General debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly
General Debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly | ||
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Venue(s) | General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters | |
Cities | New York City, United States | |
Participants | United Nations Member States | |
President | Vuk Jeremić | |
Website | gadebate |
The general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly was the first debate of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 25 September – 1 October 2012. Leaders from the United Nations' member states addressed the General Assembly concerning topics of national, regional and international importance.
Organisation
[edit]The speaking order of the general debate is different from the speaking order of other General Assembly debates. For the general debate, the Secretary-General speaks first, delivering their "Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, " they are then followed by: the President of the General Assembly who opens the general debate, the delegate from Brazil and the delegate from the United States of America. After this, the order is first given to Member States, then Observer States and supranational bodies. For all other Member States, speaking order is based on their level of representation at the general debate, order of preference and other criteria such as geographic balance.[1][2]
According to the rules in place for the general debate, statements should be made in one of the United Nations' official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and are translated by United Nations translators. Additionally, speakers are usually limited to a 15-minute time limit in order to comply with the schedule set up by the General Committee. Member States are also advised to provide 350 paper copies of their statements in order for them to be distributed to other Member States, as well as to translation services.[1]
The theme for the 67th Session was chosen by General Assembly President Vuk Jeremić as: "Bringing about adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means." The theme of a Session is typically suggested by the President-elect of the General Assembly prior to their inauguration and the beginning of the Session, and is decided upon via informal discussions with Member States, the current President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General. This theme is then communicated to Member States in a letter, whereupon the Member States are invited to focus their general debate speeches on the proposed theme.[1][3]
Speaking schedule
[edit]25 September 2012
[edit]United Nations – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization)
United Nations – President of the 67th session Vuk Jeremić (Opening)
Brazil – President Dilma Rousseff
United States of America – President Barack Obama
Serbia – President Tomislav Nikolić
Benin – President Boni Yayi
Finland – President Sauli Niinistö
Cyprus – President Demetris Christofias
Qatar – Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Bulgaria – President Rosen Plevneliev
Indonesia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Georgia – President Mikheil Saakashvili
Dominican Republic – President Danilo Medina Sánchez
France – President François Hollande
Lithuania – President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Honduras – President Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Namibia – President Hifikepunye Pohamba
Rwanda – President Paul Kagame
Switzerland – President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Argentina – President Cristina Fernández
Senegal – President Macky Sall
South Africa – President Jacob Zuma
Panama – President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
Jordan – King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein
Hungary – President János Áder
Pakistan – President Asif Ali Zardari
El Salvador – President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
Democratic Republic of the Congo – President Joseph Kabila Kabange
Gabon – President Ali Bongo Ondimba
Slovakia – President Ivan Gašparovič
Nigeria – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
Marshall Islands – President Christopher Loeak
Nauru – President Sprent Arumogo Dabwido
Czech Republic – President Václav Klaus
Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai
Uganda – Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi
Spain – Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Timor-Leste – Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
26 September 2012
[edit]Yemen – President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour
Liberia – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Zambia – President Michael Chilufya Sata
Luxembourg – Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
Ukraine – President Viktor Yanukovych
Ghana – President John Dramani Mahama
Iran (Islamic Republic of) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Kenya – President Mwai Kibaki
Poland – President Bronisław Komorowski
Egypt – President Mohamed Morsy
Mexico – President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Prime Minister David Cameron
Japan – Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
European Union – President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy
Kuwait – Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait
Italy – Prime Minister Mario Monti
Australia – Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Colombia – President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Swaziland – King Mswati III
Guatemala – President Otto Fernando Pérez Molina
Madagascar – President Andry Nirina Rajoelina
Moldova – President Nicolae Timofti
Estonia – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Malawi – President Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda
Kiribati – President Anote Tong
Zimbabwe – President Robert Mugabe
Haiti – President Michel Joseph Martelly
Latvia – President Andris Bērziņš
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – President Evo Morales Ayma
Gambia (Republic of The) – Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy
Belgium – Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo
Mali – Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra
Niger – Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed Bazoum
Romania – Minister for Foreign Affairs Titus Corlățean
Côte d’Ivoire – Minister for Foreign Affairs Daniel Kablan Duncan
Cameroon – Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo
Central African Republic – Minister for Foreign Affairs Antoine Gambi
Right of reply
[edit]Member states have the option to reply to comments on the day (or even to the days prior), but are limited to 10 minutes for the first response and five minutes for the second response. All speeches are made from the floor, as opposed to the podium for the General Debate.
