I would like to begin by expressing my deep personal gratitude to General Assembly President Treki for his moving tribute to my nation’s late Judge Giovanni Falcone, whose dedication and courage are an inspiration to us all. My sincere thanks go also to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the attentio…
I wish to thank the Japanese presidency for having organized this open debate. We are pleased to see this topic return, the last such debate having been held in August 2008 (see S/PV.5968).
There are at least two merits to this type of discussion. It places all Member States in a position to know t…
As a sponsor of General Assembly resolution 63/278, which established International Mother Earth Day, Italy is honoured to take the floor on the occasion of the first annual celebration of that event. We see today’s meeting as symbolizing the need for greater awareness of environmental protection an…
Allow me to join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his briefing, and to express my appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Tanin, for his important remarks. Let me also congratulate the new Special Representative for Afghanistan, S…
Italy wishes to associate itself with the statement to be made by the High Representative of the European Union.
Five years ago in Mauritius, the international community made a number of commitments to meeting the sustainable development goals and priorities of the Barbados Programme of Action, rec…
In taking the floor at this plenary meeting of the General Assembly, Italy fully endorses the statement delivered by His Excellency Mr. Steven Vanackere, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, on behalf of the European Union. In our national capacity, both Foreign Minister Frattini and I wish to …
Let me begin by thanking, you, Madam, and the President of the General Assembly for holding today’s debate, which gives us an opportunity to review the work of the Security Council in the past year. It also invites us to examine the current state of the process aimed at making the Council more trans…
Mr. President, I wish to thank you for taking the initiative of convening today’s high-level debate on this important anniversary and for your delegation’s important work in negotiating resolution 1894 (2009) adopted earlier today. Italy was glad to join the list of sponsors. I also wish to express …
Italy welcomes and supports today’s draft resolution (A/64/L.8) on the situation in Afghanistan and looks forward to its adoption by consensus. That will confirm the strong ongoing commitment of all United Nations Member States to assisting Afghanistan on its path to peace, stability, democracy and …
This morning, like all other members of the Assembly, I listened with great interest to President Obama’s statement. The President spoke from the heart with great idealism and called upon all of us to shoulder our common responsibility to secure the future of the world by bringing about real change.…
I wish to thank Ambassador Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan, for his frank, complete and thoughtful briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. I agree with the points made to that effect by Ambassador Tanin, the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan. Italy …
We wish to welcome the presence here with us today of the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Mr. Thambwe Mwamba, and we acknowledge the participation in our work of the Foreign Minister of Belgium, His Excellency Mr. De Gucht, as well as of the Permanent Represe…
At the outset, I wish to welcome here with us today the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, His Excellency Mr. Hoshyar Zebari.
Italy voted in favour of the resolution to extend the mandates of the Development Fund for Iraq and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for a period of 12 mon…
I would like first of all to thank Special Coordinator Serry for his very informative briefing today and to acknowledge the presence here with us of the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Ambassador Mansour, and of the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ambassador Shalev. I also wish to align my stat…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this ministerial meeting of the Security Council. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his introductory remarks and to acknowledge the presence of the Deputy Secretary- General.
At the outset, I wish to express my Government’s support for the draft …
While we thank the Secretary-General for being with us today, we also acknowledge your presence, Sir — the Prime Minister of Croatia; and the Secretary of State of the United States, Dr. Rice; Foreign Minister Miliband; Foreign Minister Lavrov; the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of China, and als…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Grauls for his comprehensive
briefing and for his effective leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
Unfortunately, the most recent report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy …
First of all, I wish to welcome the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ambassador Shalev, and the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Ambassador Mansour, and to thank them for their interventions here with us in the Council.
We are convinced that the real issue and our top priority is to improve the …
I wish to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing and commend him on the extremely vital work he has carried out during his visit and to encourage the humanitarian community operating in such difficult circumstances, which the Council witnessed directly some months ago.
I also thank …
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express our warmest appreciation to Ambassador Urbina of Costa Rica and his team for the excellent work done during their presidency last month.
I would like to join other members in welcoming…
