The carefully framed title of the item that we are discussing today illustrates the moral dilemmas and conflicting interests and responses evoked by the current tide of humankind flowing from the conflict zones of the Middle East and Africa to the envisioned safety of Europe. Increasingly, humanitar…
Before addressing today’s topic, we would like to convey our deep condolences to the people and the Governments of France, Lebanon, Iraq and Russia on the loss precious lives resulting from the detestable recent terrorist attacks.
We thank the United Kingdom presidency for organizing today’s debate…
We thank Director General Amano for presenting the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual report for 2014 (see A/70/219). We commend him for his leadership and contribution.
For more than five decades, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has worked successfully as a catalyst for enha…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting. My delegation welcomes this opportunity to express its views on the report of the Security Council (A/70/2). This annual debate is useful in reviewing not just the work of the Security Council but also the man…
Pakistan aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
We congratulate Ambassadors Emvula and Drobnjak on their reappointment as co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly. It i…
Let me, at the outset, say how pleased my delegation is to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the General Assembly during this landmark seventieth year of the United Nations. You can count on my country’s support in fulfilling your responsibilities.
Pakistan fully associates itself with the sta…
I am taking the floor to exercise my right of reply with regard to the remarks just made by the representative of India. The Indian representative has talked about the importance of dialogue. I want to remind him that it was not Pakistan that stopped the dialogue process; it was India that cancelled…
We appreciate the Secretary- General’s report on the work of the Organization (A/70/1), which presents a substantive assessment of the activities of the United Nations over the past year and contains many reflections that we need to heed.
The world has been transformed fundamentally since the Unite…
We thank the Spanish presidency of the Council for convening today’s important debate on women and peace and security.
The briefings of the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and representatives of civil society have all been instructive and very valuable.
Resolution 1325 (2000)…
Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning and acknowledging the presence of several Panel members at this important debate.
The work of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations was seminal in nature. The Secretary-General’s initiative in convening the …
We have requested the floor in response to India’s statement in the general debate (see A/70/PV.22).
India’s attempts to deny its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir are a travesty of history. To perpetuate its occupation, India has deployed over 700,000 troops in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kash…
I would like to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Lavrov on his initiative in convening a meeting of the Security Council on this very important issue, which is a real threat to international peace and security.
What seemed at its start to be a spring in the Middle East has turned into an autumn o…
We congratulate Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the General Assembly at its the seventieth session. It acknowledges his distinguished career in public service. We share his commitment to building a more just and stable world. We also pay tribute to Mr. Sam Kutesa for his able st…
I am delighted to be part of a defining moment in history — the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda in the form of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1). We, as a global community, are committing ourselves to a shared vision of inclusive growth and development, whil…
It is a pleasure to speak in the Security Council under your able presidency, Sir. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/684), and we greatly appreciate the briefings provided to the Council by Mr. Nicholas Haysom, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Head of t…
The Pakistan delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group.
We supported decision 69/560, proposed by the President to continue the intergovernmental negotiation
process on Security Council reform. We believe that it is…
Let me start by thanking the Foreign Minister of New Zealand for earlier presiding over this meeting. We also thank the Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for the Middle East Peace Process for his comprehensive though sobering briefing.
Peace in the Middle East appears more distant than e…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative Nicholas Haysom for his perceptive briefing.
Today Afghanistan stands on the cusp of challenge and opportunity. Its path into the Transformation Decade is challenging on every front, dealing as it must with insecurity, economic fragility and …
We are honoured by the presence among us of the Foreign Minister of Malaysia this morning. We value the remarks by the Secretary- General and the briefing by his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
During the year under review, existing challenges of child recruitment and abuse …
I take this opportunity to reiterate the profound condolences of the Government and the people of Pakistan to the Government and the people of Nepal at the colossal loss of life and property resulting from the 25 April earthquake and its continuing aftershocks. We stand in solidarity with our Nepale…
