I would like to express my appreciation to Switzerland for making the issue of the protection of civilians one of its priorities for its Security Council presidency. I thank Secretary- General António Guterres and Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the President of the International Committee of the Red C…
I would like to thank the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction for organizing today’s important event on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. We very much appreciate the work detailing the achievements and challenges in disaster risk reductio…
I would like to express our appreciation to the Indian presidency for convening today’s emergency meeting.
The urgency of the matter is due to the evolving humanitarian crisis created by Azerbaijan as a result of its imposition of an illegal blockade on the population of Nagorno-Karabakh in direct …
It is a great pleasure to take part in today’s discussion in the Security Council and I thank my colleague, India’s Minister for External Affairs, for the invitation. The Indian presidency has chosen a very timely and important topic for this open debate.
International relations, as we have known t…
I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply for a second time in
response to the statement made by the representative of Azerbaijan. We just heard another outburst of propaganda and distortions from the representative of Azerbaijan in response to the clear-cut facts, which testifies first to…
Yes, I am wrapping up, thank you.
Armenia will continue to appeal to the United Nations and its respective bodies, as well as to relevant international actors, to live up to their responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security; resolutely condemn Azerbaijan’s criminal attack…
I take the floor in response to the distortions, misrepresentations and allegations voiced by the representative of Azerbaijan during the general debate last Saturday (see A/77/ PV.13). The statement of Azerbaijan, containing a number of fabricated legal, historical and political narratives and blat…
It is an honour to return to the General Assembly, although I wish I were here with a more positive message given all the challenges and tribulations that the world has been through in the past few years. However, my statement will focus on the latest Azerbaijani unprovoked aggression against the so…
I would like to express appreciation to the French presidency for convening today’s emergency meeting upon the request contained in the letter from the Foreign Minister of Armenia (see S/2022/688, annex).
This meeting takes place at a grave time for my country, as acts of criminal aggression have b…
Today’s high-level meeting of the General Assembly on global road safety is a timely opportunity to take stock of the progress made and the challenges we face in the implementation of our collective commitments under the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030. Road crashes ha…
My statement will be shorter than that of my Azerbaijani colleague.
I am taking the floor for a second time to respond to the representative of Azerbaijan. In view of the time limitations and bearing in mind that we have addressed these baseless allegations in detail during previous meetings, I wil…
I am taking the floor in exercise of our right to reply to the delegation of Azerbaijan.
We reject the usual distortions and allegations by Azerbaijan in their entirety. The misinformation and ill-minded narratives voiced by the representative of Azerbaijan is an affront to this august body. The ai…
I thank Special Adviser Alice Nderitu for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (A/76/844) (see A/76/PV.86), dedicated this year to the special needs of children and young people in the contexts of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, which outlines recommenda…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/76/783) and targeted recommendations on tackling inequalities in order to end the AIDS pandemic.
The Government of Armenia is committed to taking all necessary action to meet the commitments made in the Political Declaration…
In view of the time constraints and the lack of arguments presented by the representative of Azerbaijan, I am not going to grace him by responding to his poor propaganda and emotional outburst, which is aimed at whitewashing the aggressive war against Nagorno-Karabakh. I will simply confine myself t…
I take the floor in the exercise of the right of reply to respond to the delegation of Azerbaijan.
We reject the attempts by the delegation of Azerbaijan to hijack the agenda of today’s meeting by propagating its distorted narratives and customary falsifications with regard to the underlying causes…
I take the floor to exercise the right of reply in response to the delegation of Azerbaijan.
We reject all of the outdated fabrications and distortions just voiced by the representative of Azerbaijan, which are aimed at concealing its responsibility for numerous violations of international humanita…
I take the floor in explanation of position on behalf of the delegation of Armenia on resolution 76/257, just adopted, entitled “Elevating pandemic prevention, preparedness and response to the highest level of political leadership”.
As the international community has embarked on the long path of re…
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to the Russian Federation for organizing this Security Council meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and CSTO Secretary-General Stanislav…
I would like to exercise my second right of reply. I will not dignify the representative of Azerbaijan’s statement with a response, bearing in mind that he attempted to deflect the attention of those present in the Hall from the topic of our discussion, namely, the culture of peace, by referring to …