Portugal thanks Slovenia for convening this open debate on leadership for peace and takes this occasion to warmly congratulate Slovenia on its sustained engagement and constructive approach during its mandate as an elected member of the Council.
We would like also to align ourselves with the statem…
Portugal aligns itself with the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group and wishes to thank Denmark and Pakistan, in their capacity as co-Chairs of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, for their leadership on this topic. We also express our appreciatio…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on the behalf of the European Union (EU) and wishes to add the following in its national capacity.
We thank the presidency for convening this debate — an occasion to celebrate 80 years of the Charter of the United Nations but also to reflect…
This is a crucial and timely debate. Artificial intelligence (AI) develops faster than our capacity to assess its impact. Its integration into the military domain has particularly profound implications. If misused, it threatens global stability, undermines trust between States and jeopardizes intern…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf the European Union and wishes to add the following points in its national capacity.
We meet today as the world faces converging crises — geopolitical fragmentation, rising conflict and an erosion of trust in institutions. That cont…
Let me start by wholeheartedly welcoming France’s decision to elevate this open debate to the ministerial level. The situation in Gaza continues to deserve our full attention and our best endeavours to put an end to the
Regarding Lebanon, we must continue to support the new Government in its aim to…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement made earlier on behalf of the European Union. I would like to start by thanking Ambassador Omar Zniber for presenting the report of the Human Rights Council (A/79/53 and A/79/53/Add.1) to the General Assembly, and for his tireless work and dedication as Pres…
I congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- ninth session, Mr Philemon Yang, on his election and wish him every success.
I express special appreciation for the tireless work of Secretary-General António Guterres. The reforms he has promoted since 2017 have contributed to th…
It is with a sense of hope and responsibility that I speak at this Summit of the Future, representing Portugal and its Prime Minister, who was unable to attend the Summit due to the terrible fires that devastated our country just a few days ago.
We are here for the future of the world and our natio…
I am honoured to take the floor on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda and my own country, Portugal, as co-facilitators of the
intergovernmental process on the multidimensional vulnerability index (MVI).
Since our nomination as co-facilitators of the process in February, we have come a long way. The roa…
Aligning myself with the statement just delivered on behalf of the European Union, I have the honour to take the floor today on behalf of my country, Portugal, whose commitment to the youth agenda, we believe, needs no introduction.
We would like, first of all, to thank the Assistant Secretary-Gene…
First of all, we would like to express our condolences to the victims of Hurricane Beryl. We would also like to congratulate Antigua and Barbuda for organizing the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, and its facilitators, the representatives of Maldives and New Zealand…
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of the 27 members of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group.
We welcome the timely adoption on 16 May of the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/78/2), under Mozambique’s presidency of the Security Council, wh…
Let me commend Mozambique for convening this debate. I also want to thank the briefers for their valuable insights, including our colleague from Brazil as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission.
We align ourselves with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
My main mes…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
As a co-sponsor of the veto initiative resolution 76/262, Portugal deeply regrets the use of the veto of draft resolution S/2024/302, aimed at reaffirming a well-established obligation enshrined in the Outer …
As a co-sponsor of the veto initiative resolution 76/262, Portugal remains deeply troubled by the use of the veto in the context of crises, which only exacerbates the suffering of civilians and delays crucial humanitarian efforts. The consensus reached with the veto initiative emphasized the need fo…
Portugal thanks Malta for convening this very important and timely debate. We also thank the briefers for their presentations and the Special Representative for all of his work. We highly value the insights and testimonies we heard today from Ms. Ahmadi and Ms. Gurira.
As noted in the Secretary-Gen…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Liechtenstein, representing a group of countries, in support of the veto initiative.
We commend the convening of today’s significant debate, marking two years since the adoption of the pivotal resolution 76/262, which Port…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
As a sponsor of the veto initiative, Portugal deeply regrets the use of the veto against a draft resolution aimed at extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Security Council Committee established…
I thank the President for convening this meeting.
Portugal aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union (EU) (see A/78/PV.66).
Six months after the brutal Hamas attack against Israel, we underline once again our strongest condemnation and call for the immediate releas…
