UN General Assembly
2007

First of all, I would like to join in the sincere congratulations on your election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and wish you every success in this lofty office. I would also like to avail myself to this opportunity to express gratitude to your predecessor, Her Excellency Mrs. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, for her selfless and efficient work during the sixty-first session. We also join in the words of welcome addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon. Tajikistan welcomes the continued reforms of the United Nations structure and enhancement of its activities aimed at strengthening peace and international security, furthering the promotion of human rights, expanding its humanitarian mission, placing the problem of climate change as an issue of top priority and addressing today’s other challenges. We believe that further progress in dealing with these issues of global importance is dependent on joint, concerted and consistent actions of the entire international community. Tajikistan attaches primary importance to the further strengthening of the disarmament process, the