Official Records
General Assembly
Fifty-fifth session
29th plenary meeting
Wednesday, 27 September 2000, 10 a.m.
New York
President: Mr. Holkeri…………………….(Finland)
The meeting was called to order at 10 a.m.
Agenda item 10 (continued)
Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/55/1)
The President: Members will recall that the Secretary-General presented his report to the General Assembly at the 10th plenary meeting on 12 September 2000.
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Mr. Ryan (Ireland): I welcome this comprehensive and stimulating report from the Secretary-General on the work of our Organization (A/55/1). In his introduction he notes that the turn of the millennium provides a unique vantage point from which to view humanity’s progress and challenges. In fact, the Secretary-General himself was the driving force behind ensuring that we made full use of this vantage point at the Millennium Summit.
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Delegations will understand if I welcome in particular the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in compliance with Security Council resolution 425 (1978). My country has been intensively involved with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for 22 years, an involvement which brought much sacrifice in human lives, but also much satisfaction, never more so than during the past few months. I would like to echo the Secretary-General’s call for further efforts in the search for a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
The meeting rose at 1.15 p.m.
Document Type: Meeting record
Document Sources: General Assembly
Subject: Agenda Item, Peacekeeping
Publication Date: 27/09/2000