Priorities

Delivering as One

Accepting the post with “great honour,” Mr. Al-Nasser said he was becoming President at a time when the world is facing “enormous political, social, economic and environmental challenges".

“Not a month goes by that we do not hear about a natural or a man-made disaster and the subsequent food, security, health and education crises that follow inevitably. At the same time, there are still people who are living under occupation and oppression, who are yearning for freedom and dignity,” he added.

“Add to that human rights and peacekeeping operations, as well as issues of sustainable development, the concerns of the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island States, the eradication of poverty, South-South cooperation, financing for development… the culture of peace, mediation, disarmament, combating international terrorism, system-wide coherence, the scale of assessments for the distribution of contributions to the United Nations, as well as many organizational and administrative and other sensitive issues.”

The President-elect has proposed that “the role of mediation in the settlement of disputes by peaceful means” serve as the theme for the high-level debate slated to be held at the opening of the Assembly’s next session.

He pledged also to try to work as a bridge between countries rich and poor to help build consensus on key issues such as hunger, poverty, terrorism and climate change.

Statements and Messages

September 2012

• Remarks at the End-of -term Press Conference (14 September 2012)
• Opening Statement at the High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace (14 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Forgiveness Film Event (13 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Plenary Meeting on Mediation (13 September 2012)
• President of the GA strongly condemns attacks in Mogadishu targetting newly-elected president (13 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Ninth Annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (12 September 2012)
• Remarks at Fordham University Honorary Doctor of Laws (12 September 2012)
• On Combating Defamation of Religions and Promoting the Culture of Tolerance (12 September 2012)
• President of the General Assembly strongly condemns violence directed at US Diplomatic Personnel and Premises in Egypt and Libya (12 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Reception Marking Switzerland's Ten years at the UN (10 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Dialogue with NGOs and Civil Society (10 September 2012)
• Remarks on International Literacy Day (10 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Development Dialogue: Macroeconomic Implications of the MDGs (10 September 2012)
• Remarks on International Day Against Nuclear Tests (6 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Thematic Debate on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) (5 September 2012)
• Remarks at the Plenary Meeting on the Situation in Syria (4 September 2012)

August 2012

• Remarks at the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (30 August 2012)
• Remarks at the Second United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (27 August 2012)
• President of the General Assembly expresses his sadness over the loss of lives and destruction in Haiti’s tropical storm (27 August 2012)
• Remarks at the 33rd Edition of the Rimini Meetings Panel on “International Politics and Religious Freedom” (24 August 2012)
• Message of the President of the General Assembly on the occasion of Eid-Al-Fitr (17 August 2012)
• President of the General Assembly welcomes the appointment of Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi as Joint Special Representative for Syria (17 August 2012)
• President of the General Assembly strongly condemns the attack on (UNAMID) in South Darfur (13 August 2012)
• President of the General Assembly expresses deep sympathies over the loss of lives and destruction in Iran’s earthquake (13 August 2012)
• Remarks at the Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the events in the Syrian Arab Republic (3 August 2012)
• President of the General Assembly welcomes the adoption of GA Resolution 66/253B (3 August 2012)
• President of the General Assembly regrets the resignation of the Joint Special Envoy, Mr. Kofi Annan (2 August 2012)

July 2012

• President of General Assembly deeply regrets Security Council deadlock over Syria (19 July 2012)
• Remarks at the Opening of the thematic discussion HR Treaty bodies informal meeting (16 July 2012)
• President of the General Assembly strongly condems reported killings in Tremseh, near Hama in Syria (13 July 2012)
• Opening Remarks at ECOSOC Operational Activities Segment (13 July 2012)
• Remarks at the "Towards a stronger General Assembly" Retreat (12-13 July 2012)
• Lecture At The Moroccan Academy For Diplomatic Studies, Rabat (5 July 2012)
• Opening Remarks at the Strengthening of the Treaty Body System (2 July 2012)
• Remarks at the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (2 July 2012)

