It is my honour to address the General Assembly once again on behalf of the people of Papua New Guinea.
I congratulate Mr. Philemon Yang and the Government and the people of Cameroon on his successful election to lead the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session.
I thank his prede…
We welcome and strongly support the landmark Pact for the Future and its accompanying Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations (resolution 79/1), adopted yesterday in the General Assembly (see A/79/PV.3). The Pact is complementary to Papua New Guinea’s own Vision 2050, whereby we…
It is my honour and privilege to address this Hall for the first time as Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and on behalf of my Prime Minister, the Honourable James Marape, and the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea. I congratulate the President of the General Assembly and the Gove…
Let me begin by extending Papua New Guinea’s warm welcome to Prime Minister Kalsakau and the delegation of the Republic of Vanuatu, our fellow Melanesian Wantoks and Pacific neighbours, to today’s very important meeting. We thank Vanuatu for its excellent leadership and work on the landmark initiati…
As an archipelagic State, Papua New Guinea welcomes today’s commemorative celebration on the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and acknowledges in particular the delegation of Singapore for its important coordination of and leadersh…
It is my honour and privilege to once again join and address the General Assembly. On behalf of my Government and my people, I congratulate the President of the Assembly, as well as the Government and the people of Hungary, on his election and wish him the very best.
The presidency’s theme of an in…
May I begin by underscoring how appreciative Papua New Guinea
is to you, Mr. President. We commend your welcome recognition and your decision to convene today’s meeting — a solemn occasion to pay special tribute to the memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, beloved Queen an…
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the States members of the Pacific Island Forum. We join the global community in commemorating and promoting the International Day
against Nuclear Tests — a day devoted to honouring all victims and survivors of nuclear tests, to raising public awa…
On behalf of my delegation, let me acknowledge the leadership and the efforts of the core group of countries on the establishment of the General Assembly standing mandate to deal with the use of the veto in the Security Council subsequent to a meeting in which a veto is cast.
The veto debate is not…
My delegation welcomes this plenary dialogue on reforming the Security Council and is grateful to the President for facilitating it. In that spirit, Papua New Guinea subscribes fully to the statement made last week
on behalf of the L.69 group by its Chair (see A/76/ PV.33), Ms. Inga Rhonda King of …
My delegation is pleased to participate in today’s joint debate on agenda items 31, 64 and 116, given the fundamental role that peacebuilding and sustaining peace play for us as a country and for the global community of nations, under the Charter of the United Nations.
We thank the President of the…
It is my pleasure to introduce to the General Assembly at its seventy- fifth session a pre-recorded video statement by His Excellency Mr. James Marape, MP, Prime Minister and Minister for Bougainville Affairs of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
I have the distinct honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Honourable Mr. James Marape, on this auspicious occasion of the United Nations seventy-fifth anniversary.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 12 members of the Pacific small island developing States (PSIDS), namely, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and my own country, Papua New Guinea.
We align…
Today I am honoured and privileged to address the General Assembly on behalf of my Prime Minister, Mr. James Marape, and the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea. I would like to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Government and the people of Nigeria, on your election to lead t…
Small island developing States, which are sovereign equals at the United Nations, deserve a seat on the Security Council on a regular and consistent basis. My delegation is therefore pleased that the Dominican Republic, a fellow small island developing State, has been rightly recognized and empowere…
I am pleased today to address the General Assembly on behalf of my Prime Minister, His Excellency Mr. Peter Paire O’Neill, and the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea.
I congratulate you, Madam President, and the people of Ecuador on your election as the first woman leader from the Latin …
Papua New Guinea joins previous speakers in complimenting the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, on his important and timely report (A/72/884) on implementing the responsibility to protect and on accountability and prevention. I also want to thank Ambassadors Bird of Australia …
On behalf of my country, Papua New Guinea, I convey our sincere congratulations to your country, Sweden, Mr. President, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. We also congratulate the new members of the Security Council, namely, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy…
I am honoured to lead the Papua New Guinea delegation at this important high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS. I wish reaffirm our commitment to joining the international community in working together to end the AIDS epidemic, and we therefore support the consensus for the Political…
