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General Assembly Session 56 meeting 49

Date12 November 2001
Started15:00
Ended19:30

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A-56-PV.49 2001-11-12 15:00 12 November 2001 [[12 November]] [[2001]] /
The President: Mr. Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea)
The meeting was called to order at 3.05 p.m.

Address by Mr. Rexhep Meidani, President of the Republic of Albania

The President

The Assembly will first hear an address by the President of the Republic of Albania.

Mr. Rexhep Meidani, President of the Republic of Albania, was escorted into the General Assembly Hall.
The President

On behalf of the General Assembly, I have the honour to welcome to the United Nations His Excellency Mr. Rexhep Meidani, President of the Republic of Albania, and to invite him to address the Assembly.

President Meidani (Albania)

This year's session of the General Assembly is marked by profound sadness over the innocent victims of the macabre acts perpetrated by terrorists two months ago here in the United States of America, and now also by the events of this morning. On behalf of the Government and the people of Albania, I would like to express our utter indignation and our strongest and categorical condemnation of those acts, which were aimed not at a single country but, rather, were a serious attack on the values of democracy, freedom and world civilization. At the same time, I would like to convey our deepest sympathy to the American people and to all the families that lost loved ones in those tragic events.

International terrorism is today becoming one of the greatest challenges for the world in which we live. It is essential that the international community tackle this phenomenon with the greatest seriousness, for it is replete with catastrophic consequences in many areas.

Albania considers the military actions of the anti-terrorism coalition led by the United States and Great Britain against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the Al Qaeda terrorist group, under the leadership of bin Laden, to be just and in full conformity with Chapter VII of the Charter and Security Council resolutions. Taking that into account, and as a country that defends the values of liberty and democracy, Albania expressed its determination to be part of that coalition from the outset.

The international action that has just begun against terrorism should not be seen as a clash between civilizations. On the contrary, we Albanians see it as a struggle between good and evil and as a confrontation in which the values of humanism and peace are set against obscurantism and the negation of values. The only way to win this war is for all of our countries to unite their forces to create a common front, to take increasingly Draconian preventive measures at the national level, and to deploy ways and means for cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral levels to block any individual terrorist or terrorist group that threatens international peace and security. For its part, with the mechanisms at its disposal, the United Nations could and should do more to coordinate those efforts.

Albania welcomes the measures taken by the United Nations to respond to acts of terrorism. We strongly support Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and call on all Member States to fulfil their obligations under the resolution. We also support the current efforts aimed at completing the United Nations legal framework for coordination and for the international community's efforts to combat terrorism. For its part, Albania is already a party to eight major international conventions on the struggle against terrorism. We shall soon adhere to six more conventions.

The new Albanian Government's four-year programme has set very clear objectives to definitively take the country out of its long transition stage and place it on the path towards stable economic development, the consolidation of its democratic institutions and legal framework, and integration into the European family. Thanks to sustained efforts, Albania has already established an encouraging climate for individual Albanian entrepreneurship as well as for foreign investment.

Moreover, Albanian institutions will keep the struggle against terrorism, organized crime, illegal trafficking and corruption at the centre of their activities. The responsible commitment of the country's leaders to an uncompromising struggle against those phenomena, as well as their cooperation with other countries in the region and beyond, has in most cases kept in check the activities of criminal elements who seek to exploit Albania as a transit country for various types of illegal trafficking.

Ms. Dlamini Zuma (South Africa), Vice-President, took the Chair.
President Meidani (Albania) --> -->
 
 
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