June 2012

• Opening Remarks at the “The Rhythms of One World 2012” Concert in celebration of the Anniversary of the Signing of the UN Charter (30 June 2012)
• Opening Remarks at the Second Meeting of UN Funds, Programmes and Agencies on the Implementation of the Political Declaration of the HLM of the GA on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (29 June 2012)
• Opening remarks at the General Assembly Informal Plenary on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (28 June 2012)
• Introducing the draft resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly on the International Day of Happiness (28 June 2012)
• Closing remarks at the Seminar on Dialogue, Understanding and Countering the Appeal of Terrorism (27 June 2012)
• Remarks at the Seminar on Dialogue, Understanding and Countering the Appeal of Terrorism (27 June 2012)
• Opening Remarks at the Thematic Debate of the General Assembly on Drugs and Crime as a Threat to Development (26 June 2012)
• Remarks at the Argentine Foreign Service Academy (25 June 2012)
• Remarks at the United Nations Public Service Day and Awards Ceremony “Innovation and Citizens Engagement for Effectives Governance” (25 June 2012)
• Remarks at the side event on “LDCs and Rio+20” during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) (21 June 2012)
• Remarks at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) (20 June 2012)
• Lecture on “How Universal are Universal Values?” (13 June 2012)
• On the Continued Killings, Reported Massacres and Violence in Syria (12 June 2012)
• Remarks at the Plenary Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration of Commitments on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (11 June 2012)
• Closing remarks at the Tarrytown Retreat for the Dialogue on UN operational activities for development: preparations for the 2012 QCPR (9 June 2012)
• Welcome remarks at the Tarrytown Retreat for the Dialogue on UN operational activities for development: preparations for the 2012 QCPR (8 June 2012)
• Remarks at the Election of the President of the 67th session of the General Assembly (8 June 2012)
• President of the General Assembly strongly condemns killing of UN peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire (8 June 2012)
• Address to the annual assembly of the Association of Former International Civil Servants (7 June 2012)
• Remarks at the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Events in the Syrian Arab Republic (7 June 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of the Special Cultural event: “Celebrating the 66th session of the General Assembly and Supporting UN Women” (6 June 2012)
• Plenary Meeting of the GA Debate on the Report of the Secretary-General: “Follow-Up to Resolution 64/291 On Human Security” (4 June 2012)
• Remarks to the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly (1 June 2012)
• Remarks at the Istanbul Conference on Somalia (1 June 2012)

May 2012

• Remarks at the Partners Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (31 May 2012)
• President of the General Assembly strongly condemns the heinous massacre in the Syrian village of Al-Haoula (27 May 2012)
• Remarks at the Foreign Policy Association “The Future of Energy Conference” (24 May 2012)
• Closing remarks at the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Role of Member States in Mediation (23 May 2012)
• Opening remarks at the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Role of Member States in Mediation (23 May 2012)
• Remarks at the opening of the 17th Session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation (22 May 2012)
• Closing remarks at the United Nations General Assembly’s Informal Thematic Debate on “The Road to Rio+20 and Beyond” (22 May 2012)
• Opening remarks at the United Nations General Assembly’s Informal Thematic Debate on “The Road to Rio+20 and Beyond” (22 May 2012)
• Closing Remarks at the High-level thematic debate on The State of the World Economy and Finance and its Impact on Development in 2012 (18 May 2012)
• Opening Remarks at the High-level thematic debate on The State of the World Economy and Finance and its Impact on Development in 2012 (17 May 2012)
• Remarks at the High-Level Event to Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (17 May 2012)
• Closing remarks at the Thematic Debate of the General Assembly on Security in Central America as a Regional and Global Challenge: How to Improve and Implement the Central American Security Strategy (16 May 2012)
• Opening remarks at the Thematic Debate of the General Assembly on Security in Central America as a Regional and Global Challenge: How to Improve and Implement the Central American Security Strategy (16 May 2012)
• Concert in Support of a Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade at United Nations Headquarters (15 May 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of the Opening of the Second Part of the 2012 Session of the Conference on Disarmament (15 May 2012)
• Remarks before the Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Sharm el-Sheikh (10 May 2012)
• Remarks at the Board Meeting of the International Olympic Truce Foundation (7 May 2012)
• Lecture at Moscow State University - The Middle East and North Africa at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Challenges and Hopes (3 May 2012)
• Remarks on World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2012)
• Lecture at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2 May 2012)

