good neigh bourli ness, non-i nterve ntion ct all the internal affair s, resolv e all differ ences by peace ful mean s, respe the resolu tions of intern ationa l legitimacy and the imple menta tion of
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il remaining comm itmen ts stipul ated by the releva nt Secur ity Counc relatio ns resolu tions. The State of Kuwa it is optim istic conce rning the future of betwe en the two count ries, and is totally ready to provid e all sorts secur ity and suppo rt to assist the Iraqi Gove rnmen t in its effort s to enfor ce of Iraq, as stabil ity and to prese rve the sover eignty and territorial integr ity as a result of well as to rebuild the variou s secto rs of the State that suffer ed sionis t polici es. the adven tures of the forme r regim e, and its hostil e and expan the In this regard , we hope that the ongoi ng negot iation s betwe en tion of a differ ent partie s and political powe rs in Iraq will lead to the forma the Iraqi nation al unity gover nmen t repres enting the whole spect rum of the peopl e with all of its political comp onent s, capab le of confr onting the needs and secur ity, political and econo mic challe nges, as well as fulfilling d Iraq, aspira tions of the Iraqi peopl e in building a free, demo cratic , unifie the living in peace with itself and its neigh bours , and contri buting to conso lidatio n of the pillars of peace and stabil ity in the region . Mr. Presid ent, n of The State of Kuwa it, in its capac ity as Chair of the curre nt sessio levels will the Gulf Coop eratio n Council hopes that comm unica tions at all friend ly contin ue betwe en the sister ly Unite d Arab Emira tes state and the the confli ct over Islamic Republic of Iran, to work on finding a resolu tion for of the occup ied Emara ti Island s, accor ding to the principles and bases with what intern ationa l law, and good neigh bourly relatio ns in comp liance Ministerial was menti oned in the resolu tions issued by the Gulf Summ its and meeti ngs. ar While the State of Kuwa it affirm s the rights of State s to use nucle r progr ams to energ y for peace ful purpo ses, it calls upon all states with simila whate ver coope rate with the Intern ationa l Atom ic Energy Agen cy, and take l steps neces sary of confi dence building to reassu re the intern ationa to the comm unity about the natur e of its nucle ar progr am, accor ding the need to resolu tions of intern ationa l legitim acy. We also emph asize negot iation s resolv e this issue peace fully by diplom atic mean s throu gh direct creati on of betwe en the conce rned partie s, which will pave the way to the tion of the zone free of nucle ar weap ons in the Middle East, in imple menta rence held at resolu tion adopt ed by the Non-Proliferation Treat y Revie w Confe the United Natio ns headq uarter s during the past month of May. Mr. Presid ent, ts to The Arab-Israel confli ct, is consi dered one of the grave st threa Unite d peace and secur ity in the Middle East region. The failure of the pivota l Natio ns during the past six decad es in finding a soluti on to this
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Quest ion, and quest ion, have contr ibuted to the comp licatio n of the Pales tine pect of have pushe d Israel , the occup ying autho rity to persis t in its disres ed a seige intern ationa l legitim acy. It persis ted in its settle ment policy , impos e the city. on Gaza, destro yed the landm arks of Jerus alem in order to judaiz strate gic Moreo ver, instea d of welco ming the Arab peace initiative as a it contin ued choic e and a nucle us for the peace proce ss in the Middle East, tortur e and the confis cation of lands , as well as emplo ying the polici es of xt the confi neme nt again st unarm ed Palest inian civilians. It used as prete use rocke ts that were launc hed again st it to launc h savag e wars, and Turki sh exces sive force. This in additi on to its arrog ant attack on the is confid ent of freedo m flotilla in intern ationa l water s. Howe ver, since Israel witho ut its impun ity, it comm its crime s contin uousl y and system atical ly, to such receiving any adequ ate respo nse from the intern ationa l comm unity ationa l arrog ance. There fore, we reaffirm the respon sibilit y of the intern secur ity and comm unity and of the Secur ity Council for the maint enanc e of it to peace , as well as to deal seriou sly and sternl y with Israel and force comp ly with the intern ationa l will. We hope that the direct negot iation s which comm enced at the Israel will lead begin ning of this mont h betwe en the Palest inian Autho rity and e, the to the restor ation of the legitim ate rights of the Palest inian peopl East, as well achie veme nt of a just and comp rehen sive peace in the Middle its capita l, as the estab lishm ent of a Palest inian State , with Jerus alem as ple of land accor ding to the releva nt Secur ity Council resolu tions, the princi for peace , the Road Map, and the Arab Peace Initiative. regain We also renew our total suppo rt to the Syrian Arab Repub lic to 1967 . its occup ied lands in the Golan and the return to the line of 4 June , and puttin g an We stress the impor tance of imple menti ng resolu tion 1701 separ ating end to the repea ted Israeli violat ions of Leban ese airspa ce the ied blue line, as well as the withd rawal of Israel from all of the occup Leban ese territo ries. Mr. Presid ent, es of Living in a clean , safe and stable enviro nmen t is what the peopl nume rous the world desire . During the past decad es, we were able to enact the United intern ationa l agree ments and conve ntion s under the umbre lla of e justic e Natio ns to secur e a dignified living for our peopl es in a world wher ities and adher e and equal ity prevail. We must theref ore bear our respo nsibil peopl es of to our comm itmen ts to fulfill the hopes and aspira tions of all the the world .

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