I thank you, Sir, for this timely debate and warmly congratulate you on your
unsurprisingly excellent stewardship. Let me briefly touch upon the topic from our national perspective, which is in addition to the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union, with which Romania fully align…
Romania fully aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations. I would also like to express a few thoughts in my national capacity.
We take note of, and are grateful for, the Secretary- General’…
As we are jointly debating two agenda items, I would like first to use this opportunity to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Liu Jieyi, for introducing the Security Council’s annual report (A/68/2), as well as the United States for preparing its introduction. I also thank the P…
I would like to start my intervention by thanking President Song for the ninth annual report of the International Criminal Court (see A/68/314), submitted to the United Nations in accordance with article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court.…
Romania is a strong supporter of the role played by the International Court of Justice in the promotion of the rule of law in international relations and is grateful to the President of the Court for the comprehensive report on the intensive activity of the Court over the past year (A/68/4).
The ro…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the delegation of Romania.
First, I welcome last night’s adoption of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013), concerning the
destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal. We believe that the resolution’s adoption by the Council represents a veritable succes…
Have members ever met a victim of human trafficking? Well, I did, when I was working for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, back 1999. Her name was Marinela; she was 17 and terrified. Trafficked from Romania, she had been coerced into prostitution by a pimp who beat her with nu…
Romania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and would like to add the following in its national capacity.
Romania’s abstention today is based on a position of principle that my country has consistently held, namely, on the need to promote dialogue …
I would like to begin by thanking the International Criminal Court for all its hard work, as comprehensively reflected in its eighth annual report (A/67/308), submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International…
Romania is a strong supporter of the role played by the International Court of Justice in the promotion of the rule of law in international
relations. My country has been involved twice in the recent past in proceedings before the International Court of Justice. I have in mind the case concerning M…
The current session of the General Assembly gives us a complete picture of today’s world with all its challenges and opportunities. We can also glimpse various paths opening up before us to help us meet the needs of humankind and of nations.
I would like to focus on the three main areas of activity…
It is a great honour for me to address some of the key aspects of the topic chosen for the High-level Meeting this year: the rule of law. As a lawyer and former minister of justice, I am personally attached to this value.
It is Romania’s firm belief that respect for and promotion of the rule of law…
I am honoured to express Romania’s support for an important element of the international cooperation connecting the democratic processes at the national and international levels and nurturing more direct involvement in global affairs by constituencies all over the world.
The Inter-Parliamentary Uni…
At the outset, allow me to convey my sincere congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I wish him every success in his endeavours and assure him of the Romanian delegation’s full support.
Clearly, the theme chosen for this…
It is likely that all of us gathered here today are deeply concerned that the global burden of non-communicable diseases continues to grow. That is why Romania expresses its gratitude and support for this initiative designed to develop an integrated global policy on the prevention and control of non…
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming your position. You can count on our Group’s support throughout the entire session.
It a great honour for me to stand before the General Assembly today on behalf of the Eastern European Group to pay a heartfelt tribute to a great…
It is an honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States as we pay posthumous tribute to Mr. Harri Holkeri, President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session and former Prime Minister of Finland, who passed away on 7 August. For over four decades, …
Allow me to express, on behalf of the Romanian people, our deepest condolences to the bereaved people of Norway for the tragic events of Friday 22 July, which claimed the lives of so many innocents. Since the main victims of this despicable act of hatred were youth and perhaps the future leaders of …
At the outset, let me express my warm appreciation to Ambassador Joy Ogwu for her hard work in preparing the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/65/2). I would also like to thank Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant for introducing the document, as well as all the Security Co…
In addition to the statement made by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union, I wish to make some brief remarks in my national capacity.
The discussions revolving around the General Assembly’s draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/65/L.9), as well as the Security…