April 2012

• Remarks at the 10th Annual International Forum of the Convention of Independent Financial Advisors (25 April 2012)
• On the occasion of the 21st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (23 April 2012)
• On the occasion of the Thirteenth Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (22 April 2012)
• The Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature to Commemorate International Mother Earth Day (18 April 2012)
• Statement by the President of the General Assembly on the adoption of the Security Council Resolution 2042 on Syria (14 April 2012)
• On the Situation Between South Sudan and Sudan (13 April 2012)
• Remarks on the International Day of Human Space Flight (12 April 2012)
• Opening Remarks at the High-Level Thematic Debate on Addressing Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Commodity Markets (11 April 2012)
• President of the General Assembly expresses deep sorrow over the earthquake in Indonesia (11 April 2012)
• Remarks at the Briefing by the Joint Special Envoy on Syria (5 April 2012)
• Remarks at the closing of the interactive dialogue on Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence Against Women and Girls (3 April 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of World Autism Day (3 April 2012)
• On the occasion of the interactive dialogue on Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence Against Women and Girls (3 April 2012)
• Remarks at the treaty body strengthening consultation for States parties to international human rights treaties (2 April 2012)
• Remarks at the United Nations Disarmament Commission (2 April 2012)
• Remarks at the High-level meeting on Well-being and happiness: Defining a new economic paradigm (2 April 2012)

March 2012

• Closing Remarks at the General Assembly retreat On Security Council reform (31 March 2012)
• Opening Remarks at the General Assembly retreat On Security Council reform (30 March 2012)
• First meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly (27 March 2012)
• On the occasion of the Commemoration of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (26 March 2012)
• On the occasion of the High-Level Briefing on “Broadening the Concept of Peacekeeping: The Contribution of Civil Society to the Unarmed Protection of Civilians” (23 March 2012)
• President of the General Assembly receives a copy of a report by the Bahrain National Commission (23 March 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of the side event: “From the World Water Day, 2012 “Water and food security” to International Year Water Cooperation 2013” (22 March 2012)
• At the closing of the Interactive Thematic Debate on Fostering Cross-cultural Understanding For Building Peaceful and Inclusive Societies (22 March 2012)
• At the opening of the Interactive Thematic Debate on Fostering Cross-cultural Understanding for Building Peaceful and Inclusive Societies (22 March 2012)
• President of the General Assembly condemns political instability in Mali (22 March 2012)
• Message to the Arab Aid Consortium in Kuwait (12 March 2012)
• Before the European Parliament in Strasbourg (12 March 2012)
• Special high-level meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (12 March 2012)
• Joint announcement by the PGA and SG on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March 2012)
• On the occasion of International Women’s Day “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty” (7 March 2012)
• Remarks before the Federal Belgium Parliament (6 March 2012)
• Lecture at University of Oxford “Global challenges and the role of the UN at the dawn of the 21st Century” (1 March 2012)

February 2012

• Before the Human Rights Council on the urgent debate on Syria (28 February 2012)
• Opening Remarks for the Dialogue with Civil Society (27 February 2012)
• Remarks at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council (27 February 2012)
• On the occasion of the International Istanbul Conference on “Enhancing Peace Through Mediation: New Actors, Fresh Approaches, Bold Initiatives” (25 February 2012)
• President of the General Assembly welcomes appointment of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as Joint Special Envoy on the Syrian Crisis (24 February 2012)
• Address to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) (21 February 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of the conference “Transformation in the Arab World and Russia’s Interests” (17 February 2012)
• President of the General Assembly welcomes GA Resolution strongly condemning continuing violence and human rights violations in Syria (16 February 2012)
• Remarks at the New York University entitled: “The United Nations General Assembly and the Business of Universality” (13 February 2012)
• Plenary meeting of the General Assembly Agenda item 64 “Report of Human Rights Council” Syria (13 February 2012)
• Concluding remarks on the occasion of the Brainstorming session focused on internal working methods of the Fifth Committee (10 February 2012)
• On the occasion of the Brainstorming session focused on internal working methods of the Fifth Committee (10 February 2012)
• On the occasion of the Establishment and first meeting of the Advisory Board of the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People (8 February 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of World Interfaith Harmony Week (7 February 2012)

