Italy aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union. In addition, we fully support the statement by the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the light of our cooperation on the upcoming split mandate in the Security Council.
I wish to congratulate Seneg…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for his statement and the German delegation for facilitating negotiations on draft resolution A/71/L.13 in a very comprehensive manner. Italy is a sponsor of the draft resolution and aligns itself with the statement made by…
First of all, I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized today’s debate. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his briefing, as well as Mr. Yury Fedotov, Mr. Jean- Paul Laborde and the other briefers for their briefings on the theme of asymmetrical threats to peacekeeping operations.
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Let me thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, for her thoughtful presentation of this year’s report of the Court (see A/71/342) to the General Assembly, which shows the increase in the volume of work facing the Court and the increased effec…
I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge
Ronny Abraham, for his address today to the Assembly, which appropriately and effectively emphasized a number of important points.
In the light of the principles enshrined in its Constitution, and in view of the const…
I would like to thank the Russian presidency for organizing this important debate on women and peace and security.
Italy aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union and the statement made by the representative of Canada on behalf of the
Group of Friends of Women and Peace…
As we approach the close of this day, I feel the responsibility to refer from this rostrum to the statement addressed to all of us by the President of the United States, Barack Obama (see A/71/PV.8). In summarizing the past eight years of his presidency and his relationship with the United Nations, …
My country aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union, and supports the statement to be made by the representative of the Netherlands as part of our cooperation related to the upcoming split term in the Security Council. We are currently defining our cooperatio…
My country is, and has been for years, one of the countries at the forefront in the migrant and refugee crisis that affects the Mediterranean region. Of course, while war is a dimension of issues pertaining to migrants and refugees, we can speak particularly about what is happening in the Mediterran…
Italy aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union and would like to add the following remarks in its national capacity.
Italy is the main troop and police contributor to peacekeeping operations in the Group of Western European and Other States. We are also among the …
I would like to thank the briefers and our colleagues from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and its Group of Experts for their excellent work in facilitating the comprehensive review of the resolution.
Italy aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the Eu…
At the outset, I would like to commend the Malaysian presidency for organizing this debate and to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Zerrougui and UNICEF Executive Director Lake for their briefings and for their work in identifying ways that w…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important open debate which, in our view, is extremely timely, as it follows the recent decision by the African Union Summit in Kigali to operationalize the African Union Peace Fund and the successful Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference held in May i…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus (UfC) group.
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership during the seventieth session of the General Assembly and for the transparent and inclusive manner in which you have discharge your duties. Similarly, we thank the …
As it has relevance to working methods, allow me to briefly outline the agreement we reached on 28 June with the Netherlands to split the 2017- 2018 term on the Security Council, with Italy serving the first year and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to serve in 2018, pending by-elections. I am happy t…
I wish very briefly to express our very sincere thanks to the membership. I also thank my friend and colleague, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Karel van Oosterom, for his support and for having understood and accepted the agreement that Italy reached with the Netherlands, which wa…
I confirm, on behalf of the Republic of Italy, what my colleague and friend Mr. Albert Koenders just said. First of all, I thank all delegations for their patience and support. I think it was an interesting day because of this competition.
We wanted to send a message of unity between two European c…
Allow me first, on the occasion of his last briefing in his current capacity, to join others in their unanimous expressions of appreciation and gratitude to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom for his outstanding work and passionate commitment as Head of the United Nation…
Italy thanks France for organizing this open debate, which, together with the report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/447), leads us to reflect on the role of peacekeeping operations from the perspective of the protection of civilians. I thank the Secretary-General, the President of the Central Afri…
I am honoured to address this high-level meeting on behalf of Italy.
While Italy fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union (see A/70/PV.99), I would like to share some additional thoughts.
The global campaign against H…