In fact, my country channels 90 per cent of the funds it allocates to international cooperation to the assistance of sisterly African countries.

We feel that achieving just, comprehensive and durable peace in the Middle East requires the recovery by sisterly Syria and Lebanon of all their occupied territories.

Central America, that sisterly region, was able to overcome adversity and move into a new era that allowed its peoples to choose democracy and national reconciliation.

Such instances are numerous, the most recent of which was the search in the port of Djibouti of a vessel freighting sugar en route to sisterly Somalia.

(b) A joint approach by the Government of the Sudan and the African Union towards sisterly and friendly countries to secure support and participation in the African Union mission.

As an African country, the Kingdom of Morocco continues to do its utmost in assisting sisterly countries in the sub Saharan region by all the means at its disposal.

It is our firm expectation that the cease fire signed recently in Lusaka will hold, and will ensure the consolidation of peace and democracy, and the reconstruction of that sisterly country.

We also express the hope that sisterly Iraq will complete its political process and strengthen its constitutional institutions in accordance with the aspirations of the Iraqi people, within a context of security, stability and national unity.

The tragedy of hunger and starvation in that sisterly nation has continued, even if television newsreels no longer show the horrible pictures that served as a prelude to the so called humanitarian invasion sponsored by this Organization.

At the end of this historic meeting, I must commend the efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Troika States and the IGAD Partners Forum, as well as the very important position taken by the sisterly State of Kenya.

Morocco was one of the first countries to show its active solidarity with that sisterly African country in the framework of a multilateral humanitarian mission. My country sent an important military contingent to alleviate the suffering of the Somali people.

As a sign of this solidarity with sisterly and friendly peoples, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic sent telegrams of condolences and sympathy on behalf of the Syrian Arab people to the leaders of peoples affected by the earthquake and the tsunami.

I also extend my warmest congratulations to your predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Republic of Gabon, on the commitment and skill he demonstrated during his presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty ninth session.

International economic integration has become a concrete reality that must be taken into account. This concept has been recently endorsed by the agreement of a majority of countries to the establishment of the World Trade Organization in Marakesh in sisterly Morocco on 15 April 1994.

We give thanks to God for having inspired the delegations here present in their choice of His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the sisterly and friendly Republic of Côte d apos Ivoire, as President of the Assembly at this session.

The recent conflict in the sisterly state of Yemen ended with the victory of constitutional legality, which preserved the unity of Yemen this incident should lead us to stress the need to refrain from intervention in the internal affairs of other States that might find themselves in similar circumstances.

Mr. Filali (Morocco) (interpretation from Arabic) I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the forty ninth session of the General Assembly and to express to you my great delight at seeing you, a distinguished friend from a sisterly country, conducting the work of this session.

Mr. Moussa (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic) Mr. President, at the outset, I should like to extend to you, brother Minister Amara Essy our congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Allow me also to extend through you our congratulations to the sisterly country Côte d apos Ivoire, with which Egypt enjoys bonds of friendship and cooperation.