Examples of using This substantive session in English and their translations into Arabic
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We all agreed that, at this substantive session, we would consider two items on the agenda.
It is from that perspective that we attach great importance to this substantive session of the Commission.
The issues on our agenda during this substantive session are of the greatest significance, and of extreme importance to international peace and security.
My delegation is confident that, under your able leadership,we will be able to achieve significant progress in this substantive session.
This substantive session of the Economic and Social Council in July 2011 helped to highlight the need to advance the development goals related to education.
Other organizational matters will include, inter alia,the arrangements for the panel discussions to be held during this substantive session, in accordance with Committee decision 1.
We are prepared to make a constructive contribution to the success of this substantive session of the Disarmament Commission, which should achieve the results needed and awaited by the international community.
Again, Mr. Chairman, I would like to pledge my delegation ' s full cooperation in achieving ourcommon goals during the deliberations in the coming two weeks of this substantive session.
This substantive session of the Disarmament Commission is especially important because it follows a series of setbacks over the past several years to the multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation machinery.
Under these circumstances,it is clear that the agreement we reached last December on the agenda of this substantive session was a small but valuable step forward.
My delegation hopes that, through our deliberations during this substantive session, the Commission will be able to agree on an appropriate and comprehensive set of recommendations and further confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons.
Mr. Sukayri(Jordan): Like other delegations which have spoken before me, I should like to thank you, Mr. Chairman,for the distinctive manner in which you have led our deliberations throughout this substantive session.
The Chairman: The idea behind those words was to put into the text that the Commission 's work at this substantive session, without agreed substantive items, should not set a precedent for the Commission ' s future work.
My delegation will cooperate with you, Mr. Chairman, with the other members of the Bureau, with the Chairs of the Working Groups and with members of the Commission as a whole,in ensuring a successful outcome of this substantive session of the Commission.
We would welcome informal consultations on such an exercise, to commence at this substantive session of the Committee with a view to decisions on further rationalization being made during the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly.
We believe that, with reinvigorated political will, Member States will enable theDisarmament Commission to make more contributions at this substantive session to the shared goal of disarmament and arms control.
The Commission, on the first day of this substantive session, respected the decision of the Asian Group and decided to elect the Islamic Republic of Iran as a Vice-Chair of the Commission, as reflected in the official records of the Commission(see A/CN.10/PV.269).
Mr. Gala López(Cuba)(spoke in Spanish): Like other delegations, we thank you, Mr. Chairman,for the efforts you have made in the context of this substantive session in trying to reach a consensus formulation of our agenda items.
The Chairman: As we begin this substantive session of the Disarmament Commission, I would like to remind members that our discussions here are particularly important because they follow a series of setbacks in multilateral disarmament negotiations in recent years.
Mr. Requeijo Gual(Cuba)(spoke in Spanish): The delegation of Cuba congratulates you, Sir,on your assumption of the chairmanship of the Disarmament Commission during this substantive session, and extends those congratulations to the other members of the Bureau.
This substantive session of the Disarmament Commission will deal with two basic agenda items: recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; and practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms.
In conclusion, we call on Member States to work in an open-minded, flexible and forward-looking manner, consistent with the relevant guidelines adopted by the General Assembly,to achieve a tangible agreement at this substantive session.
My delegation is therefore pleased that the title of the agendaitem on nuclear weapons for this substantive session of the Disarmament Commission is" Recommendations for achieving the objective"-- I emphasize, the objective--" of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons".
Allow me to conclude by reiterating to you, Madam Chairperson, the firm support of the delegation of Cuba for your work,as well as our full readiness to contribute constructively to the success of this substantive session of the Disarmament Commission.
It is regrettable that this substantive session coincides with an unjustifiable war waged against Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom in defiance of Security Council resolutions and international law. The stated aim is the removal of Iraq ' s weapons of mass destruction, but the undeclared goal is domination of the region.
Mr. Liebowitz(United States of America): I thought I was clear, but in order to avoid any ambiguity, I would say that, no,we cannot agree to adjourning and postponing whatever is left of this substantive session until some time later this year.
Therefore, that, if we want to achieve something during this substantive session and not just waste our time hanging around waiting for someone to share a few general ideas, the suggestion of dispensing- on a very exceptional basis- with the so-called general exchange of views is not only wise, but, hopefully, will lead to some practical result.
As we all know, the agenda for next year is to be decided at our organizational session in the light of possibleinformal consultations that might take place between this substantive session and the organizational session next December.
However, we are pleased to note that this substantive session of the Disarmament Commission is taking place after agreement was reached on its agenda, including among other items," Recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons" and" Practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons".
Decides to make available the independent views and perspectives of the Committee for Development Policy,together with a summary of the debate held during this substantive session, as a contribution to the two-day high-level review, to be conducted during the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, of progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing States;