At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly for convening and supporting this crucial formal debate, which offers an excellent opportunity to renew and enhance our pledge to build a stronger global partnership for the prevention of genocide. W…
Today, as the line between international and internal armed conflicts becomes more blurred, vulnerable groups are deliberately and systematically targeted during the many conflicts facing us. The international community has the primary responsibility to step up all its efforts to strengthen respect …
I thank you, Mr. President, for remaining in the Chamber and listening to the non-members of the Security Council as well. I would like to take this opportunity to say that Hungary appreciates the intense work led by Japan as former Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Proc…
First of all, I wish to thank Japan for convening this important debate and Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing.
While we align ourselves with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union, I wish to add a few observations in my national capacity.
The words “comprehen…
I would like to thank Italy for putting this very important issue on the Council’s agenda and for convening an open debate for all of us. I would also like to recognize the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and to join others in thanking Secretary-General António Guterres and Spec…
I would like to thank France for providing us with the opportunity to reflect on this very important topic, as well as Secretary- General Guterres for his briefing. We were truly taken by Ms. Virginia Gamba’s briefing.
Hungary aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the Europe…
Hungary aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
I thank France for convening today’s open debate. Let me join others in thanking our briefers this morning for their very informative and moving reports.
In conflict-affected areas, women are agents for peace…
On behalf of the Visegrád 4 Group — the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and my own country, Hungary, I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Ronny Abraham, for presenting the Court’s report for the year 2016-2017 (A/72/4). I have the honour to present the po…
Hungary aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and its member States (see A/72/PV.24) and welcomes the adoption of the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan
of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 72/1).
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At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. For those of us from Central Europe, it is highly significant that a Central European candidate was elected to such an important position. It shows that Central Europe is a stro…
Hungary commends you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, and we welcome the adoption of decision 71/553, which allows for continued efforts to reform the Security Council.
We would like to thank the co-Chairs, Ambassadors Khiari and Jinga, for guiding us through this cycle, and to acknowled…
Hungary thanks the Secretary-General for his report (A/71/864). We remain fully committed both to the fight against HIV/AIDS and to the implementation of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 in that…
I would like to thank the Uruguayan presidency for organizing today’s open debate, as well as for the briefings by the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch.
Hungary aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union, an…
First of all, let me thank Uruguay for organizing today’s very important open debate. We would also like to thank Ms. Zainab Bangura for her outstanding work as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in
Conflict, and we welcome Ms. Pramila Patten in that important ro…
First of all, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for organizing this very important open debate here at the Security Council.
Modern slavery is a crime of the twenty-first century. It is adaptive, cynical, sophisticated and extremely complex, and, as such, it is a crime that can be fought onl…
Allow me to express my sincere condolences on the death of the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. Ambassador Churkin was an outstanding diplomat who gained great respect through his work both here in New York and throughout the world.
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I have learned from a fantastic woman in Northern Ireland, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams, that peace is action, not words. That is what she said, and that is how she worked. Hungary supports the concept of the year of peace and is ready to act for peace.
I wish to thank Sweden for conve…
At the outset, I convey condolences on behalf of my country and myself to the families of the victims of the recent horrible terrorist attacks and the assassination.
I thank Spain for convening this very important Security Council open debate. Trafficking in persons in conflict situations is still …
At the outset, let me congratulate the Spanish presidency on convening this timely debate. The tireless efforts of Madrid to advance the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) are also very much appreciated. We would like to welcome today’s adoption of resolution 2325 (2015), which Hungary co-spon…
Let me first commend the Senegalese presidency for including this very important topic on the agenda of the Security Council.
Hungary aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by observer of the European Union.
When speaking about water security and cooperation, I always refer to the striki…
