I take the floor to respond to the statement by the representative of Turkey. I have to stress the importance of according the proper respect to all Member States in this Hall and addressing them by their proper names. The Republic of Cyprus is the only recognized State on the island under internati…
The protection of cultural property has long been a priority for Cyprus, given its rich historical, cultural and religious heritage, as well as the loss of a very significant amount of our cultural property since well before our independence.
At the outset, I wish to express our sincere appreciatio…
Cyprus maintains strong links with the Olympic ideal, formed through my country’s participation in the Olympic Games since their inception in antiquity. I would like to thank China for bringing forward the draft resolution (A/76/L.13) on the Olympic ideal this year. We wish China every success in ho…
I would like to thank President Hofmański for the introduction of this year’s annual report (see A/76/293) and to make some national remarks in addition to the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and the joint explanation of position delivered yesterday by the delegation of Liechtens…
At the outset, allow me to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Donoghue, for her presentation of this year’s report of the International Court of Justice (A/76/4), and to welcome the Court’s increased workload during the reporting period, which includes the handing down …
I am taking the floor to exercise my country’s right of reply to the statement made by the representative of Turkey.
First, with regard to the way the representative of Turkey referred to my country, let me stress that it is imperative that we all respect one another and address each State Member o…
At the outset, I wish to thank the President of the Security Council for the month of June, Ambassador Jürgenson, for presenting the report of the Council (A/75/2) and for its timely submission, which allows us to discuss it two months earlier than we did last year. We would like to see this trend c…
I take the floor to reply to my Turkish colleague. Before I do that, let me first stress that, first and foremost, we need to respect one another in this Hall and address Member States by their proper names.
I do not want to enter into polemics with my colleague, but I would like to say that the Tu…
My remarks complement the statements made earlier by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Liechtenstein on behalf of the core group.
Cyprus has joined the main sponsors of draft decision A/75/L.7/Rev.1, as we strongly believe that all the principal organs of the United Na…
At the outset, allow me to thank President Yusuf for his introduction of this year’s report (A/75/4) of the International Court of Justice and to welcome the intense level of the Court’s activity during the reporting period, including the handing down of three judgments and seven procedural orders, …
My remarks today are complementary to the statements delivered this morning by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Germany on behalf of the States parties to the Rome Statute (see A/75/PV.18).
I would like to thank President Eboe-Osuji for presenting the report of the In…
At the outset, let me welcome the timing of this debate, which allows us more time to better prepare and follows the main session of the General Assembly, giving us the opportunity to dwell on our recent performance and learn from our experiences in order to better chart our future course. We welcom…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this extremely topical debate and to wish Viet Nam a successful tenure on the Council.
While reaffirming the Charter as the foundation of the system of collective security and the Security Council as the organ entrusted with the main responsi…
Fully subscribing to the statement delivered earlier in the debate by the observer of the European Union (see A/74/ PV.42), Cyprus, speaking in its national capacity, would also like to stress that, as it does every year, it co-sponsored and voted in favour of the omnibus General Assembly resolution…
I fully subscribe to the statement of the European Union, and I wish to make some additional remarks because of my country’s strong links to the Olympic ideal, formed through Cyprus’ participation in the Olympic Games since their initiation in antiquity.
I would like to thank Japan for submitting t…
My remarks today are aimed at complementing the statements delivered by the observer of the European Union this morning (see A/74/PV.25) and by the representative of Liechtenstein a moment ago.
I want to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his briefing this morning
on…
At the outset, I would like to thank President Yusuf for his introduction (see A/74/PV.20) of this year’s report of the International Court of Justice (A/74/4). I also want to thank former Registrar Philippe Couvreur for his dedicated service to the Court in his nearly 20 years as its Registrar. The…
I would like to thank the President of the Security Council for the month of September for his presentation of the Council’s annual report for 2018 (A/73/2).
We consider the General Assembly’s meaningful discussion of this report to be essential, given that the Council discharges its responsibiliti…
