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Mr.

President, Secretary General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and


Gentlemen,

It is an honour for me, as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan, to


speak to you today about the important issues confronting humanity as
we approach the end of the first decade of 21st century.

For the next three days, delegates from more than sixty five countries
will discuss exchange views about these various challenges that we
face and among the various issues that will be in focus, my country
would like to request the member nations to heed and pay special
attention to the call for democracy raised by the peaceful monk
protestors of Myanmar.

We urge that increased pressure be put on the Myanmarese


government and the countries which sustain and wield a great
influence on this brutish military junta and press it to speed up the
democratic process it has grudgingly promised last year after the visit
of UN envoy Mr. Ibrahim Gambari and free the imprisoned democracy
leader Aung San Suu Kyi immediately.

We would also like to urge member nations to pay close attention to


issues regarding the preservation of our fragile environment and fully
support resolutions on climate stress, the drafting of a comprehensive
treaty on carbon emission to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, the protection
of habitat of endangered species and the prevention of illegal wildlife
trade.

Other two issues which gravely concern us are the recent tensions over
the question of Arctic Sovereignty and the Iranian Nuclear Programme.
We would like to urge the concerned nations to exercise maximum
restraint and engage in meaningful dialogue to reach amicable
solutions which will not only be in the specific interests of the nations
involved but the world as a whole.

In this endeavour, as with the others that will be discussed during this
General Assembly meeting, I would like to assure you all that Bhutan
will do its part as a responsible member nation.

Thank you very much!

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