First of all, I would like to express once again Qatar’s indignation at and condemnation of the act of terrorism perpetrated in New York. We express our most sincere sympathy to the victims and to the Government and the people of the United States, and we trust that the injured will recover rapidly.…
I thank the French delegation for convening this open debate to address an issue of the utmost importance to us, namely, the protection of children in conflict situations. We welcome this discussion on children and armed conflict, which is being presided over by a fraternal country. We thank the Sec…
I would like to thank the French presidency of the Security Council for convening today’s important debate.
I would also like to thank Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Charo Mina-Rojas, member o…
I thank the President for convening today’s meeting and Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
This open debate is taking place against a backdrop of important developments, with the promise of a new era of Palestinian unity through the formation of a Palestinian National Unit…
Speakers in interactive panel discussion 2 recalled that trafficking in persons is mentioned in three of the Sustainable Development Goals: Goals 5.2, 8.7 and 16.2. They further noted that trafficking also relates indirectly to many other Sustainable Development Goals and targets in the areas of hum…
On behalf of my delegation, I am pleased and honoured, Mr. President, to address you and the General Assembly on the occasion of this high-level meeting on the appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.
We are pleased today to witness the official adoption of the polit…
We regret that Bahrain has attacked Qatar. Its allegations against us are false. Unjust measures have been taken against Qatar, in violation of human rights, freedom of expression and the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which is based on respect for human rights. One cannot counter terrorism with…
I would like to speak in exercise of the right of reply in response to the statements delivered by the representatives of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Both delegations accused Qatar of terrorism. Qatar has an excellent record in counter-terrorism and ranks high in that regard. Such allegations allude …
It is truly regrettable that the delegation of the United Arab Emirates has once again verbally attacked Qatar. That comes as no surprise in the light of the results of the investigation conducted by the Qatari authorities and international agencies into the hacking of the Qatari news agency a few m…
My delegation rejects all the allegations and false claims about my country, the State of Qatar, that we heard earlier in the statement by the representative of the United Arab Emirates. Qatar is dealing with an illegal and unjust siege that violates its sovereignty and national decision-making abil…
The State of Qatar thanks the Secretary-General for his efforts to implement resolution 71/291, on strengthening the capability of the United Nations system to assist Member States in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and for his commitment to involving Member States…
On behalf of the Group of Arab States and in my capacity as its Chair for this month, we would like to express the Arab Group’s reservation about Israel’s candidature to serve as Vice-President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. That position requires respect for United Nations r…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Madam, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank you for convening today’s debate. We commend the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, who also presided over the meeting. We would also like …
We congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and thank you for convening this important open debate. Indeed, we must take advantage of the opportunity that holding this meeting at such a fragile time affords us to move forward on the path to peace and stab…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Council for this month. I thank you for holding this important open debate. I also thank Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Mr. Kevin Hyland, United Kingdom Independent A…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate your friendly country, Sir, for presiding over the Security Council during the month December. We also thank you for convening this important debate. We also welcome the fact that His Excellency the President of the Government of Spain presided over the me…
At the outset, I would like to pay tribute to the efforts in preparing the rich and comprehensive report of the Secretary-General (A/71/407) presented under this agenda item. There is no doubt that the consecration of peace in societies and among peoples cannot be achieved without a favourable envir…
We would like to speak in explanation of vote after the voting. I first want to thank the delegation of Canada for its initiative and for the efforts it made during the consultations on today’s resolution 71/130 to bring the various positions of Member States closer together. The world has been witn…
At the outset I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting to shed light on United Nations efforts to strengthen its coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance, particularly in the light of the escalating humanitaria…
At the outset, I would like to extend the condolences of Qatar to the Government of Brazil over the tragic air crash involving Brazilian athletes.
I thank the President of the General Assembly for his efforts and for the holding of this meeting to discuss agenda item 11, entitled “Sport for develop…
