I have the honour to speak on behalf of Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Denmark. The Nordic countries would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice for his report (A/75/4) on the Court’s work over the past year and his presentation today. The large amou…
Allow me, initially, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to
preside over the General Assembly at its seventy- fifth session. We look forward to working under your stewardship.
I will be brief. Denmark, together with Costa Rica, Croatia, Guatemala, Nigeria, Qatar, Romania, Ukraine …
Allow me first to thank you, Mr. President, for your work as President of the General Assembly.
Denmark, together with Costa Rica, Croatia, Guatemala, Nigeria, Qatar, Romania, Ukraine and Uruguay, has requested the item on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, et…
It is an honour and privilege to pay tribute to and commemorate His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman, on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
It with great sadness that on 11 January, we learned about the death of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. I would like to express…
Denmark is an old nation, full of new ideas. We may not be a big country, but we have big ambitions. In today’s world I believe we need both new ideas and big ambitions if we are to solve the issues facing us, including climate change, delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ensur…
At the outset, allow me, like others before me, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the General Assembly. We look forward to working under your stewardship.
Denmark, together with Guatemala, the Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uruguay, requested at the sev…
Denmark fully aligns itself with the statement just made on behalf of the European Union.
Denmark, together with Guatemala, the Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uruguay, has requested the inclusion of agenda item 168, on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war cri…
I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak at today’s event to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
The ICPD, held in Cairo in 1994, was a critical point in time for all women and girls around the world and its importance …
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), which consists of 51 Member States and the European Union, which this year is co- chaired by Qatar and Denmark.
Today marks the third formal debate at the General Assembly on the…
I have the honour to deliver the following statement on behalf of Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and my own country, Denmark. Norway also supports our statement. We all voted in favour of resolution 73/195 today, and we would like to thank the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Gómez Camacho a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Denmark.
Let me start by thanking the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its annual report to the United Nations (see A/73/334). I would also like to thank Judge Chile Eboe-Os…
At the outset, I would like to join others in paying tribute to the memory of the late Kofi Annan, a true world leader and a firm believer in the strength of this Organization.
Seventy years ago, the General Assembly adopted the first global human rights charter, in the Universal Declaration of Hum…
This morning, in this solemn and honourable setting, we commemorated the late Kofi Annan and paid tribute to his service to the international community. In a way, therefore, it seems fitting that the General Assembly should meet this afternoon to adopt, I hope, the inclusion on its agenda of the res…
Let me join others in welcoming you, Madam, as President of the new General Assembly session and assuring you of the Danish delegation’s full support.
Denmark stresses the continued importance of resolution 68/262, on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and fully supports the proposal to include …
At the outset, I would like to align myself with the statements made earlier by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect.
Denmark welcomes the report of the Secretary- General on the responsibility to pr…
I thank Mr. Boukadoum for his kind words. I fully share his view of our excellent cooperation, so I offer my most sincere thanks to him and his team for a a very productive collaboration.
This is also not an explanation of vote, but I too would like to reiterate our profound gratitude to all States…
Denmark welcomes the convening of this high-level meeting of the General Assembly.
We are gathered here at a critical juncture in the history of the United Nations, where we must advance key reforms of the Organization to make it more effective in dealing with today’s ever more complex threats and …
It is a privilege to take part in this open debate on youth, peace and security.
We welcome the progress study (see S/2018/86) and would like to applaud the participatory process in which thousands of young people have been engaged.
Denmark is a strong supporter of resolution 2250 (2015), and ther…