Iran responded to Kuwait's assertion of UAE sovereignty over the Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa. The delegate added that Iran was willing to talk over the issue to avoid misunderstanding, but added that sovereignty was non-negotiatable. He further added that the international name of the body of water for the Persian Gulf was misrepresented as the Arabian Gulf.[12]
27 September 2012
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina – Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
Mongolia – President Elbegdorj Tsakhia
Tunisia – President Moncef Marzouki
Guyana – President Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar
Myanmar – President Thein Sein
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – President Gjorge Ivanov
Equatorial Guinea – President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Comoros – President Ikililou Dhoinine
Brunei Darussalam – Crown Prince Haji Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah
Jamaica – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller
Cape Verde – President Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca
Palestine – Acting President Mahmoud Abbas[nb 1]
Slovenia – Prime Minister Janez Janša
Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Lesotho – Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
Micronesia (Federated States of) – President Emanuel Mori
Maldives – President Mohamed Waheed
Paraguay – President Luis Federico Franco Gómez
Albania – President Bujar Nishani
Libya – President Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf
Burundi – Vice President Thérence Sinunguruza
Seychelles – Vice President Danny Faure
Iraq – Vice President Khudayr al-Khuzai
South Sudan – Vice President Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon
Antigua and Barbuda – Prime Minister Winston Baldwin Spencer
Lebanon – Prime Minister Najib Mikati
Bangladesh – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Thailand – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
Solomon Islands – Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
Kyrgyzstan – Speaker of Parliament Asylbek Jêênbekov
Somalia – Prime Minister Mohamed Ali
Turkmenistan – Deputy Prime Minister Raşit Meredow
Greece – Minister for Foreign Affairs Dimitris L. Avramopoulos
China – Minister for Foreign Affairs Jiechi Yang
Norway – Minister for Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide
Bahrain – Minister for Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
Guinea – Minister for Foreign Affairs Edouard Niankoye Lama
Peru – Minister for Foreign Affairs Rafael Roncagliolo Orbegoso
Right of reply
[edit]Iran responded to Netanyahu. Japan responded to China, China reciprocated and both used their second right of reply as well. [12]
28 September 2012
[edit]Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Saint Lucia – Prime Minister Kenny Davis Anthony
Bhutan – Prime Minister Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley
Tonga – Prime Minister Lord Tu’ivakano
Germany – Minister for Foreign Affairsr Guido Westerwelle
Samoa – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Prime Minister Denzil Douglas
Vanuatu – Prime Minister Meltek Sato Kilman Livtunvanu
San Marino – Minister for Foreign Affairs Antonella Mularoni
Nepal – Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Malta – Minister for Foreign Affairs Tonio Borg
Netherlands – Minister for Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal
Chile – Minister for Foreign Affairs Alfredo Moreno Charme
United Republic of Tanzania – Minister for Foreign Affairs Bernard Kamillius Membe
Burkina Faso – Minister for Foreign Affairs Djibrill Ypènè Bassolé
Turkey – Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu
Croatia – Prime Minister Zoran Milanović
Sao Tome and Principe – Prime Minister Patrice Emery Trovoada
Ethiopia – Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
Morocco – Prince Moulay Rachid
Ireland – Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore
Austria – Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger
Nicaragua – Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Santos López
Russian Federation – Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey V. Lavrov
Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Minister for Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith
Republic of Korea – Foreign and Trade Minister Kim Sung-hwan
Saudi Arabia – Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sweden – Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt
United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Monaco – Minister of External Affairs José Badia
Uzbekistan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Komilov
Azerbaijan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Elmar Maharram Mammadyarov
Fiji – Minister for Foreign Affairs Ratu Inoke Kubuabola
Andorra – Minister for Foreign Affairs Gilbert Saboya Sunyé
Right of reply
[edit]Bolivia responded to Chile's comments about the maritime dispute, which Chile then countered. Then North Korea responded to the South Korean comments about its nuclear weapons programme. Iran then responded to claims of sovereignty over the islands by the UAE, and in Arab solidarity over the issue, as well as the Persian Gulf naming controversy. Bolivia took the stand again and was duly followed by Chile. UAE followed up its counter points to Iran's reply; it was then followed, in turn, by Iran's rebuttal and UAE closed out the session in its second reply.[12]
29 September 2012
[edit]Montenegro - Minister for Foreign Affairs Nebojša Kaludjerović
Iceland - Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson
Kazakhstan - Minister for Foreign Affairs Yerzhan Kazykhanov
Cambodia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong
Tajikistan - Minister for Foreign Affairs Hamrokhon Zafiri
Algeria - Minister for Foreign Affairs Mourad Medelci
Mozambique - Minister for Foreign Affairs Oldemiro Marques Balói
Malaysia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Anifah Aman
New Zealand - Minister for Foreign Affairs Murray Mccully
Bahamas - Minister for Foreign Affairs Frederick A. Mitchell
Liechtenstein - Minister for Foreign Affairs Aurelia Frick
