In all human societies, older persons have occupied an essential, even a dominant, place. Historians, ethnologists, sociologists all agree: older persons represented, even in the most ancient civilizations sources of inspiration, wisdom and judgement. They were esteemed and respected, their words he…
Let us cast our minds back to 10 December 1948, when the most horrible and deadly of events, spawned by hatred and contempt, is fresh in our memories.
The United Nations Charter, signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945, entered into force on 24 October of the same year. Among its hastily constitute…
In 1946, addressing the members of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal, the chief prosecutor, referring to the accused, stated,
“If you do not condemn these men, their very conscience will revolt, because they know they are guilty”.
By defining the concepts of genocide, war crimes and cr…
Turning naturally to the sea because of its geography, the Principality of Monaco owes much of its international renown to marine and oceanographic activities whose development since the last century has been consistently encouraged by its Government, inspired by the scientific work accomplished by …
Our Assembly is about to adopt for the third time a draft resolution on building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal. This text has just been very
In this draft resolution, the General Assembly would urge Member States to observe the Olympic Truce during the XVIII Olympi…
The Principality of Monaco, as a member of the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation since it was set up in 1970 in Niamey, particularly welcomes the development and strengthening of cooperation between this institution which brings together States and Governments that use French as a common…
The draft resolution on multilingualism that is before the Assembly reminds us, following another series of initiatives of the same nature, that our Organization is not a monolithic being, a soulless bureaucracy, but a living organism within which human beings — men and women from different regions …
The Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation was founded 25 years ago in Niamey to promote multilateral cooperation between countries that use French as a common language. At the beginning it had 21 States and Governments as members; it now has 44, nearly one quarter of the States Members of th…
Allow me first of all, and with particular gratitude, to extend to the President’s predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy, our warmest compliments for the care and discipline he displayed during his presidency of the forty- ninth session of the General Assembly. Our compliments also go to the ot…
Allow me at the outset to thank the delegations of Brazil and of the United States of America for their leadership in the preparation of the two draft resolutions that will be submitted to a vote by the Assembly at the end of our debate. Monaco is a sponsor of those draft resolutions.
This annual e…
The food crisis and the climate crisis have broadened the scope of the issues that we are discussing today under the agenda item “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
Climate change is aggravating the severe effects of the constant loss of biological diversity. Protecting biological diversity and ecosys…
We can measure how far we have come since the opening for signature of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, 25 years ago to the day. The Convention’s universality and unitary nature, and the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement have enabled States to develop their activities in the area of oceans a…
We have probably reached the maximum potential of capture fishing in the planet’s oceans. In 2007, almost 28 per cent of fish stocks were overexploited, exhausted or in the process of reconstitution. Migratory species, whales and other cetaceans are still vulnerable to chemical pollution, collision …
As at previous sessions, the Principality of Monaco is a sponsor of the two draft resolutions submitted to the General Assembly under this item (A/61/L.30 and A/61/L.38). Over the years, these texts have reflected the increased attention that Member States give to the topic of oceans and seas. Recog…
