For more than 25 years the AIDS pandemic has inflicted immense human suffering throughout the world and has had devastating consequences for development. It will take an even heavier toll unless we act with the resolve and leadership required to halt and reverse the spread of HIV. We need urgent and…
I would like to thank the Chairpersons of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the 1267 Committee and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) for their briefings this morning. I would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to international cooperation i…
This morning we witnessed a historic moment in United Nations reform. The establishment of the Human Rights Council fulfils one of the major promises made at the world summit and enables us to move forward with out overall reform efforts.
We are pleased to be part of the overwhelming majority of Me…
International migrants numbering 191 million constitute an important factor in the global economy. Their decision to migrate has, however, first and foremost an impact on local communities, in countries of origin as well as in countries of destination. And the impact is not only an economic one. The…
We welcome today’s joint debate not only as a measure to revitalize the work of the General Assembly, but even more because we believe that the issues of the report of the Security Council and Council reform are closely linked in substance.
During the months leading up to the summit, we witnessed i…
I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court for presenting the first report of the Court to the General Assembly (A/60/177). It gives us great satisfaction to see the enormous progress that the Court has made. Three States and the Security Council have
referred situation…
At the outset, I should like, on behalf of my Government, to express our condemnation of the suicide bombing that took place earlier today in Hadera, Israel. I should like also to take this opportunity to express our deep condolences to the representative of Israel as well as to the families of the …
One week ago, the world summit sent a message of hope for peace, development and human rights for all, and took a number of steps towards institutional reform at the United Nations. The summit meeting has achieved much. It has also left a lot undone and has not met our expectations in several areas.…
The sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of our membership in the Organization. Joining the United Nations on 18 September 1990 was a historic step for Liechtenstein. To this day we consider our membership a cornerstone of our national sovereignty.
Eff…
Most of us probably remember the cumbersome elections of judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia held in November 2004, in which seven rounds of balloting were necessary to fill the 14 positions that were vacant at that time. That was due to a procedural rule that th…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for this opportunity to hear briefings on the work of the three Security Council Committees dealing with the issue of terrorism. Our thanks also go to the three Committee Chairs who briefed the Council and the membership as a whole this morning.
The recent adop…
We welcome the reform report (A/59/2005) before the General Assembly and approach it on the basis of the conviction that the recognition of the links among all the major topics leads inevitably to having all issues addressed in an outcome document. At the same time, we will continue focusing our nat…
We welcome this opportunity to address in particular the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) as well as the overall United Nations response to terrorism in general, also in the light of the recent publication of the
report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
The ye…
Perhaps even more so than other areas of United Nations activities, the area of human rights is marked by a significant gap between standards and implementation: On the one hand, we can proudly look back at very impressive achievements in setting human rights standards over the past few decades. The…
My delegation also takes the floor in explanation of position and endorses what was said by the representative of the European Union and by other previous speakers.
Liechtenstein is committed to implementing existing instruments with regard to the well-being of families, particularly the Convention…
We welcome this joint debate both because the topics under consideration are indeed closely linked and against the background of the importance of detailed and thorough preparations for the major event in 2005. We have consistently held the view that the follow-up to major events and conferences rem…
It is a pleasure, Mr. President, to address the Council under your presidency.
At the outset, I would like to thank both Ambassador Denisov and Executive Director Rupérez for their briefings this morning and to extend to them our best wishes for their future work.
Liechtenstein strongly condemns a…
Expressing support for the joint consideration of items on the agenda of the General Assembly is one of the many ways in which we participate in efforts to revitalize the Assembly. However, in the case of today’s debate, such joint consideration is much more than a technical exercise and a time-savi…
The report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization before us (A/59/1) makes it clear both how impressive the activities and achievements of the United Nations are and how complex and challenging are the tasks it faces. It offers a rare glimpse into the range of undertakings of the O…
We welcome this joint debate, since we believe that United Nations reform must be comprehensive in order to be successful. While the Secretariat of the Organization continues to do its part with regard to reform and has achieved significant improvements over the past few years, we as Member States c…
