UN General Assembly
2013

Allow me, at the outset to extend sincere my congratulations to Ambassador John Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We are confident that he will ably guide the work of the Assembly during this session. I also extend my thanks and gratitude to Mr. Vuk Jeremi., President of the Assembly at the previous session, for his efforts. We wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his wise leadership of the Organization and for his interest in the developments taking place in the world and in my country. It is a felicitous coincidence that the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly coincides with the celebrations in my country in honour of the September and October revolutions. Allow me, from this important international rostrum, to congratulate the great and valiant people of Yemen on this important occasion and to commend the country and people of Yemen for their resilience and their sacrifices in emancipating themselves from the yoke of colonization, injustice, oppression and despotism. I also wish to congratulate the people of Yemen for