In recent months, irregular flows of refugees and migrants to Europe have reached an unprecedented level, posing a significant challenge. As both a transit and a destination country, Austria is one of the European countries most affected by that development. We are well aware that many countries out…
Seventy years ago, the United Nations was founded as the collective answer to war and genocide, which had cost the lives of millions of people. The principal idea of the United Nations was to prevent war, to uphold respect for international law and human rights, and to promote social and economic pr…
First of all, let me thank the Russian presidency for having convened this important debate. Not since the Second World War have we seen such large numbers of people desperately fleeing conflict areas to save their lives. Nearly 60 million people worldwide are on the move. In 2014 alone, 13.9 millio…
Draft resolution A/69/L.87/Rev.1, before us today, deals with the display of flags — a matter that has always been associated with full membership of the Organization. It has to be kept in mind that the decision today will set a precedent for the future that will also apply to all future observer St…
Austria fully aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union.
In my national capacity, I would like to thank the Malaysian presidency of the Council for convening today’s open debate. Austria welcomes the discussion’s particular focus and condemns the extre…
Austria is grateful to Lithuania for convening this important and timely meeting of the Security Council. The concept note (S/2015/306, annex) prepared for this meeting clearly delineates the problem and is highly useful for guiding the discussion.
Austria fully aligns itself with the statement del…
At the outset, let me thank the Jordanian presidency for convening today’s open debate.
We are currently witnessing a dramatic rise of radicalization and extremism in the name of religion, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. However, violent extremism is not the challenge of one regio…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this very important debate. At the moment, we are witnessing a dramatic
rise in extremism in the name of religion. Tensions among different religious communities within our societies are increasing. A brief look at Facebook shows that espe…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand and my own country, Austria, and South Africa as an observer. The Human Security N…
I speak on behalf of the following participants of the Group of Friends of the Rule of Law: Belgium, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sw…
I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the States members of the Group of Western European and Other States.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear colleague and friend, His Excellency Mr. Mårten Grunditz, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations her…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States. We are deeply saddened by the passing of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, King and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We offer our sincere condolences …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer and my own country, Austria. The Human Security Netwo…
It is my great honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Austria. The Human Security …
Austria is honoured to address the General Assembly in its capacity as current
Chair of the Central European Initiative, and it is a pleasure to introduce the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative (CEI) (A/69/L.8) on behalf of the 18 member S…
It is an honour for Austria to speak today in its capacity as current Chair of the Human Security Network and therefore on behalf of the following countries: Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Switzerland, Thailand, Slovenia, South Africa as an observer, and my own cou…
It is with great respect that I stand at this rostrum for the first time as Austrian Foreign Minister. Many eminent world leaders have stood here before me and laid out their visions on international challenges and crises. As many may be able to tell, probably even from the last row, I look a bit yo…
It is my honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, namely, Costa Rica, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Austria. The Human Security Network is an informal group of Sta…
It is my great honour to address the Council today on behalf of the Human Security Network. Our cross-regional network consists of Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Austria. Women’s full…
We would like to sincerely thank Luxembourg for convening this important open debate today. Let me also express our appreciation for Luxembourg’s leadership and tireless efforts on children and armed conflict in the Council. We welcome the briefings made, as well as the adoption of the resolution 21…
