I regret having to take the floor in right of reply in respect of the statement recently made by Turkey. Let me first invite the Turkish delegation not to refer to my country with the use of arbitrary names it has unilaterally coined, but rather to respect the official name of Cyprus as a State Memb…
At the outset, I wish to commend Greece, the main sponsor of draft resolution A/73/L.54, entitled “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin”. We welcome the updates to the draft resolution, which reflect important initiatives and significant developments in that area. Cy…
I would like to add some remarks to the statement delivered this morning by the observer of the European Union (see A/73/PV.27), with which my delegation fully aligns itself.
Let me start by thanking Judge Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his presentation. It is …
It is a privilege to address the General Assembly as it considers the report of the International Court of Justice (A/73/4). We are grateful to the President of the Court, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, for his introduction of the report and his insightful remarks on the work and functioning of the Co…
We offer our thanks to the United Kingdom presidency for organizing this open debate. I wish to add the following to the European Union (EU) statement, which has already been delivered and to which we fully subscribe.
As a conflict State and a beneficiary of the long- running good offices mission o…
At the outset, I wish to commend the Russian presidency for organizing this timely debate, and to thank you, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to participate.
Cyprus aligns itself with the statement of the European Union. I wish to make the following remarks in my national capacity.
As …
I regret having to take the floor to make some additional remarks in response to the comments by Turkey. I will be brief.
No country can lawfully intervene in another country unless it does so in accordance with explicit provisions in the Charter of the United Nations. What Turkey did in 1974 was a…
At the outset, I would like to commend the Polish presidency for convening this timely open debate on upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of peace and security.
Cyprus aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union and wishes t…
At the outset, let me congratulate the President for organizing this important and timely high-level event. We hope that this meeting will prove to be instrumental in garnering support for the new United Nations approach on peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
Cyprus aligns itself with the statement…
At the outset let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on having organized this timely debate and commend you, Sir, on your presidency. We thank the Secretary-General for his presentation and express our full support to his efforts to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of United Nations peac…
It is a privilege to address the General Assembly. My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union (see A/72/PV.36) and would like to deliver some additional remarks.
It is our strong conviction that the International Criminal Court (ICC) contributes g…
It is a privilege to address the General Assembly on the International Court of Justice’s report (A/72/4). We are grateful to Judge Ronny Abraham for his introduction of the report and his insightful remarks on the work and functioning of the Court.
During the period under review, the International…
We highly appreciate the opportunity to participate in this important meeting. In addition to the statement of the European Union, I would like to make some remarks in my national capacity.
Seven years ago, the international community, united by the universal condemnation of trafficking in persons,…
I would like to start by congratulating the Egyptian presidency of the
Security Council for organizing today’s important and timely debate.
Cyprus aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union and would like to add the following remarks in its national capacity.
For more t…
At the outset, allow me to commend you, Mr. President, for having organized this open debate.
Cyprus subscribes to the statement delivered by the European Union and would like to add the following in its national capacity.
The Charter of the United Nations puts the people at the vanguard of the Or…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep sadness about the death of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, a prominent and highly experienced diplomat who skilfully represented Russia at the United Nations for more than a decade and contributed to the promotion of the United Nations agenda.
It is an hon…
At the outset, let me express our sincere gratitude to Sweden for convening this open debate, as well as to commend the new Secretary- General for outlining his promising vision.
Cyprus aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and would like to add the following in…
Cyprus aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union and would like to add some additional remarks in its national capacity.
Allow me first to thank Senegal for organizing today’s open debate and for all the initiatives that the country has taken in order to promo…
Regarding resolution 71/16, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization”, my delegation would like to state for the record that Cyprus dissociates itself from the consensus on the resolution for the following reasons.
In operative paragraph 2, the reso…
In relation to draft resolution A/71/L.15, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”, Cyprus aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and would like to add the following in its national capacity.
Cyprus will assume the chairmanship…