In the course of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly, the Republic of Belarus, along with the overwhelming majority of other States, voted in favour of resolution 55/20, on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America agai…
The debate under agenda item 20 (c), “Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster”, is taking place during this session of the General Assembly against the background of the fifteenth anniversary of…
The Republic of Belarus welcomes the Secretary-General’s report on assistance in mine action, as well as the coordinating role played by the United Nations in this area.
As a State whose territory was the site of intensive hostilities during two world wars, Belarus fully shares the mine-related hum…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus welcomes the draft resolution that has been introduced by the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the subject of today’s agenda item. We share the view of the vast majority of Member States that spoke in the general debate regardi…
The delegation of Belarus would like to express its deepest sympathy to the families of the victims of the plane crash that occurred this morning in New York, as well as to the Governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic.
My delegation would also like to congratulate the President o…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus welcomes the discussion on the item of the dialogue among civilizations on the eve of the general debate of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Such a schedule enables us not only to discuss this important agenda item at the current session, but…
The Belarus delegation would like to start by saying that despite the difficulty of the task facing us, some positive efforts have been achieved in the Open-ended Working Group on the issue of equitable representation on the Security Council, increasing its membership and other related matters.
Alt…
We first express our most sincere appreciation to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for his presentation of the IAEA 2000 annual report. We consider this document, which is as comprehensive as usual, a valuable contribution to enhancing the…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus would like to join previous speakers in thanking the Ambassador of Ireland for having presented the periodic report of the Security Council to the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
The arguments made in the report deserve serious study and analys…
We welcome the decision of the most representative body of the United Nations and your personal efforts, Mr. President, to place the fight against international terrorism among the main and most urgent items on the agenda. There is no doubt that this will allow us to
define the most effective and t…
My delegation would like to extend its thanks to the Secretary-General for introducing his report on the work of the Organization. As in previous years, our delegation regards the report as a solid foundation for a thorough analysis of the work of the United Nations in the past year and for defining…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus shares the view of those who have spoken in this Hall who believe that the recent events in New York and Washington are a universal tragedy and a challenge to the international community of nations. We express our deep condolences to the American people and …
First of all, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, as Ukraine is a country with which we have special ties.
The Republic of Belarus has, for the last few years, unswervingly emphasized the need for the expansion of the practice of convening…
I have the honour to present for consideration the following reports of the Third Committee on the agenda items allocated to it by the General Assembly.
Under agenda item 103, entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled per…
Yesterday, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, many Member States of the United Nations once again reaffirmed the urgent importance of holding discussions in the Assembly about the situation that has arisen on the West Bank of the River Jordan and in the Gaza Strip. I…
At the start of a new century and a new millennium, ensuring the universality of democratic principles and norms is
among the central objects of philosophical reflection, academic study and international relations. It is no accident that the hopes and aspirations of the peoples of the United Nation…
Today’s discussion of this question in the General Assembly underlines its importance for the United Nations. The need to solve the problem of reform the Security Council was reaffirmed by our heads of State or Government during the Millennium Summit and in the general debate of the fifty-fifth sess…
In 1990, the leaders of the world’s countries gathered at the World Summit for Children to formulate a Plan of Action to protect the rights of children and to ensure that children enjoy a happy childhood and a dignified future. Ten years on, in the Millennium Declaration, our leaders reaffirmed thei…
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus welcomes the discussion on the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. It is not by chance that at the threshold of the twenty-first century we are reaching a general understanding of the special importance of a dialogue among nations, cultures …
The delegation of the Republic of Belarus is grateful to the Permanent Representative of India for introducing the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”.
We also welcome the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and t…