January 2012

• Remarks on the occasion of the Conference “Towards new global governance for the environment” (31 January 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (27 January 2012)
• Remarks on the Secretary-General’s Five Year Action Agenda at the informal meeting of the General Assembly (25 January 2012)
• Remarks at the reception of the Forum of Small States (FOSS) marking the Chinese New Year and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of FOSS (23 January 2012)
• Remarks at the Holocaust Remembrance Service (21 January 2012)
• Remarks at the Fifth World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi (16 January 2012)
• Remarks on the occasion of the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (11 January 2012)

December 2011

• End of year message from the President (31 December 2011)
• Remarks on the occasion of the adoption of the resolution entitled “Addressing Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Financial and Commodity Markets” (27 December 2011)
• Remarks on the occasion of the closing of the main part of the session (23 December 2011)
• Remarks on the Ad Hoc Working Group of the General Assembly on the smooth transition of the LDCs (22 December 2011)
• On the Occasion of the start of the 40-Day Countdown to World Interfaith Harmony Week: 1-7 February 2012 (22 December 2011)
• Remarks on the joint visit of the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to Somalia (21 December 2011)
• On the occasion of International Human Solidarity Day (20 December 2011)
• On the occasion of item 123 (b) “Central role of the United Nations system in global governance” (16 December 2011)
• Remarks on the occasion of the Second Intersessional Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (15 December 2011)
• Remarks on the occasion of the Fourth Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (11 December 2011)
• Remarks of the President of the General Assembly on the Occasion of Human Rights Day (9 December 2011)
• Remarks on the occasion of the Closing and Awards Ceremony of the Global South-South Development Expo (9 December 2011)
• President of the General Assembly strongly condemns attack on UNIFIL (9 December 2011)
• On the occasion of the first meeting of UN Funds, Programmes and Agencies on the implementation of the Political Declaration of the HLM on NCDs (8 December 2011)
• Remarks at the opening of the High-Level Meeting on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (8 December 2011)
• Opening Remarks on the occasion of the Fifth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (7 December 2011)
• Remarks at the Council of the International Organization for Migration (6 December 2011)
• On the occasion of the Tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (5 December 2011)
• On the occasion of the Opening Ceremony of the Global South-South Development Expo 2011 (5 December 2011)
• On the occasion of the Commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (2 December 2011)
• On the occasion of the 2011 Forum on Diaspora Economy (2 December 2011)
• Remarks on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (1 December 2011)
• President of the General Assembly receives Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (1 December 2011)
• On the occasion of World AIDS Day (1 December 2011)

November 2011

• International Conference on the HOPEFOR initiative (27-29 November 2011)
• On the occasion of General Assembly item 37, “Question of Palestine” (29 November 2011)
• On the occasion of the Inter-parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations (28 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at an event marking the meeting of the Forum of Small States (FOSS) (23 November 2011)
• On the occasion of African Industrialization Day 2011 “Sustainable Energy for Accelerated Industrial Development in Africa” (22 November 2011)
• On the occasion of the memorial event paying tribute to fallen UN colleagues (21 November 2011)
• Message of the President of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance (16 November 2011)
• Message from the President to the Opening Session of the Meeting of the Religions for Peace Middle East - North Africa Council (15 November 2011)
• On the occasion of the Tokyo Dialogue on Security Council Reform (14 November 2011)
• Message from the President at the ECOSOC 2011 Retreat on “Enhancing the Role of ECOSOC” (11 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President on his joint visit with the Secretary-General to Libya (10 November 2011)
• Closing remarks by the President at the informal plenary meeting on the G20 Summit (10 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at the informal plenary meeting on the G20 Summit (10 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at the informal discussion on United Nations Mediation (9 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at the informal briefing on Secretary-General’s Global Pulse Initiative (8 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at the UNGA event to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development (8 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at the plenary meeting of the General Assembly on agenda item 122 (8 November 2011)
• On the presentation of the Security Council Report (8 November 2011)
• Remarks by the President at the plenary meeting of the General Assembly on agenda item 64: “Report of the Human Rights Council” (2 November 2011)

