I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today’s debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Vice-President of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor of Oxfam for their briefi…
Ten years ago, the political leaders at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) formulated a vision — a vision and commitment to building a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledg…
I thank the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Yanar Mohammed, Ms. Julienne Lusenge and Ms. Alaa Murabit for their statements. I also thank Spain, in its capacity as presidency of the Security Council, for organizing this important debate marking the fifteenth anniversary of…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this very timely debate on the protection of journalists in conflict situations. Let me also thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Mr. Christophe Deloire and Ms. Mariane Pearl for their informative briefings and tireless work on this very complex subject.
As early a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Estonia as well as my own country, Latvia. We would like to thank Jordan for organizing this debate on sexual violence in conflict. We also thank Ms. Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Hamsat…
I thank the Secretary- General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as Ms. Vian Dakhil and His Beatitude Louis Raphaël I Sako, for their statements. I also thank the French presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important debate on the widespread and systematic targeti…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union, as well as the statement delivered by the representative of Austria on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Rule of Law.
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency of the Security Council for organizing this…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Latvia and Estonia. I thank Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General of Humanitarian Affairs; Ms. Helen Durham, Director on International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Ms. Ilwad Elman of the NGO Wor…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union (EU) and would like to make a few remarks in our national capacity.
I would like to welcome the draft resolution to be adopted today (A/69/L.20), which Latvia sponsored, and to commend the efforts by Germany, Afghani…
The topic of foreign terrorist fighters is a matter of serious concern for the international community in its entirety, and it is very timely that the Security Council is addressing it. Undoubtedly, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses a serious threat not only to the people of Iraq…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement of the European Union, and would like to make a few remarks in its national capacity.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2014/420) and his Special Representative Ján Kubiš and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UN…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement to be delivered shortly on behalf of the European Union. I should like to make the following remarks in my national capacity.
First of all, allow me to congratulate Lithuania on its first-ever assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for its i…
I would like to thank the President for his initiative, which aims to regain momentum in Security Council reform. We welcome his decision to establish an advisory group on Security Council reform, and we express the hope that that body will provide useful guidance on the way forward. We hope that hi…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement of the European Union and would like to make a few remarks in its national capacity.
I thank the Secretary General for his report (S/2013/525), as well as the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director UN Women, High Commissioner Pillay and Ms. Balipou fo…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union and would like to make a few remarks in its national capacity.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report and Special Representative Ján Kubiš and
the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the
European Union and would like to make a few remarks in our national capacity.
I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/732) and Ms. Bachelet, Mr. Ladsous and Ms. Diop for their statements.
The topic of today’s debate …
Latvia aligns itself with the statement of the European Union and would like to make a few remarks in its national capacity.
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/462), Mr. Ladsous and Mr. Fedotov for their briefings, and Special Representative Ján Kubiš a…
I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States to pay our respects to the memory of those who were exploited and who died during those dark years of the barbaric and inhuman practice of slavery and the slave trade.
It is shameful that those practices are part …
Latvia reaffirms its firm support for the security and stability of Georgia, based on full respect for the principles of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, recognized by international law, including the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and …
Allow me to begin by thanking the President of the Security Council for introducing the Council’s annual report (A/62/2). While it lacks analytical content that might have stimulated more substantive debate on this item, the report is useful as a reference document.
With regard to the next agenda i…
