My Government welcomes the outcome document, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (resolution 70/1), and is pleased to join the community of nations in adopting it. Its goals and targets fit well with Eritrea’s self-reliance policy and development agenda. It…
My delegation wishes to welcome the President of the Human Rights Council
and takes note of his briefing. Eritrea associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Mauritania on behalf of the Group of African States. I should like to take advantage of the presence of the Presi…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting.
At the outset, I wish to express Eritrea’s commitment to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The assessment of the status of the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Actio…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to warmly congratulate you, my brother, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, with its theme of “Delivering on and implementing a transformative post- 2015 development agenda”, which is both timely and appr…
My delegation takes note of the report (see A/68/614) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and would like to offer some comments on agenda item 75.
Eritrea firmly believes in an international order well grounded in full respect for the rule of law. Eritrea is a signatory to the Rome Statute an…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President for organizing this High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report. Many of the global issues that we try to address at the United Nations have their own complexities …
Let me first join previous speakers in expressing my delegation’s deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and the Government of Kenya on the terrorist attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi.
It is almost two generations now since Eritrea first begun to lodge …
I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the African Group, draft resolution A/67/L.67/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union”.
The African Group would like to express its appreciation to all delegations for their constructive engagement in and contributio…
It is with a sense of pride and honour that I address this important and timely high- level meeting on human trafficking on behalf of a people who, for more than two generations, have been on the front line of the struggle for dignity and human rights, for themselves and other peoples. On a personal…
Eritrea has been engaged in the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) process with high expectations. As my delegation has reiterated on several occasions, a balanced, objective, non-discriminatory ATT that is immune to political use could curb and eradicate diversions of arms to illicit users, thereby contributi…
I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply in connection with the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Djibouti during his address to the Assembly at the
19th plenary meeting this morning. My delegation was surprised by the Minister’s statement about our cou…
Let me start by extending my sincere congratulations to the President of the General Assembly and his country, Serbia, upon his election to
preside over the sixty-seventh session. I am confident that, with his extensive experience and diplomatic skill, he will lead this session of the General Assem…
It is a great honour for me to address this High-level Meeting on the comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS of 2001 (resolution S-26/2) and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS of 2006 (resolution 60/262). My delegation wishes also to e…
I wish to remind the representative of Ethiopia once again that the key to resolving the problem between Eritrea and Ethiopia is the withdrawal of Ethiopian soldiers and institutions from Eritrean sovereign territories. With regard to the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the Eritrea-Ethi…
I am taking the floor in exercise of the right of reply in connection with the statement made by His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia this morning. Clearly, the Foreign Minister was trying to divert the attention of this body from his country’s refusal to withdraw its troops from southern…
I am taking the floor in exercise of the right of reply in connection with the statement just delivered by the representative of Ethiopia. The representative of Ethiopia made several unfounded accusations that contribute nothing to the peace and security of the region. My delegation categorically re…
Let me start by extending my sincere congratulations to you, Mr. President, and your country, Switzerland, for your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I am confident that with your extensive experience and diplomatic skill, you will lead this session to a succe…
Five years before the target date of 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are begging to be achieved, and I stand here today to challenge the Assembly to achieve these Goals that should and can be achieved with renewed commitment and by refocusing our action over the next five years. That m…
I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July, and I wish to thank you and the members of the Council for according my delegation the opportunity to share its views on the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa”.
Before I ad…
Let me take this opportunity to offer some clarifications.
Security Council resolution 1862 (2009) and the relevant presidential statements preceding it were adopted before the facts on the ground had been ascertained. As the conflict erupted, there was a desire at the highest level on the Eritrean…