Uruguay - Minister for Foreign Affairs Luis Almagro
Tuvalu - Minister for Foreign Affairs Apisai Ielemia
Singapore - Minister for Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam
Chad - Minister for Foreign Affairs Moussa Faki Mahamat
Mauritania - Minister for Foreign Affairs Hamady Ould Hamady
Sudan - Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Ahmed Karti
Papua New Guinea - Minister for Foreign Affairs Rimbink Pato
1 October 2012
[edit]Canada – Minister for Foreign Affairs John Baird
Armenia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan
Oman – Minister for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Al-Alawi bin Abdulla
Cuba – Minister for Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
India – Minister of External Affairs S. M. Krishna
Djibouti – Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf
Syrian Arab Republic – Minister for Foreign Affairs Walid Al-Moualem
Barbados – Minister for Foreign Affairs Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean
Eritrea – Minister for Foreign Affairs Osman Mohammed Saleh
Sri Lanka – Minister of External Affairs Gamini Lakshman Peiris
Congo – Minister for Foreign Affairs Basile Ikouébé
Mauritius – Minister for Foreign Affairs Arvin Boolell
Costa Rica – Minister for Foreign Affairs Enrique Castillo
Togo – Minister for Foreign Affairs Elliot Ohin
Trinidad and Tobago – Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Dookeran
Angola – Permanent Representative Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins
Philippines – Minister for Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario
Belize – Minister for Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington
Belarus – Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei
Botswana – Minister for Foreign Affairs Phandu Skelemani
Suriname – Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Lackin
Sierra Leone – Foreign Minister Joseph Bandabla Dauda
Holy See – Secretary for Relations with States Dominique Mamberti
Democratic People's Republic of Korea – Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kung Sok Ung
Ecuador – Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marco Albuja
Viet Nam – Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Vinh
Grenada – Permanent Representative Dessima Williams
Palau – Permanent Representative Stuart Beck
Denmark – Permanent Representative Carsten Staur
Portugal – Permanent Representative José Filipe Moraes Cabral
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) – Permanent Representative Jorge Valero Briceño
Dominica – Permanent Representative Vince Henderson
United Nations – President of the 67th session Vuk Jeremić (Closing)
Right of reply
[edit]Pakistan responded to India's claim to Kashmir. Iran then responded to a "Western delegation" statement on its nuclear issue and criticised Israel. Azerbaijan responded to Armenia's comments and was then, in turn, replied to by Armenia. Eritrea then responded to Djibouti before Pakistan replied to India's reply and was then followed by Azerbaijan. At second responses, India briefly rebutted Pakistan's comment, before Armenia responded to Azerbaijan. President of the session, Vuk Jeremić, then closed out the meeting.[12]
Sideline events
[edit]During the events around the General Debate, the Contact Group for Syria was scheduled to meet, according to Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, whose country recently invited Iran to join the group,[23] who was speaking alongside Turkey's Ahmet Davutoğlu and Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi. Salehi added: "To expect a quick solution from one meeting is unrealistic. We must be patient. But I confirm to you that the things we agree on are greater than our differences. [We could table a proposal that] we hope, God willing, will produce a result that satisfies everyone...But this needs more talks." The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said he would make his next report to the Security Council and Arab ministers who will be attending for the General Debate.[24] The meeting on 26 September, unnamed Arab foreign ministers met Brahimi. Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki then suggested "a peacekeeping operation by Arab nations is something we could well imagine. We have really pushed for a peaceful solution, but if it is necessary, it must be an Arab peacekeeping force, yes." He also called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "a bloodthirsty dictator." The previous day, though Qatar's Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani told the General Debate of an Arab intervention, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said he did not interpret this as a "fighting force" and added that he told the UNSC it must support Brahimi by enforcing its resolutions on Syria as "binding on all parties."[25]
In regards to the Senkaku Islands dispute and the recent purchase by Japan of three uninhabited islands from a private Japanese citizen which also led to anti-Japanese protests in China, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told his Japanese counterpart Kōichirō Genba on 25 September that Japan had "severe[ly] infringement" its sovereignty. He added that China–Japan relations would remain strained until the purchase was reversed. A statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry later read: "The Chinese side will by no means tolerate any unilateral action by the Japanese side on the Diaoyu Islands [sic]."[26] The same day, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said after the UNGA meeting: "So far as the Senkaku islands are concerned, they are an integral part of our territory in the light of history and of international law. It is very clear and there are no territorial issues as such. Therefore there cannot be any compromise that could mean any setback from this basic position. I have to make that very clear. The resolution of this issue should not be by force, but calmly, through reason and with respect for international law."[27] The dispute re-arose after Yang spoke about the issue at the General Debate and Japan then responded during the Right of Reply and was countered by China, leading to rebuttal by Japan and another statement by China.