October 2011

• Remarks to the Sixth Committee (31 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the Second Committee meeting on Sustainable Development (Agenda 19) (31 October 2011)
• President Al-Nasser strongly condemns deadly terrorist attacks near UNHCR in Kandahar, Afghanistan (31 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the UN Day Concert “Celebrating Cultural Diversity” (27 October 2011)
• On the occasion of World Food Day 2011 (27 October 2011)
• Closing remarks at Informal Plenary Meeting on the G20 Summit (25 October 2011)
• Opening remarks at Informal Plenary Meeting on the G20 Summit (25 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the Second Committee side event “Means of implementation of sustainable development” (25 October 2011)
• President of The General Assembly expresses deep sympathies and sadness over the loss of lives and destruction in Turkey’s Earthquake (24 October 2011)
• Remarks to the Third Committee (21 October 2011)
• Remarks to the First Committee (21 October 2011)
• Statement of the President of the General Assembly on Libya (21 October 2011)
• Remarks to the Second Committee (20 October 2011)
• Closing Remarks at the Briefing to Member States on the Report of the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (20 October 2011)
• Opening Remarks at the Briefing to Member States on the Report of the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (20 October 2011)
• President of The General Assembly expresses deep sympathies and concern over lives lost to floods in Thailand, Cambodia and other South East Asian countries (19 October 2011)
• Message of the President of the General Assembly on Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Releases (18 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (15 October 2011)
• Message of the President of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women (15 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (13 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the meeting on Migration and Communication: Re-balancing information flows, and Dialogue (13 October 2011)
• Message of the President of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the event on “Challenges of Transition in the Arab Region: Economic and Social Policies in the Region” (12 October 2011)
• On the occasion of the High-Level event to mark 10 years of NEPAD (7 October 2011)
• Remarks by President Al-Nasser to the Fifth Committee (7 October 2011)
• President of the General Assembly Applauds Nobel Prize Winners (7 October 2011)
• On the occasion of a Dialogue with civil society (4 October 2011)
• On the occasion of World Habitat Day 2011 observance (3 October 2011)
• As critical work begins in the Main Committees at the United Nations, President Al-Nasser urges the full engagement of all Member States for a more effective UN (3 October 2011)

September 2011

• On the International Day of Non-Violence (30 September 2011)
• Closing Remarks of the President of the 66th session of the General Assembly (27 September 2011)
• On the death of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Professor Wangari Maathai of Kenya (27 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries (26 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends United Against Human Trafficking (26 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G) (26 September 2011)
• Reflections on the value of the UN’s role in the world (25 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the Mini-Summit on the Humanitarian Response to the Horn of Africa (24 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the High-level Meeting on Yasuni Initiative (23 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the the G-77 and China Ministerial Meeting (23 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (23 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the closing of the HLM to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (22 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the opening of the HLM to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (22 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the High-level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security (22 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the Opening of the General Debate (21 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the Every Woman, Every Child Special Event (20 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the closing of the High-level Meeting on Desertification (20 September 2011)
• At the closing plenary of the High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases (20 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the United Nations Private Sector Forum on Sustainable Energy for All (20 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the High-Level Event on Nutrition (20 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on Libya (20 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the opening of the High-level Meeting on Desertification (20 September 2011)
• On the occasion of the The Breakfast Meeting of the Group of Friends of Mediation (20 September 2011)
• Remarks at the South-South Awards 2011 Digital Health for Digital Development (19 September 2011)
• Remarks at CARICOM Taking Stock (19 September 2011)
• Remarks at the Secretary-General’s Symposium on International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation (19 September 2011)
• Opening remarks at the High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (19 September 2011)
• Remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony (15 September 2011)
• Remarks to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dag Hammarskjold's death (13 September 2011)
• Opening Remarks of the President of the 66th session of the General Assembly (13 September 2011)

June 2011

• Acceptance Speech (22 June 2011)

