It is my honour to speak here and to participate for the first time in the Assembly’s general debate. The moment is all the more significant for us because Romania is celebrating 55 years of membership in the United Nations. My country and its people have always been firm believers in the ideal of c…
At the outset, like other speakers, I would like to commend both the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate dedicated to revitalizing the Conference on Disarmament. Let me
also express my delegation’s appreciation to the Advisory Board on Disarmament M…
It is a great pleasure to participate in this High-level Meeting dedicated to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The adoption of the MDGs 10 years ago was a high achievement for United Nations Member States and indeed, for the whole of humanity. In Romania’s view, the MDGs are one of the most …
I would like to thank you, Madam, for convening this meeting on such an important and ever-pressing topic. We align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and naturally would like to also express some thoughts in our national capacity.
Having played an active…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
The Declaration and Programme of Action adopted 10 years ago, which we are now here to commemorate, highlight the commitment of the international community to focus its political will on the global fight against the scour…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the convening of this meeting. I would also like to express our gratitude to Ambassador Mayr-Harting for energetically introducing the report of the Security Council (A/64/2); to Ambassador Rugunda for his hard work in putting t…
At the outset, I would like to address to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki my warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. I wish him every success in meeting this challenge.
My country is proud of its historic commitment to tolerance, fostering …
At the outset, I should like to say that Romania fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union. I should like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this meeting, which gives us a timely opportunity to sha…
Let me start by expressing Romania’s appreciation for the report of the International Court of Justice (A/63/4), which is — as it is every year — comprehensive and enlightening as to the complex activities carried out by the Court. Our congratulations go to the Honourable Judge Rosalyn Higgins, Pres…
Allow me to convey my gratitude to Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi for his work as President of the Human Rights Council. It falls to him to lead the Council during a period in which we will have to show that the institutionalization of the Council and its functioning in what we could call a normal mode…
My delegation would like to underline the following before the voting. Compliance with international law is the very essence of our Organization and the matrix on which we strive to build international peace, stability and security. Draft resolution A/63/L.2 contains a question that is fully in line…
Romania fully associates itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union by President Nicolas Sarkozy. I should simply like to make a few remarks with regard to issues of particular interest to my Government. I should like to frame my statement around two words: responsibility and sol…
Romania would like to thank President Owada for the report on the work of the International Court of Justice (A/64/4), which, as is the case every year, is both wide-ranging and highly informative, and to extend our warmest congratulations to him on his election as President of the Court.
The repor…
In Romania, HIV/AIDS infection is viewed as a high public health priority. Strong support for prevention and treatment of this disease has been provided since the 1990s by all State institutions — the presidency, the parliament, the Government and the Ministry of Public Health — in
association with…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate. My delegation is among those that believe that it should — and, indeed, will — be the last of this general nature. The feeling of déjà vu is already too strong. The only assured plus of repeating this debate over and over is that it may leave us …
I am deeply honoured to address the High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace. I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for organizing this Dialogue on one of the most important issues of our time.
Romania fully en…
Allow me to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation and congratulations to you, Mr. President, upon your election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to wish you full success in this challenging endeavour. At the same time, I should like to ex…
This is the first time that my delegation has taken the floor at the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, and it is an honour and a pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, a representative from our region, on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. I am confident t…
Romania attaches particular importance to the biennial adoption of a General Assembly resolution on multilingualism. Linguistic diversity is an integral and essential part of cultural diversity and a sine qua non for the development of humanity in its diverse forms and manifestations. Indeed, multil…
I should first like to congratulate the Secretary-General for having presented us, as usual, a through report on cooperation
between the United Nations and regional organizations, an area of topical interest to Romania. I shall dwell a bit on the item dealing with cooperation between the United Nat…
