I welcome the organization of this General Assembly debate to discuss the report of the Secretary-General on implementing the responsibility to protect (A/63/677). I fully associate myself with the statement made by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
The concept of the re…
It is indeed with heightened interest that I am taking part in this debate of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment of 2001 on HIV/AIDS. In addition to the importance that this issue has for my country, which in 2008 devoted some 13 per cent of its budget for mu…
“[We] will not enjoy development without security, we will not enjoy security without development, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights” (A/59/2005, para. 17). In this year when we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that fundamen…
First of all, I should like to endorse the statement made by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the European Union.
Regarding the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the subject of today’s meeting, I should like to emphasize the particular importance Luxembourg attaches to prevention, the strengthening o…
Let me say at the outset that Luxembourg fully aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union.
The coming year is crucial in terms of development. It will be necessary to handle, simultaneously, and in a convergent manner, the World Trade Org…
This debate, which we welcome, is the first opportunity since the debates held at the beginning of February in the General Assembly and the Security Council to assess the work of the Peacebuilding Commission since its establishment and the beginning of its functioning.
Luxembourg fully associates i…
Year after year the international community meets in New York in September to debate the major issues of concern to humankind. This traditional encounter is of special importance in that it enables us to grasp very directly and intensively, in all their complexity, the challenges that confront us, b…
In accordance with its devotion to the one-China principle, Luxembourg supports the recommendation of the General Committee not to include item 165 in the agenda of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly.
I should like to express my deep appreciation to you, Madam President, for having paid tribute to the memory of Mr. Gaston Thorn, honorary Minister of State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and President of the General Assembly at its thirtieth session. The condolences you have extended and those ex…
Two years ago, at this same rostrum, as the conclusion of my statement (see A/59/PV.10), I quoted these famous verses of the Spanish poet Antonio Machado:
“Traveller, your footsteps Are the road, and nothing else; Traveller, there is no road. The road is made by walking; Walking makes the road.…
Since 2001, the international community has been providing an extraordinary response to the appeal made by the General Assembly at that time. That demonstrates that when we have a common declaration accompanied by genuine commitments, we can achieve very concrete results.
Thus, the words pronounced…
I should like at the outset to thank all those — in particular the Secretary-General — who have taken the initiative in arranging this High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. I should also like to congratulate Peter Sutherland on his report, which has the great merit of prese…
I wish at the outset to welcome the holding of today’s General Assembly debate. Luxembourg fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union.
When the fighting is over, the real struggle begins. It was to address that seemingly contradi…
Sixty years ago, on 26 June 1945, the Charter of the United Nations, which created the Organization and whose humanist and generous spirit continues to inspire our action to the present day, was signed in San Francisco. That fundamental and innovative act — the lesson drawn by the international comm…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Turkey and Croatia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Ma…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Turkey and Croatia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Ma…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. the acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Turkey and Croatia and the European Free Trade Association countries Iceland and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this statement.
Let …
Mr. President, your presence at today’s debate, convened in such a timely manner by the Danish presidency of the Security Council, stresses the importance that we must attach to the subject that we are discussing today.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countr…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Turkey and Croatia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Serbia and
Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of…
For the first time under your presidency of the Council, Madam, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries Turkey and Croatia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Alb…