Letters

August 2012

• Letter convening a High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace on 14 September 2012 (23 August 2012)
• Letter regarding the speakers list of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on "The rule of law at the national and international levels" (23 August 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter and annex the Fifth Annual Report on the United Nations Alliance for Civilizations from the Secretary-General (17 August 2012)
• Letter transmitting the draft resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly on Global Day of Parents (17 August 2012)
• Letter convening an informal plenary of the General Assembly to mark the observance of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests (17 August 2012)

July 2012

• Letter transmitting a letter from the Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council Reform (27 July 2012)
• Letter transmitting the draft resolution for the endorsement of the outcome document of Rio+20 (24 July 2012)
• Letter regarding the theme of the General Debate of the 67th Session (16 July 2012)

June 2012

• Letter regarding the Nelson Mandela International Day (29 June 2012)
• Letter convening an informal meeting on "strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system" (28 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting an invitation from the PGA to the Secretary-General to brief the Membership on the outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) (27 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a summary of the High-level thematic debate on the "State of the world economy and finance in 2012" (22 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept paper and detailed programme for a one-day seminar on "Dialogue, Understanding and Countering the Appeal of Terrorism" (22 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a revised text of the draft resolution for the proclamation of the International Day of Happiness (20 June 2012)
• Letter regarding the appointment of co-facilitators for the third UN conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III) (20 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept paper and detailed programme for the thematic debate on "Drugs and Crime as a Threat to Development" (15 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a progress report of the Board of the UN Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (15 June 2012)
• Letter regarding the summary report posting of the independent evaluation of lessons learned from Delivering as One (15 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the Co-Chairs of the Ad hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (14 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a report of the Informal Consultations on Monitoring Mechanism and the draft resolution (13 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a summary of the Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction (13 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a summary of the second high level interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature (13 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council Reform (11 June 2012)
• Letter transmitting a summary of the informal high level meeting of thGA on "The Role of Member States in Mediation" (5 June 2012)
• Letter convening a briefing on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (4 June 2012)

May 2012

• Letter transmitting a draft report from the co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on LDCs (31 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note and tentative programme of the one day seminar on "Dialogue, Understanding and Countering the Appeal of Terrorism" (31 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the GA (29 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting an invitation letter from the co-facilitators for the Rule of Law second informal open-ended meeting (29 May 2012)
• Letter regarding the appointment of co-facilitators for the High-level Meeting of the GA at the level of Heads of State and Government on disability and development (24 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting the draft decision entitled "Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS" (24 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting the summary of the thematic debate in partnership with the UN Alliance of Civilizations (24 May 2012)
• Letter convening an informal plenary of the GA on the upcoming summit of the G-20 (23 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note and preliminary programme for an Informal Meeting to launch the IIF website "Tracking Support for the MDGs" (23 May 2012)
• Letter convening a thematic debate on "Drugs and Crime as a Threat to Development" (18 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a draft of a resolution on the proposal to make 24 September the "International Day of Happiness" (17 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a detailed programme of the thematic debate entitled "Road to Rio+20 and beyond" (16 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note and programme of the Informal High Level Meeting of the GA on the Role of Member States in Mediation (14 May 2012)
• Letter regarding the High-Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy and Finance in 2012 (11 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept paper and detailed programme of the thematic debate on "Security in Central America as a REgional and Global Challenge" (9 May 2012)
• Letter transmitting and invitation to the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the revitalization of the work of the GA (7 May 2012)

