I join previous speakers in commending you, Mr. President, for organizing today's debate on peace and security in Africa and support to African Union peacekeeping. The importance of this debate is further underlined by your presidency and the presence here of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Nig…
Thank you for giving me the floor, Sir, and I wish to congratulate you on your presidency of the Security Council. We believe that it is particularly important that the Security Council stay actively engaged with Timor-Leste. In this context we welcome the visit scheduled for November. I also wish t…
Post-conflict peacebuilding is at the core of our efforts to improve United Nations efficiency and capacity. We now have to take stock of the work that has been done since the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), five years ago, and to identify — as clearly as possible — what we want…
I wish to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. The Assembly is the central body of the United Nations architecture. Here, all Member States are truly represented and each has a vote, irrespective of its size, population or economic power. Here is w…
Portugal shares the views expressed in the statement made earlier in this debate by the observer of the European Union.
We consider achieving the objective of halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation to be a top priority. The fa…
On behalf of my Government, allow me to thank you, Mr. Co-Chair, for convening this summit on the Millennium Development Goals. It is essential that we seize this moment to strengthen international cooperation and galvanize action towards the implementation of the commitments that we agreed upon ten…
I want to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this open meeting. We commend Japan’s strong and constant commitment to this crucial issue.
I shall deliver a condensed version of my statement so that I can abide by the five-minute
recommendation. The full version will be distributed. I wi…
As a co-facilitator of this process, allow me to express my profound gratitude to all delegations for their active participation, in a spirit of constructiveness and cooperation, in the consultations on the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The Plan of Action was a common effor…
Portugal voted in favour of resolution 64/254, which we have just adopted, because we believe in the importance of
appropriate investigations of all alleged breaches of international law and international humanitarian law in all situations. We consider that resolution 64/10, which we also supported…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting and for the opportunity given to me to participate in it. As others have, I would like to extend to His Excellency Mr. José Luís Guterres, Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, a warm welcome and to express our gratitude for his contribution…
On behalf of my Government, allow me to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, which will, we hope, allow us to strengthen international cooperation and galvanize action towards the implementation of the commitments tha…
We have before us today several very important and meaningful draft resolutions concerning democracy, human rights and cooperation for peace. They are all linked by the common desire to reinforce the conditions leading to a more peaceful world and a more stable, prosperous and equitable internationa…
Portugal welcomes the opportunity to be associated once again with the Council’s deliberations on Timor-Leste. I wish to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting.
As previous speakers have done, allow me to extend warm greetings to Deputy Prime Minister José Luís Gute…
I wish the President all the best for this General Assembly. Along with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he can count on Portugal’s firm support in his work. Allow me to begin by endorsing fully Sweden’s intervention as the country holding the presidency of the European Union.
Fighting climate change…
Portugal’s vote in favour of resolution 63/307 is in line with our strong commitment to fundamental humanitarian principles as expressed, inter alia, in the European consensus on humanitarian aid jointly agreed by the Council of Ministers of the European Union; the representatives of the Governments…
First of all, we would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. Portugal welcomes the opportunity to participate once again in the Council’s deliberations. I extend to President José Ramos-Horta a very cordial and warm greeting. I thank him for his presence here today and for hi…
On behalf of the States members of the Community of Portuguese- speaking Countries (CPLP) — Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea–Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Timor- Leste and Sao Tome and Principe — I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/63/L.41, entitled “Cooperation between the United Na…
Portugal aligns itself with the statement made yesterday by Mr. Alain Juppé on behalf of the European Union. I would like to start my statement by thanking the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia, for his noble efforts to promote dialogue among religions and cultu…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. Let me also congratulate President Higgins for her work at the International Court of Justice and thank her again for the comprehensive repo…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I will start by welcoming Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa of Timor-Leste and expressing our appreciation for his most valuable contribution to today’s discussion.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report o…
