I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Philippe Kirsch, for presenting the report of the ICC to the General Assembly today.
The Court has continued to make important progress in its operations and judicial work. This is evidenced, in particular, by the si…
Following the adoption of resolution 62/95, “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”, I am delivering this general statement on behalf of Liechtenstein and the delegation of New Zealand.
The safety and security of humanitarian personnel is a topic o…
Particularly since the events of 11 September 2001 there has been a growing concern about cross-cultural and interreligious tensions. Some have seen the world inevitably veering towards a clash of civilizations — a confrontation of monolithic, self-contained blocs. In discussing the challenges and o…
Climate change, at the centre of the high-level event a week ago, constitutes one of the greatest challenges of our generation. It puts to the test our ability to create the collective political will necessary to counter a phenomenon of potentially disastrous socio-economic consequences. It also off…
Liechtenstein has been a long-standing supporter of innovative approaches to the right of peoples to self-determination in order to fully explore the potential of this concept for the promotion and protection of human rights. We are therefore pleased that the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous …
The formal recognition in the World Summit Outcome of the responsibility of the international community to protect civilian populations when their Governments fail to do so constitutes a major breakthrough in our common endeavour to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The main…
I would like to thank the Chairpersons of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Taliban and Al-Qaida sanctions Committee and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) for their briefings. I would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to international …
Under the terms of the new scale of assessments, Liechtenstein’s contribution to the United Nations budget will increase by 66 per cent, attaining a rate of assessment of 0.01 per cent. This rate had already been apportioned to Liechtenstein before the year 2000. In 2000, the then-new machine scale …
Throughout the negotiations on draft resolution A/61/L.45 adopted yesterday, which deals with the safety and security of humanitarian personnel, my delegation advocated the inclusion of an explicit reference to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel as well as to its…
Liechtenstein has just voted in favour of the draft resolution on Western Sahara, which is virtually identical to the one adopted last year by consensus. Given the lack of progress in settling the matter, Liechtenstein believes it would have been inappropriate to changing its position.
My delegatio…
We believe that, overall, this has been a better year for the General Assembly than some of the previous ones. The establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission and of the Human Rights Council, in particular, were significant achievements, and so was the adoption of the United Nations Global Counter…
Given the late submission of the report of the Security Council, I will not comment today on its substance. I wish to say, however, that so far we have not detected anything in the report that would justify its very late submission this year, since it is essentially a compilation of the proceedings …
Last week the international community observed Universal Children’s Day. Meanwhile, millions of children affected by armed conflict continue to suffer in many parts of the world. Addressing the extreme hardship of children affected by armed conflict in this open debate of the Security Council is the…
We welcome the presentation today of the report of the Human Rights Council (A/61/53) by its President. The establishment of the Council was one of the crucial decisions in the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit. The sometimes overwrought criticism of the Commission on Human Rights, its predecessor,…
I have the honour and privilege today to address this Assembly on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States on the occasion of the appointment of Mr. Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, starting 1 January 2007.
The Group of Western European and other States wa…
I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Philippe Kirsch, for presenting the second report of the Court (A/61/217) to the General Assembly. We note with great satisfaction the progress made in the work of the Court over the past year. The importance of these…
Madam President, let me first of all express my happiness at seeing you preside over the General Assembly. Your election sends a clear signal concerning the ever- stronger participation of women in decision-making processes worldwide. We value your impressive track record on women’s rights in partic…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report on the work of the Organization (A/61/1 and Corr.1). That document is more than just an internal assessment of the management of an organization; indeed, it is a report that reflects the state of the world and outlines …
We appreciate this opportunity to address Security Council reform in all its aspects, given the continued high importance of this topic for the overall reform agenda of the United Nations. We agree that United Nations reform will not be complete unless it encompasses Security Council reform. This is…
Since the Council last held an open debate on this topic six months ago, resolution 1674 (2006) has been adopted. Many of us had asked for such a resolution during that earlier debate. We commend the Council for having produced a text that contains many crucial elements for the further improvement o…