April 2012

• Letter convening an informal high level meeting on "The Role of Member States in Mediation" (27 April 2012)
• Letter transmitting an invitation to a special cultural event "Celebrating the 66th Presidency of the UNGA and Supporting UN Women" (23 April 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note of the thematic debate entitled "Road to Rio+20 and beyond" (20 April 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note and tentative programme of the thematic debate on "Security in Central America as a Regional and Global Challenge: How to Promote and Implement the Central American Security Strategy" (19 April 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on SC Reform (17 April 2012)
• Letter regarding the High-Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy and Finance in 2012 (13 April 2012)
• Letter announcing the appointment of co-facilitators for the High Level meeting on the Rule of Law (12 April 2012)
• Letter forwarding a letter from the Permanent Representatives of Gambia and Georgia as Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the GA (12 April 2012)
• Letter announcing the appointment of co-facilitators for the Intergovernmanetal process of the GA on the "Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body" (11 April 2012)
• Letter forwarding a letter from the Permanent Representatives of Sweden and Brazil as Co-Chairs of the Informal Dialogue on Humanitarian Partnership (10 April 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept paper and detailed programme of the thematic debate on Disaster Risk Reduction (9 April 2012)
• Letter appointing co-chairs to lead the informal consultations for the high level meeting on Indigenous Issues (5 April 2012)
• Letter announcing the High Level Thematic Debate on Addressing Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Financial and Commodity Markets (4 April 2012)
• Letter announcing an informal meeting to hear a briefing from the Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the League of Arab States, H.E. Kofi Annan (4 April 2012)

March 2012

• Letter transmitting a concept paper and programme for the interactive dialogue on "Fighting Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence against Women and Children" (26 March 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note and tentative programme of the informal interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature (15 March 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note and programme of the interactive thematic debate on "Fostering Cross-Cultural Understanding for Building Peaceful and Inclusive Societies" (15 March 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept note for the High Level Thematic Debate on Addressing Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Financial and Commodity Markets (13 March 2012)
• Letter transmitting a concept paper and draft programme of the thematic debate on Disaster Risk Reduction (12 March 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the Co-chairs of the Ad hoc working group on GA Revitalization (8 March 2012)

February 2012

• Letter transmitting a concept paper and tentative programme of the interactive dialogue on Prevention of Human Trafficking and Protection of its Victims (21 February 2012)
• Letter announcing the appointment of co-facilitators for the high-level meeting on the rule of law (21 February 2012)
• Letter announcing the plenary meeting of the GA on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the facilitator for the discussions (21 February 2012)
• Letter announcing the plenary meeting of the GA on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (17 February 2012)
• Letter convening a formal plenary meeting of the GA under agenda item 64 entitled "Report of Human Rights Council", to consider the report of the HRC (9 February 2012)
• Letter announcing a change in venue for the Fifth Committee meeting (9 February 2012)
• Letter rescheduling the 8th round of Intergovernmental Negotiations on SC Reform to 21 February (3 February 2012)
• Letter convening an informal meeting to hear a briefing on the logistical and substantive preparations for the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII) (2 February 2012)

January 2012

• Letter regarding the appointment of co-chair for the Ad Hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the GA (26 January 2012)
• Letter transmitting the summary of the retreat on the preparations of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20 (9 January 2012)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the chairman of the Group of 77 on South-South Cooperation on initiating discussions calling for the strengthening of the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (9 January 2012)
• Letter regarding the appointment of facilitators for the LDC Ad Hoc Working Group (3 January 2012)

December 2011

• Letter transmitting a letter from the President marking the closing of the Sixty-Sixth Session of the General Assembly (27 December 2011)
• Letter transmitting a letter and annex from the Secretary-General cregarding the recently convened meeting of the Advisory Group on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) (14 December 2011)

November 2011

• Letter regarding the appointment of a co-chair for the consultations mandated by Resolution 65/313 (28 November 2011)
• Letter transmitting the summary of the informal discussion held on "United Nations Mediation: Experiences and Reflections from the Field" on 9 November 2011 (23 November 2011)
• Letter convening an informal interactive briefing on the SG's report on "Accelerating progress towards the MDGs..." (2 November 2011)

October 2011

• Letter transmitting the analytical summary of the second dialogue between the General Assembly and the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (28 October 2011)
• Letter transmitting an invitation to and programme for the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives (21 October 2011)
• Letter convening an informal discussion on "United Nations Mediation: Experiences and Reflections from the Field" (20 October 2011)
• Letter transmitting the programme for the informal plenary meeting on the emerging findings and initial recommendations that might be useful as an input into the Rio+20 process (13 October 2011)
• Letter convening an informal plenary meeting on the upcoming G20 Summit to be held in Cannes, France (10 October 2011)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the President on his meeting with the Executive Coordinators of Rio+20 (7 October 2011)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the President appointing co-facilitators on development of Africa (5 October 2011)

