The Government of the Republic of Belarus attaches great importance to the activities of the United Nations in the area of ageing. Protecting and assisting older persons is one of the basic thrusts of the national social policy of Belarus.
At present, the total population of the Republic of Belarus…
Please, Sir, accept my most sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session, as well as my wishes for every success in the discharge of this complex and responsible mission. We are thankful for the work of your predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti. We also gr…
The Republic of Belarus, as a State whose history is connected to destructive wars and environmental catastrophes, highly values and welcomes the fact that the Security Council is giving priority attention to this question. Indeed, a solution to the humanitarian crisis in Kosovo and the neighbouring…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this meeting, to which my Government attaches great importance. I also thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak here.
The Republic of Belarus strongly condemns the illegal, aggressive military actions by the North Atlantic Treaty Organi…
As before, the Republic of Belarus is extremely concerned at the illegal aggressive military action that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is carrying out against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was because of the primary responsibility that the Security Council bears for the main…
Belarus was among the three States that urged, several hours ago, that an immediate meeting of the Security Council be convened. The President of Belarus issued earlier this morning a statement strongly denouncing the decision of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to use military strikes …
The commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the most important items on the agenda of the General Assembly at its current session. Today, the international community has an opportunity not only to reconfirm the historical and practical signifi…
The question of the situation in the Middle East has been before the United Nations since its founding more than 50 years ago. Unfortunately, its importance and timeliness for the peoples of the region and for all humankind has not lessened. Since the founding of our Organization, the Republic of Be…
For a number of years the Republic of Belarus has been a sponsor of draft resolutions submitted under this agenda item at sessions of the General Assembly, because of the special situation today of countries with transitional economies and the importance of support by the United Nations system for e…
I should like first of all to join in the words of gratitude expressed in this Hall to the former Chairman of the Open- ended Working Group, Mr. Udovenko, President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session, and to his Vice-Chairmen, Ambassador Breitenstein of Finland and Ambassador Jayana…
This year the discussion on the question of strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations is considerably simplified by the fact that this issue, as well as the report of the Secretary-General in document A/53/139, was thoroughly considered in th…
Our delegation would like to express its gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. ElBaradei, for the Agency’s annual report on its activities.
Since its establishment, the IAEA has been called upon to deal successfully with such important international…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Ambassador of the United Kingdom for the report he has submitted and the Secretariat for preparing a comprehensive report on the work of the Security Council.
The work of the Security Council, which enjoys comprehensive power in the maintenance of international pe…
The Republic of Belarus has always been in favour of strict compliance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. In this connection, the Government of the Republic of Belarus supports the appeal of the
I was a bit surprised at the statement by the representative of Croatia, because the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus in his statement did not touch upon the question of the procedure of membership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Please accept our sincere congratulations, Sir, on the occasion of your election to preside over the fifty-third session, as well as our wishes for success in realizing the goals and principles of the United Nations.
With appropriate respect and great appreciation for the activities of the Presiden…
This is by no means the first time this year that the United Nations has considered questions related to the socio-economic impact of growing globalization and interdependence, and to the policy implications for Governments. This is because in addition to their positive aspects, the processes now un…
I would like to refer to draft resolution A in document A/52/600, entitled “Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction”. As a result of serious consideration of our position and as proof of the constructive nature o…
Allow me to begin my statement by taking note that Belarus' position is in solidarity with those Member States who favour the principle of equitable geographical representation in the Security Council.
In our view, this approach is so important that it certainly could have been better reflected in …
Fifty years ago, in resolution 181 (II) the General Assembly decided to partition Palestine and called for the creation of independent Jewish and Arab States. It also called for the establishment of a special international regime for Jerusalem. For many years our Organization, reflecting the will of…
