Belgium thanks Uruguay, President of the Security Council, for organizing today’s open debate today as well as the various speakers for their contributions. Current events have unfortunately shown the relevance of and need for this debate.
Belgium fully supports the statement made by the representa…
At the outset, Belgium wishes to thank the co-facilitators, Ambassador Nusseibeh and Ambassador Mažeiks, and to congratulate them on the negotiations that they deftly guided in a spirit of openess, transparency and dialogue.
Ten years after Tunis, the digital gap remains a major challenge at three …
Belgium aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier today by the observer of the European Union (see A/70/PV.59), and I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity.
We cannot remain indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people, whether in the Mediterranean or elsewhere. Faced …
First, Belgium joins in today’s expressions of sympathy to France and the French people.
Experience and facts reveal an inextricable link between peace and security, on the one hand, and inclusive and sustainable development, on the other. Resolution 2171 (2014) and the presidential statement of 19…
I thank the President for organizing this debate on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matter matters related to the Security Council. We must follow up on our decision 69/560 of 14 September and maintain the momentum of the d…
My delegation would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate and for the opportunity afforded to Belgium to take part. My delegation awould also like to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and the representatives of civil society for their briefi…
A predecessor of the President of the General Assembly at its first session, in 1946, was one of my compatriots, Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak. In the midst of the Second World War, he said that we must take advantage of the exceptional circumstances to seize the opportunity to make substantial progress in t…
The instability in the Middle East and North Africa over the
past four years is at the centre of Belgium’s concerns. I thank the Russian Federation for having taken the initiative of convening this debate, which complements our discussions yesterday when we met in the meeting on the coalition again…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1) should provide new impetus for our global commitment. We face several challenges, which are largely interdependent, including climate and migration, poverty and hunger, peace and security, and even extremism. Some of them are the causes o…
Belgium thanks New Zealand for its initiative in holding today’s meeting, thereby giving the small island developing States and their international partners the opportunity to comment on the major challenges to security faced by those States.
We also welcome the holding, last month, of an Arria For…
After the vote on draft resolution S/2015/562 introduced by Malaysia and sponsored by many other countries affected, including mine, by the grief of their citizens, as well as by several members of the Security Council, I wish first of all to express our solidarity with Australia, Malaysia, the Neth…
I thank you, Madam President, for allowing my delegation to speak in this debate.
Belgium fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union and would like to make the following statement in its national capacity.
My country welcomes the annual report of the Sec…
I would like to congratulate Lithuania on its initiative to hold this debate, a debate allowing us to reaffirm and bolster the commitment on the Security Council, on the basis of the Australian initiative and resolution 2117 (2013). Belgium also supports the idea of adopting a new draft resolution b…
Belgium would like to thank the Jordanian presidency for having organized this debate on a major challenge at the beginning of this new century. My statement is meant to complement the one delivered by the European Union (EU), which we, of course, endorse.
We cannot deny that in recent years we hav…
Belgium fully endorses the statement made by the observer of the European Union. We would like to add a few additional remarks in our national capacity.
During the past year, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) had an opportunity to address the issue of transition where there is a drawdown of a Unit…
I wish to thank the briefers in today’s debate, namely, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bangoura and Ms. Allamin of Nigeria, who spoke on behalf of civil society.
I am honoured to speak here today about a subject of the utmost importance for my country, Belgium. I align myself with …
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate on a major challenge of the twenty-first century. Belgium endorses the statement given on behalf of the European Union and wishes to add to it in order to complete its own statement.
The Security Council has had several opportunities to address the situa…
Belgium associates itself fully with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union. I would like to add the following remarks in my national capacity.
Belgium deplores the fact that armed conflicts continue to have a disproportionate effect on children. The year 2014 has bee…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States in commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Slavery during the transatlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity and among the worst …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States in this commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The General Assembly proclaimed this day in remembrance of the massacre that took place 55 years ago in Sharpeville, So…