September 2011

• Letter transmitting a written statement of the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the President of the Republic of Armenia (30 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting a written statement of the delegation of Sri Lanka in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada (27 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting a written statement of the delegation of the United Kingdom in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the Prime Minister of Mauritius (26 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting the President's summary of the HLM on Desertification (23 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting an application for admission to membership in the United Nations by the President of Palestine (23 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting a written statement of the delegation of the United Kingdom in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the President of the Argentine Republic (22 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting a written statement of the delegation of Chile in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the President of Bolivia (21 September 2011)
• Letter transmitting a letter from the Permanent Mission of Isreal concerning the meeting to commemorate of the Durban Declaration (21 September 2011)
• Letter regarding the appointment of a facilitator for the consultations on Security Council Reform (16 September 2011)

Events

September 2012

• High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels (24 September 2012)

June 2012

• Seminar of the President of the UNGA on Dialogue, Understanding and Countering the Appeal of Terrorism (27 June 2012)
• Thematic Debate on Drugs and Crime as a Threat to Development (26 June 2012)

May 2012

• Informal Thematic Debate on Road to Rio+20 and Beyond (22 May 2012)
• High-Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy and Finance in 2012 (17-18 May 2012)
• Security in Central America as a Regional and Global Challenge (16 May 2012)

April 2012

• Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature (18 April 2012)
• Interactive Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction (12 April 2012)
• High Level Thematic Debate on "Addressing Excessive Price Volatility in Food and Related Financial and Commodity Markets" (11 April 2012)
• Interactive Dialogue on Fighting Human Trafficking: Partnership and Innovation to End Violence Against Women and Girls (3 April 2012)

March 2012

• Interactive Thematic Debate on fostering cross-cultural understanding for building peaceful and inclusive societies (22 March 2012)

February 2012

• First OPGA-Friedrich Ebert Foundation-UN-DESA Seminar on the Preparations for the 2012 QCPR (13 February 2012)

January 2012

• Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the GA (26 January 2012)

September 2011

• Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (22 September 2011)
• Addressing Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (20 September 2011)
• High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (19-20 September 2011)

Team

• H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President
• H.E. Dr. Mutlaq Al-Qahtani, Chef de Cabinet
• H.E. Mr. Tariq Al-Ansari, Deputy chef de Cabinet
• H.E. Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, Senior Special Advisor to the President
• Dr. Kevin Cahill, Senior Advisor to the President (Humanitarian and Public Health)
• Mrs. Hanifa Mezoui, Special Coordinator (Third Committee, Civil Society)
• Mr. Hossam Eldeen Aly, Senior Advisor (Disarmament)
• Mrs. Maha Bahamdoun, Senior Advisor (Sustainable Development)
• Mr. Mustapha Tlili, Special Advisor
• Ms. Asako Okai, Senior Policy Coordinator
• Ms. Nihal Saad, Spokesperson
• Ms. Rachel Stein-Holmes, Speechwriter, Advisor (Third Committee)
• Mr. Adrian Neritani, Legal Advisor, Advisor (Sixth Committee)
• Mr. Mohamed Elghitany, Advisor (Fourth Committee)
• Mr. Roman Hunger, Advisor (Disarmament, Peacekeeping)
• Ms. Baya Bensmail, Advisor (Second Committee, Sustainable Development)
• Mr. Aziz Sevi, Advisor (Mediation, Alliance of Civilizations)
• Ms. Bénédicte de Montlaur (Political Advisor (Middle East, Security Council)
• Mr. Irfan Soomro, Advisor (Fifth Committee)
• Mr. Ben Dotsei Malor, Communications Advisor
• Mr. Daniel Nogueira Leitão, Advisor (Second Committee, Macro-Economics, Operational Activities)
• Mr. Mahmoud Ablan, Webmaster, Assistant to the Spokesperson (September 2011 - June 2012)
• Ms. Martina Dragovic, Liaison Officer
• Ms. Samah Atout, Political Assistant
• Ms. Alice Farhat, Administrative Assistant to the President
• Ms. Amena Cheema, Special Assistant

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