The Netherlands fully aligns itself with the statement just delivered by the Austrian Minister on behalf of the European Union (EU).
We finally have a peace deal on Darfur. I would like to pay tribute to some of the parties that relentlessly fought for that deal: Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim and his Afric…
The Netherlands delegation fully associates itself with the statement made earlier by the Austrian presidency of the European Union.
As Co-Chair of the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes Region, the Netherlands has shown its strong
commitment to contribute and assist in promoting regional and bil…
First of all, let me stress that this High-level Dialogue is a very timely event. As the Secretary-General states in paragraph 7 of his report (A/60/871), “Each of us holds a piece of the migration puzzle, but none has the whole picture. It is time to start putting it together”.
The Netherlands att…
It is my honour and pleasure to introduce to the General Assembly draft resolution A/65/L.56, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons”. On behalf of the sponsors, I would like to express the hope that it will be adopted by consens…
I have the honour to introduce this morning draft resolution (A/60/L.25), entitled “Report of the International Criminal Court”.
In addition to the countries listed in L.25, the following have indicated their wish to be included as sponsors: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Colombia, Georgia and Mali…
It is with great honour and gratitude, but also with equally great concern, that I address the Assembly today.
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“Representatives and leaders of Europe, we appeal to your sense of solidarity and kindness to come to our rescue in Africa. Help us; we are suffering terribly.”
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It is my firm opinion that we achieved important results at our summit. We created a peacebuilding commission and agreed to establish a human rights council. We have good language on development, including unanimous agreement on the Millennium Development Goals, and we agreed on the responsibility t…
I am delivering this speech on behalf of Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and my own country, the Netherlands.
Every day, almost 30,000 children die of poverty. Poverty is a global curse and causes untold suffering. Poverty, in all its forms, must be reduced and eventually eradicated.
Today the…
We are capable of sending spaceships to faraway planets in search of life. But are we sufficiently smart and determined to save the lives of innocent children on our own planet?
We live in a world where HIV/AIDS undermines entire societies. We have the knowledge and the resources to do something ab…
The Netherlands fully recognizes the need to reform the Security Council. We believe that the balanced expansion of its membership would increase its credibility, legitimacy and effectiveness. The Netherlands also agrees that we should arrive at concrete decisions before September. After the summit,…
First, I would like to associate myself with the statement made by the representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union (EU). I will restrict my statement to a few additional key points.
I would like first of all to address the issue of official development assistance (ODA). The Netherl…
The Netherlands voted against the draft Declaration on Human Cloning because it can be interpreted as a call for a total ban on all forms of human cloning. Fully aware of the ethical questions concerned, we simply cannot, and will not, go that far. Therapeutic cloning research may well open up impor…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Switzerland aligns itself with this statement.
Yesterday, during the 33rd formal meeting of the Fifth Committee, the European Union expressed its disappointment at the background of the adoption of draft resolution I, under agenda item 118…
Very briefly and simply, the European Union would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your enormous personal efforts to achieve this important result; our thanks go also to the facilitators. We express our fullest commitment to support you in the further preparatory process for the high-level plen…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Croatia; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Monte…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Croatia, and the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Croatia; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Monten…
I am speaking on behalf of the European Union. The European Union reaffirms its full support for the implementation of the declarations and programmes of action of the Copenhagen Summit, the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Conference, as well as the outcome of …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU).
The candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Croatia, the countries of the stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia …
Before introducing draft resolution A/59/L.24, I should like to announce that, since the publication of the draft resolution, the following countries have joined the list of sponsors: Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mali, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, S…
