I would like to thank the Chilean presidency of the Security Council for organizing this very important and timely meeting on the topic of the maintenance of international peace and security. I am also grateful to Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Nobel Pe…
It is unclear why the representative of Armenia responded to the mention of its violation of international humanitarian law by justifying itself and introducing illegitimate arguments about “improvement” into the discussion of the resolution. I would like to refresh my colleagues’ memory by pointing…
I would like to touch base regarding a few of the comments made earlier by my colleague from Armenia. She mentioned the development of the region and international law and its principles, but Armenia must itself abide by those principles and by international law. Instead of making illegitimate and g…
My delegation would like to explain our position regarding resolution 69/232, “Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries”, under agenda item 22 (b). My delegat…
Proceeding from the mandate given by the Committee of Ministers of the
Council of Europe for the period from May to November 2014, I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, draft resolution A/69/L.27, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”. In a…
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this important debate to discuss ways to advance the women and peace and security agenda, with a focus on displaced women.
I also thank the Secretary-General for his insightful report (S/2014/693), which updates us on the progress and challe…
At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, I extend our greetings to all delegations and wish them continued success in their endeavours.
Today is a great day for sport and peace, and we welcome this opportunity to address the General Assembly.
Sport is among the key…
I would like to make just a few remarks.
The assertion that Nagorno Karabakh is independent is yet another outright lie. Armenia was, and still is, directly responsible for the creation of the subordinate puppet regime there. Its State policy of consolidating the consequences of the occupation incl…
I am compelled to take the floor in exercise of my right of reply to the remarks just made and the allegations just raised against my country by the previous speaker, whose statement seems to be a reflection of Armenia’s habitual moral and legal irresponsibility, as well as its distorted and misguid…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate my good friend Mr. Sam
Kutesa on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I wish him every success in fulfilling that highly responsible duty. We are also grateful to Mr. John Ashe for all his hard work in presi…
At the outset, I would like thank the United States presidency for convening today’s open debate on children in armed conflict. We also wish to thank all of the briefers for their extensive and important briefings.
Armed conflicts continue to inflict violence and deprivations of many kinds upon chi…
I would like to make a further statement.
The statement made by the Armenian representative earlier today was nothing but the standard Armenian effort to mislead and to substitute notions, comparing apples and oranges. That is especially true in the case of conflict prevention and conflict resoluti…
At the outset, I should like to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for
having organized this open debate on the very important and pressing topic of conflict prevention.
The nature of conflict has changed significantly over the years. Of course, the resolution of purely internal matters is…
I would like to thank President Ashe for organizing this important meeting on the fourth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Ambassador Halit Çevik, the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, for his …
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of resolution 1540 (2004). This open debate provides an excellent opportunity to review the ground covered over the past decade since the adoption of this landmark resolution, to assess ach…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important and timely open debate on children and armed conflict. Let me also commend the active role and leadership of Luxembourg in advancing this issue in the work of the Security Council.
I also wish to thank the Secretary-General, h…
My delegation is taking the floor once again to react to the totally groundless remarks just made by the representative of Armenia.
It has become the distinctive nature of the policy of Armenia to level accusations against a country whose territories it keeps under occupation and whose civilians it…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2014/75, annex).
In recent years, intern…
The attempts by Armenia to disguise its aggression, and thereby to assert its innocence with regard to the crimes committed against Azerbaijani civilians, are unlikely to be taken seriously given the incontrovertible evidence, which testifies to the diametrically opposite situation.
The arguments o…
First of all, I would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency for convening
this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Fifteen years ago, the Security Council adopted its first resolution on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (resolution 1265 (1999)), which, inte…
