At the outset, I would like to commend the Russian Federation for its initiative to convene today’s important debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security.
Terrorism and related criminal activities contin…
The remarks just made by the representative of Armenia, with their standard distortions and misinterpretations, leave no doubt that Armenia’s policy of aggression, racism and deep-rooted hatred remains intact, notwithstanding the recent change of Government in that Member State.
There can be no dou…
My response to the remarks just made by the representative of Armenia will be brief. The international obligations of Member States derive from the Charter of the United Nations and international law, including the decisions of the Security Council and the treaties to which they are party. The obvio…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening today’s plenary meeting to consider the annual report of the Security Council, as contained in document A/73/2.
General Assembly deliberations on the annual reports of the Security Council, as required by Article 24 of the Charter of …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Poland on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and commend its initiative to convene today’s important open debate on children and armed conflict. I would also like to thank today’s briefers for the insightful information they shared with us.
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What the Armenian representative referred to as the exercise of the right to self-determination by the Armenian ethnic groups living in Azerbaijan has been unequivocally qualified by the Security Council and the General Assembly, as well as other authoritative international organizations, as an ille…
I have taken the floor to exercise the right of reply of my delegation in response to the comments just made by the representative of Armenia.
We have joined this important debate to share both the achievements and the setbacks that we are facing in Azerbaijan on the way to attaining our population…
The International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994, clearly demonstrated that any development plan should be based on the interests and welfare of the people. The Programme of Action reflected the consensus
reached at the Conference and defined the targets of the corr…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Government of Peru for convening this open debate to discuss linkages between international terrorism and organized crime and for submitting the concept note (S/2019/537, annex) on the topic.
Terrorism and related criminal activities continue to represent a …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for convening this important open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
This year marks several important anniversaries in the protection of civilians, namely, the adoption of the 1949 Geneva Convent…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace.
Resolution 73/127, of which Azerbaijan was a sponsor, declares today, 24 April, as…
I apologize for being compelled to take the floor in reply to the statement just made by the representative of Armenia. Although it was not surprising, and we have already heard all its arguments before, we must still respond.
Our explanation of position with regard to resolution 73/290, which the …
We recognize that cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations is essential to the promotion of the purposes and principles of the United Nations. As a strong advocate of enhancing dialogue between civilizations and cultures, Azerbaijan supports and shares the main objectives of…
First of all, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of the delegations that supported the candidature of Azerbaijan. I have asked for the floor to announce the withdrawal of the candidature of Mr. Hafiz Nasibov, in favour of Mr. Yusuf Aksar of Turkey.
The misinterpretations that we have just witnessed in the comments made by the representative of Armenia are particularly astonishing as they are being made at the United Nations, whose Security Council adopted four resolutions condemning the use of force against Azerbaijan and the bombardment and o…
I would like to exercise my right of reply to the comments made by the delegation of Armenia.
As is well known, the continuing aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and the resulting military occupation of the territories of my country amount to serious breaches of obligations arising from perem…
There is nothing surprising in the inadequate and irrelevant comments made by the delegation of Armenia at today’s plenary meeting. The fact is that the objectives of a culture of peace are alien to Armenia. Otherwise, it would not have become a uniquely mono-ethnic State as a result of its consiste…
The efforts of the international community to promote a culture of peace have gained strong impetus from the relevant annual resolutions of the General Assembly, which have proclaimed fundamental principles and commitments and defined a set of actions at the national, regional and global levels.
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At the outset, I would like to thank the presidency of the Security Council, held by
the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, for having convened this important open debate on the role of States, regional arrangements and the United Nations in the prevention and resolution of conflicts.
Azerbaijan aligns it…
In our capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to introduce, on behalf of its sponsors, draft resolution A/73/L.25, submitted under sub-item (o) of agenda item 128 and entitled “Cooperation between the United Nat…
