Let me first convey to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations on your assumption of the Council presidency, as well as my
warmest thanks to Qatar for presiding over the Council in December.
It is indeed a great privilege for me to take the floor as the representative of Italy at this first public d…
Italy is deeply concerned at the present stalemate in the Western Sahara,
particularly with respect to its consequences for the civilian population. Italy is strongly committed to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, among which is the purpose of developing friendly rel…
I would like to join the others who spoke before me in thanking Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar, the Security Council’s current President, for presenting the report of the Security Council. For my delegation, which will assume its functions as an elected member of the Council next mon…
Let me start by thanking my colleague and friend, Ambassador Hachani of Tunisia, for his initiative to introduce this important draft resolution once again this year.
Let there be no doubt as to the strong support of the Government of Italy for this new area of activities of the United Nations — su…
I will focus on sub- item (k) of agenda item 108 on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. As the Assembly knows, a draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) comes up every two years in plenary meeting. As…
I wish to offer you my congratulations, Madam President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- first session. Your experience in international affairs is the best guarantee of the success of your term. At the same time I express to your predecessor, Mr. Jan Eliasso…
It is with real pleasure that I am participating in this midterm review in my capacity as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of Development Cooperation.
For me, it is both a great honour and a responsibility to represent here the new Government of Italy, which fully endorses the statement …
On behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States, I would like to express our deepest condolences to the people and Government of the Kingdom of Tonga on the passing of their Head of State, His Majesty King Taufa’ahaù Tupou.
The late King Taufa’ahaù Tupou was the ruler of Tonga for more …
I wish to join my colleagues in thanking you, Sir, for this opportunity to, we hope, be able to advance the agenda of United Nations reform, including comprehensive reform of the Security Council. I will focus on just a few points, also in my capacity as the focal point for the Uniting for Consensus…
We still have a long way to go. That is the message that has emerged loud and clear from these two days of reflection and sharing of experiences.
The starting point for the fight against HIV/AIDS is the recognition of the full fundamental human rights of people infected and affected, especially wom…
At the outset, I would like to offer a very sincere and warm welcome to Mr. Tom Koenigs, to congratulate him on his appointment as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Afghanistan, and to thank him for his comprehensive and instructive briefing. I would also like to assure the Sp…
I wish to thank the General Assembly for having organized this historic international meeting. I hope that it can be a tool for a better understanding of the migration phenomenon, which is a great problem of our times, and for trying to improve coexistence among different cultures, which is a promis…
Permit me at the outset to express to you, Mr. President, my heartfelt thanks for giving me the opportunity to speak today on a subject — the protection of civilians in armed conflict — that could easily be described as historic, given its importance and timeliness in the context of the contemporary…
I wish to associate myself and my country with the statement made by the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union, specifically with the indications it provides regarding key points pertaining to the draft presidential statement.
I also wish to express Italy’s warm appreciation of the role pe…
First of all, let me express, on behalf of the Government of Italy, the strongest possible condemnation of the criminal terrorist attacks against the civilian populations in Amman and Baghdad. Italy expresses its sincere solidarity to the Governments and the peoples of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jorda…
At the outset, I want to apologize on behalf of our Deputy Foreign Minister, who was unable to come to New York owing to unforeseen circumstances.
This year, Italy, as host country of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, has the honour to present draft resolution on the Olympic Truce (A/60/L.15)…
It is a great honour for me to be here today to discuss the effect of conflicts on women and girls and the key role that they can play in the peace process.
Let me say first that Italy fully aligns itself with the statement made by the United Kingdom on behalf of European Union.
Women are the chos…
Italy fully aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union and wholeheartedly supports the lines of action in support of Africa presented in that statement. As Italy’s national contribution to today’s debate, I wish to make a few add…
Allow me at the outset to express my heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Your vast experience in the international arena is the best guarantee of success for your mandate. My sincere thanks go also to your predecessor,…
Our shared sadness with respect to the victims of the hurricane that struck the great country hosting the United Nations leads us to reflect on the principles underlying this Organization.
Who are we? The answer is inscribed in the Charter that established the Organization 60 years ago. We are “the…
