The lofty aspirations of the Millennium Development Goals guided our first steps into the era of the second millennium and enabled us to realize, in part, the priorities that we hold so dear. With this shared experience, which is extraordinary in terms of what it has made concrete, and aware of the …
First and foremost, my delegation would like to thank Ms. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World
Health Organization (WHO), for her report on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
Nearly three years ago, our Heads of State and Government adopted a fundamental Political Dec…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report on improving global road safety (A/68/368). The report reminds us of the bleak picture for 2010, when road accidents caused more than 1 million deaths. Resolution 66/260, co-sponsored by Monaco and adopted on 19 April 2012, called on Member S…
At the outset, allow me to thank the former Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Mr. Serguei Tarassenko, and to congratulate Ms. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, the new Director, on her appointment to lead the Division she knows well and where she has dedicated a large part o…
I would like first to thank Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his briefing on the Agency’s work and his report to the General Assembly (see A/68/PV.43).
I take this opportunity to reiterate the commitment of my Government to two aspects of the …
On 6 February 2014, the United Nations flag will again fly at the Olympic site, side by side with the five rings and the Russian flag, when the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games open in Sochi.
Our consideration of agenda item 11, “Sport for peace and development: building a peaceful and better wo…
By designating us as co-facilitators to conduct the consultations that
have led today to the General Assembly’s impending declaration of an International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, you, Mr. President, did the Permanent Representative of Tunisia and me the honour of recognizing the cont…
Monaco would like to explain its position before the Assembly’s adoption of the report of the Fifth Committee on agenda item 134, entitled “Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations”.
The Government of His Serene Highness the Sovereign Prince of Monaco joined …
“The future we want” (resolution 66/288, annex), the outcome document adopted by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference) in June, pays particular attention to issues related to the oceans, their resources and the threats facing them. In doing so, that important d…
In my capacity as co-Chair of the Group of Friends of Sport for Development and Peace and on behalf of my co-Chair Tunisia and the other sponsors of today’s draft resolution, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and …
The Secretary-General has shared with us the priorities that he plans to implement during the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly. His warning concerning the multiplicity of new threats and his clear-sighted recognition of their interconnections should inspire and guide our work.
The main…
The year 2011 saw several important meetings on matters related to oceans and the law of the sea, and no fewer than seven documents have been submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. I would therefore like, first of all, to thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea …
In 284 and 317 days, respectively, London will host the XXX Olympic Games and the XIV Paralympic Games. Countless millions of us will experience once again that particular emotion we feel at seeing hundreds of athletes entering the stadium behind their country’s flag, just before one of them lights …
Allow me at the outset to warmly congratulate Mr. Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly and to assure him of the support of my delegation throughout the sixty-sixth session of the Assembly.
The Secretary-General, whom I heartily congratulate on his unanimous reappointment, …
First of all, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for the quality of his report (A/66/83), and the World Health Organization (WHO) for playing a leading role in the international community’s struggle to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, with the World Health Assembly approving the G…
The Western European and other States congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency on this first day of work of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, and assures you of their full support.
It is a great honour for me, on behalf of the Western European and other States, to …
Today, we pay tribute to former Prime Minister of Finland His Excellency Mr. Harri Holkeri, who passed away on 7 August 2011.
As President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fifth session, he led our Assembly at the dawn of the twenty-first century and steered efforts which still define sustain…
At the outset, I wish to convey my sincere condolences and sympathy to the people and Government of Norway following the tragedy they have suffered. I also thank the General Assembly and the Government of the Principality of Monaco for providing me with the unique opportunity to speak before the Ass…
The Principality of Monaco has a long- standing humanitarian commitment that stretches back more than 50 years. Its dedication to helping the most vulnerable and people in emergency situations has been seen throughout the years in policies making humanitarian assistance one of our priorities. We pro…
In the days just after the convening of the summit Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), my delegation can only welcome the recognition that Member States have given to sports. Indeed, by adopting the final document (resolution 65/1), the heads of State and Government confirmed the rel…