At the same time, on the first day of the General Debate, discussion involved the recently passed controversy over Innocence of Muslims and the violent protests that followed. Discussions included how to regulate freedom of speech in regards to religious sensitivities and where to make some speech illegal. Opponents suggested such proposals for regulation could be misused in order to silence dissent.[28] Similarly, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan added during his speech that religious denigration and incitement should not occur. U.S. President Barack Obama also condemned the video, but added such violent protests that led to deaths should also be condemned.[29] Yemen's Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi also condemned the film and the violent protsts, while also criticising the facade of freedom of expression that is cited to produce such films.[30] Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf also criticised the incitement to Muslims,[31] as did Egypt's Mohamed Morsi in criticising Islamophobia and calling the release of the video as an "organised campaign against Islamic sanctities" which requires a "firm stand." At the same time, he called for rejecting violent protests.[32] They were joined by Kuwait's Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah who criticised the violent protests and the incitement, while mentioning Kuwaiti's Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's call for keeping all religious symbols above the purview of freedom of express.[33] Australia's Julia Gillard added: "Denigration of religious beliefs is never acceptable...However, our tolerance must never extend to tolerating religious hatred and incitement to violence.[34] The sentiment was echoed by Guatemala's Otto Pérez Molina,[35] Latvia's Andris Bērziņš,[36] Belgium's Elio Di Rupo,[37] Niger's Mohamed Bazoum,[38] Romania's Titus Corlățean,[39] Bosnia and Herzegovina's Bakir Izetbegović,[40] Comoros' Ikililou Dhoinine,[41] Brunei Darussalam's Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah,[42] Maldives' Mohammed Waheed Hassan,[43] Albania's Bujar Nishani,[44] Antigua and Barbuda's Winston Baldwin Spencer,[45] Lebanon's Najib Mikati,[46] Greece's Dimitris Avramopoulos,[47] Bahrain's Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa,[48] Saint Lucia's Kenny Davis Anthony,[49] Turkey's Ahmet Davutoğlu São Tomé and Príncipe's Patrice Emery Trovoada,[50] Morocco's Moulay Rachid,[51] Saudi Arabia's Saud Al-Faisal,[52] UAE's Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,[53] Azerbaijan's Elmar Mammadyarov,[54] Oman's Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla,[55] India's S. M. Krishna,[56] Djibouti's Mahamoud Ali Youssouf,[57] Costa Rica's Enrique Castillo,[58] Botswana's Phandu T. C. Skelemani[59] and Sierra Leone's J. B. Dauda.[60] While some said violence is never recourse to the right to free speech; and other said religious should not be abused; yet others called for the inviobility of diplomatic missions to be respected in line with the Vienna Convention.
Myanmar's Thein Sein met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of the summit. She announced the lifting of some sanctions against his country, namely the allowing of imports from the former to the latter after support for the move from the government and the opposition in Myanmar. In turn Sein thanked her and the U.S. saying the gesture was approved by his people.[61]
Under the behest of Saudi Arabia, a "Friends of Yemen" summit was held to support new Yememi President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's call for a national dialogue in his country amidst the 2011–2012 Yemeni uprising.[48]
A high-level discussion was also held amongst member states, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and NGO's on the topic of "Women, disarmament, non-prolifertation and arms control" during the first week of the General Debate. A joint statement was signed by all members for promoting the equitable representation of women in decision-making; and a General Assembly resolution is expected during this session.[62]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The office of the Presidency of Palestine was under dispute between Fatah and Hamas at the time of the speech.
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