Before getting to the main part of my statement, I would first like to congratulate you, Sir, and all your team warmly on your conduct of our work during this month. I would also like to thank you for organizing this useful synthesis meeting. In your concept note for the meeting, you asked us not ju…
I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize this briefing. Luxembourg shares Australia’s view of the importance of a proper implementation of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council. That is even more important now, as the number of sanctions regimes has ne…
Like the previous speakers, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Ambassador Oh Joon, for his presentation and for the dedication shown by him and his team in chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past two years. While t…
We thank our United States colleague Samantha Power for having requested the convening of this debate. We hope that the continued commitment of the Security Council and the General Assembly will provide the support necessary to the ongoing efforts to defeat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. I would…
I am grateful to you, Madam President, for taking the initiative to organize this open debate. Luxembourg, like Australia, believes the fight against terrorism and violent extremism is a priority. We commend the presidential statement we have just adopted at Australia’s initiative, aimed at strength…
I too would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General ad interim for Political Affairs, Mr. Jens Anders Toyberg- Frandzen, for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission, and Am…
I, too, should like to thank the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, for his briefing, as well as, of course, his longstanding work for all Bosnians. I welcome
also the presence here among us of the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Luxembourg wishes to associate itself with the…
I too would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her presentation of her eighth report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), and to reiterate our support and appreciation for the work she and her Office are doing.
After 40 years of dictatorship, …
Let me first of all congratulate you, Madam President, and your entire team on the manner in which you have conducted our work in a month that has proved especially rich in activity. I also wish to thank you for convening this wrap-up meeting on our work for the month; the added value of such meetin…
I welcome this important meeting at the request of Jordan, following an urgent request by the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine. I wish to thank Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his briefing.
The situation is serious. The Israeli project to expand …
I thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, for her briefing and for conveying the message of the Secretary-General. I also thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Edmond Mule…
I too would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović, for their briefings.
Luxembourg is deeply concerned by the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine, especially in…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate. Under the leadership of Argentina and your dynamic leadership, the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions has produced significant results, contributing to greater transparency and efficiency in the Council…
I thank the Secretary-General for his presentation, as well as the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel for their briefings.
Luxembourg fully associates itself with the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
The S…
I thank you, Madam President, for having organized this briefing. It gives us an opportunity to interact with Lieutenant General Maqsood Ahmed, Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations, and the Force Commanders of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic o…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly for the first time, and I must say that I do so with great emotion. Commitment, solidarity and responsibility are the three key words that have guided and will continue to guide my country’s action at the United Nations. As a founding Membe…
At the outset, as our colleague, the President of France, stated, we offer our most sincere condolences for what happened today. We express our condolences to all of the families and victims, regardless of their nationality,
who have been attacked by terrorists using religion to justify their barba…
I am grateful for your initiative, Mr. President, to convene this ministerial debate at a time when the support of the international community to the Iraqi authorities and to the Iraqi people is more crucial than ever. I thank Nickolay Mladenov, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for h…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his presentation. I thank my friend and colleague Franciscus Timmermans, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, for the information he provided. I salute his commitment and that of Ms. Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austral…
I thank the United States for having taken the initiative to convene this special debate on an issue that is of concern to all of us. I thank the Secretary-General; Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations System Senior Coordinator for Ebola Virus Disease; and the Director-General of the World Health Organ…
