For our delegation, the question on revitalizing the work the General Assembly is of high priority. This issue is also important for the Non-Aligned Movement, whose statement Belarus supports.
During the previous session of the General Assembly, we adopted a resolution on strengthening the Assembly…
My delegation’s statement is on agenda item 117 entitled, “United Nations reform: measures and
proposals”. The Belarusian delegation welcomes the management and organizational measures adopted to implement reform of the Secretariat and of the United Nations system overall. In 2006 Member States rec…
On behalf of the Republic of Belarus, I have the honour of thanking the Secretary-General and the United Nations
for the report prepared for our consideration, entitled “Optimizing the international effort to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster” (A/62/467). The i…
The Belarus delegation would like to thank the Security Council for the report on its work (A/62/2). The work of the Council is given priority attention by the delegation of virtually each Member State.
Belarus closely follows the reactions of the Council to threats to international peace and secur…
The delegation of Belarus would like to welcome the draft resolution entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula” (A/62/L.4), which was prepared jointly by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea.
The agreements that were reached between the Democ…
This year, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. In its 50 years of existence, the Agency has acquired exclusive status as the leading international body capable of dealing with the question of the safe use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes and f…
All of us seated in this Hall witnessed the collapse almost two decades ago of a seemingly invincible international system based on the antagonism of two poles of power. It collapsed instantly. The system that ensued, based on the antagonism of one powerful pole to the rest of the world, is already …
Belarus supports the principle of one China, and considers Taiwan to be an integral part of China and the Government of the People’s Republic of China to be the sole, legitimate representative of the Chinese people.
We fully endorse and firmly support the recommendation of the General Committee not…
Religious intolerance, xenophobia and opposition of one culture to another today pose a real threat to peace and stability in our world. Accordingly, engaging in a dialogue among cultures and religions, based on mutual understanding, equality, mutual respect and tolerance, is a major challenge of ou…
The Republic of Belarus welcomes the results of the High- level Meeting held in May and June 2006 to carry out a comprehensive review of progress in attaining the goals set out in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. We support the text of the Political Declaration (resolution 60/262). It does…
The delegation of Belarus would like to thank the Secretary-General for the thoughtful and sensible approach to the recommendations of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-wide Coherence and for his understanding of the paramount importance of the intergovernmental consideration of any refo…
The Monterrey Consensus is a unique instrument and an important breakthrough factor in our pursuit of financing for development. The key to the effectiveness of that instrument is the comprehensive use of all ways and means of ensuring positive dynamics in the flow of development resources. Where do…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
We support in principle the conclusions set out in the report of the Secretary-General on th…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), namely, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
We thank the Slovak presidency for holding an open meeting of the Security Council on…
Belarus will not participate in the voting on draft resolution I, “Question of Western Sahara”. When the lines of division between our two good friends are so deep, we cannot help becoming hostage to the lack of understanding between them — and hostages’ hands are tied.
Issues such as that of Weste…
The delegation of Belarus welcomes the publication of the report of the Secretary-General on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (A/61/483). The report contains much valuable information that helps us to evaluate impartially the results of our many years of work on strengthening t…
At the outset, the delegation of Belarus welcomes the statement made by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The need to preserve and strengthen the role of the Security Council as a central element in the maintenance of international peace and security is beyond questi…
I have a confession to make: when it comes to UNICEF, I am hopelessly biased. As much as I appreciate the value of an impartial approach to the things that we deal with in the United Nations, I am happy to be utterly partial towards one of the greatest ideas, creations and accomplishments of the Uni…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
We support the conclusions contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the situatio…
The delegation of Belarus welcomes the successful conclusion of the negotiating process on a resolution of the utmost importance: that on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council. We commend the tireless efforts of the Co-Chairs, Ambassador Johan C. Verbeke of Belgium and Ambassador Cheick S…
