I take this opportunity to make several remarks as the General Assembly prepares to conclude its review of the issue of reform of the Security Council at the seventieth session.
I wish first to thank you, Mr. President, for your trust and support throughout this session. It has been an honour to ch…
I thank France for having organized this important open debate under its presidency of the Security Council. The presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development of France and other Ministers reflects the importance of the subject we are discussing today. We listened with g…
This high-level meeting could not come at a better time. Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1) in September of last year, it is indeed a good time to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but also, above…
Allow me to thank the French presidency for organizing this important open debate and all those who have provided us with their insights and testimony.
Luxembourg associates itself with the statement of the European Union.
While we will commemorate on 19 June the International Day for the Eliminat…
First of all, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Ambassador Olof Skoog for his commitment as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission in the past year and to assure his successor, the Permanent Representative of Kenya, of our full support.
I also want to thank the President of the General Ass…
Today we honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, that shameful commerce that, beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing for several hundred years, exploited millions of human beings — men, women and children — by reducing them to cargo crammed aboard slave ships sa…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Exactly 50 years ago, one year after the adoption of the first international human rights treaty — the International Convent…
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross for their contributions to this important public debate that the Uruguayan presidency had the excellent idea of organizing. I would also like to thank Ms. Eveline Rooijmans of Ox…
I have the honour to deliver this explanation of vote on behalf of the States members of the European Union on the amendment to section XX of draft resolution II, which have just been introduced by the representative of Cuba.
The mandate of the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Gen…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity given to me to speak on the occasion of this high-level meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Luxembourg fully endorses the statement made by the observer of the European Union …
I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the European Union and its member States, the draft resolution entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”, contained in document A/70/L.25.
In 2014, 121 humanitarian aid workers were killed, 88 inj…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union on resolution 70/19, entitled “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace”. The European Union thanks the delegations of Pakistan and the Philippines for presenting the resolution, and ack…
I welcome this opportunity to make a few comments at the end of this very informative debate. The large number of Member States and groups whose representatives have spoken today demonstrates the importance of Security Council reform.
I wish first to thank the President of the General Assembly for …
Today we celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of a resolution whose legacy has been of incredible richness. Resolution 1325 (2000) was the response of the Security Council to a decade of unprecedented violations and violence against women. But resolution 1325 (2000) was also the starting point of man…
The United Nations was created, not to lead humankind to heaven but to save it from hell. These were the apt words of Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, who served as the second Secretary-General, from 1953 to 1961, and saw things for what they were. The United Nations was created according to the people’s will …
I would first like to thank Russia for organizing today’s debate on a subject that is of concern to us all.
With the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and also in Libya, Al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, the Al-Nusra Front in the Golan Heights, Al-Shabaab in Somalia, the list of …
Being universal, proactive and transparent have never been more imperative principles for the United Nations than today, when news accounts of bloody conflicts are mixed with the sombre warnings of environmental and climate-change disasters.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 7…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the European Union in order to explain our position on the draft resolution contained in document A/69/L.77, entitled “Venue of annual sessions of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/ United Nations Population F…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the European Union.
As we underscored on previous occasions, there should be no doubt that we recognize the major importance of sovereign debt restructuring, which has a significant impact on the global economy and on many countries in p…
Luxembourg fully endorses the statement made by the observer of the European Union. Let me make a few additional comments in my national capacity.
We thank New Zealand for organizing this open debate, which allows the Security Council to address an important topic — the threats to peace and securit…
