General Assembly Official Records Fifty-Eighth Session
United Nations A/58/PV.19 General Assembly Official Records Fifty-eighth session 19th plenary meeting Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 10 a.m. New York President: The Hon. Julian R. Hunte .................................. (Saint Lucia) The meeting was called to order at 10.05 a.m. of innocent civilians in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. In northern Uganda, a terrorist organization called the Lords Resistance Army Agenda item 9 (continued) has killed hundreds, displaced thousands and abducted children into forced recruitment and sale in slavery. General debate On 19 August, the terrorists chose to strike at the The President: I now give the floor to His heart of the United Nations. They attacked the United Excellency The Honourable James Wapakhabulo, Nations offices in Baghdad. That callous attack led to Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the death of innocent Iraqis and many members of the Foreign Affairs of Uganda. United Nations staff, including the Secretary-General’s Mr. Wapakhabulo (Uganda): On behalf of the Special Representative, Sergio Vieira de Mello. On Uganda delegation, I wish to congratulate you, behalf of the Government and people of Uganda, I wish Mr. President, on your election to preside over the to express sincere condolences to the Secretary- fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. We are General and to the bereaved families. We must confident that, under your able leadership, we shall condemn those acts of terrorism in the strongest terms, achieve the objectives of our deliberations. Let me also and the international community must unite to fight thank the Secretary-General, Mr.
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