The delegation of the Republic of Belarus views with great interest the present format of jointly discussing four reformulated agenda items. In our view, this practice will enable us to consider the theme in a comprehensive and integral manner which should ultimately help us to adopt balanced decisi…
The General Assembly is today considering an issue of extreme importance both for my country and for the
entire international community. With the Chernobyl catastrophe, human civilization entered a new stage of development in which technological risk, multiplied by the human factor, is jeopardizing…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus read the annual report of the Security Council with interest. We believe that the report duly reflects the highest priority areas of the work of that organ over the past year: the situation in Iraq, the Middle East, conflicts in Africa and counter-terrorism.…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Mr. Sergei Martynov, speaking last week in the general debate, touched on several important aspects of the work of the United Nations over the past year. Today, I wish to draw representatives’ attention to a few fundamental issues.
The report of the Secr…
To begin, I would sincerely like to congratulate you on your election to this very important and difficult position as President of the Assembly and I wish you every success.
This year, the United Nations has come close to the most dangerous brink in its more than a half- century of history. This i…
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the most serious global threats to contemporary public health care and socio- economic development — and, in certain regions of the world, to security. There are tremendous tasks related to reducing the heavy burden of this epidemic. Protection of the new generation o…
The delegation of Belarus would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We are confident that, under your professional and wise guidance, the Council’s work during the month of April will be fruitful and constructive.
I would also like to thank t…
We have become convinced yet again that history only teaches us that it teaches nothing.
Today we are witnessing armed aggression against a sovereign Member State of the United Nations, which had been planned well in advance and launched in circumvention of the authority of the Security Council, wi…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Let me express our belief that under your able guidance, the Council will successfully deal with the difficult tasks before it.
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus reiterates its firm and uns…
In the year following the adoption of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), one of the major achievements of the international campaign to combat terrorism launched after 11 September 2001, important results were achieved in strengthening the anti-terrorism potential of the United Nations and in …
First, allow me to associate myself with the gratitude expressed by previous speakers for the opportunity offered by this meeting of the Security Council in the present format.
The dynamic of the development of events concerning Iraq and the consideration of this question within the Security Counci…
We note with regret that the Middle East peace process is still beset by the serious consequences of the events of 28 September 2000 in East Jerusalem. Acts of violence continue unabated in the region; innocent civilians continue to die; and the socio-economic infrastructure continues to be destroye…
The twenty-first century, the state of world affairs and the needs of United Nations Member States have challenged the Organization with more complex and massive tasks. The most important components of
international development, including overcoming economic backwardness, poverty eradication, elimi…
At the outset, the delegation of Belarus wishes to express its gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report on the subject before us today. We believe that the report is an important source of information on how the international community should act to combat the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemi…
Please allow me, first of all, to express our sincere gratitude to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the report he has prepared. Our delegation notes the Secretary- General’s intention to further improve the Organization and to adapt it to modern requirements of Member States and to new cha…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. I believe your extensive diplomatic experience will continue the successful and useful work done by your predecessor, Mr. Han Seung-soo.
Belarus welcomes the further expansion of the community of na…
In today’s interdependent world, no member of the international community can remain indifferent to the problems faced by entire continents. The Republic of Belarus fully supports United Nations efforts to assist Africa as it tries to break free from the grip of the poverty, conflict and backwardnes…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus welcomes the draft resolution introduced by the United States under the item “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”. Debate on this topic in the General Assembly is a unique opportunity for the United Nations to use the fu…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus attaches particular importance to the Assembly’s debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations. In today’s special international circumstances, the consolidation of United Nations global efforts and those of various regional arr…
In our view, the Middle East peace process is now in the midst of one of the most difficult periods in its history of more than half a century. We are still feeling the consequences of the tragic events of September 2000 in East Jerusalem, which gave rise to a new destructive flood of bloodletting a…
