First of all, it my pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Russia on assuming the presidency of the Security Council during the month of June. Let me assure you of Rwanda’s full cooperation and active participation during your presidency.
I thank Judge Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for t…
At the outset, my delegation would like to commend the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Boukadoum and Petersen, the Permanent Representatives of Algeria and Denmark, respectively, who led the intergovernmental consultations on resolution 72/279 in an inclusive manner with an unwavering resolve to find c…
I would like to thank the Polish presidency for convening today’s debate on recommitting us to the central responsibility of all peacekeeping missions, the protection of civilians. I also thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Mr. Yves Daccord, Director-General of the International Committee of t…
Allow me to express Rwanda’s appreciation to the Polish presidency for convening today’s open debate on the state of respect for international law in the context of the maintenance of international peace and security.
It is evident from today’s briefings that upholding international law is fundamen…
I thank the Secretary- General; Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission; and Director Fatimata Touré for their insightful briefings this morning and their determination to strengthen peacekeeping. I would also like to express my gratitude to the Kingdom of the Netherland…
On behalf of my country, I have the honour to introduce draft decision A/72/L.31, entitled “International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda”. I would like to first express our very sincere appreciation
to all delegations that supported the development of this import…
My delegation would like to thank the French presidency for convening today’s important debate.
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We are also grateful to all the briefers this morning for their insightful remarks.
It has been almost exactly 17 years to the day since the international community recognized the ur…
At the outset, Rwanda thanks you, Mr. President, for convening this important joint debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for
the reports submitted under agenda item 13 (А/72/223 and A/72/269) to inform today’s meeting.
With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the…
I thank Judges Agius and Meron for their briefings on the activities of the courts.
More than 20 years ago, the Security Council decided to create the Tribunals to try those responsible for serious violations. In this regard, the systems we create always require us to look back and check their usef…
I thank the President for convening this important high-level meeting.
It is now seven years since the General Assembly adopted resolution 64/293, aptly entitled the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. It is therefore worth assembling today to reflect and, most im…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, and your delegation for organizing this important open debate. I also thank Deputy Secretary- General Amina Mohammed and Mr. Adama Dieng for their briefings. We hope that today’s debate will contribute to enhancing collective action against this war crime, given…
At the outset, I would like to commend you, Madam President, and your delegation for the excellent manner in which the delegation of Sweden has prepared this open debate. It was a fully inclusive process that allowed all delegations,
through the timely circulation of documents, to prepare early. We…
At the outset, I express Rwanda’s deepest sympathies to Russian Federation for the heinous assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov.
Let me thank the Spanish presidency for convening this important debate and welcome the purposeful adoption today of resolution 2331 (2016), which we co-sponsored.
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At the outset, let me congratulate the delegation of Spain on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Let me also congratulate the delegation of Senegal for the exceptional work done during its presidency in the month of November.
I thank Judge Theodor Meron, Presid…
I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce draft resolution A/71/L.17, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Police Organization”.
Rwanda has been a member of INTERPOL since 1974, and Australia, as a co-facilitator, has been a member of INTERPOL since 1…
I thank you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing this important debate. Allow me also to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Her Excellency Ms. Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Kenya; and His Excellency Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Pe…
Let me begin by commending your country, Sir, for convening this important debate, which provides us with an opportunity to exchange views on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I
believe that in the past months we have come closer to wholeheartedly embracing a progressive protection-of-…
At the outset, I wish to acknowledge the leadership of the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS for continuing to bring HIV/ AIDS to the forefront of the global discussion agenda.
We need to celebrate t…
At the outset, let me congratulate the delegation of France through you, Sir,
on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. I also thank Judge Theodor Meron, Judge Carmel Agius and Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their respective briefings.
As we reflect on the mil…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this important meeting.
A discussion of this nature provides an opportunity to reflect on ways of reinforcing cooperation and partnership in areas of common interests. In the context of the African Union (AU) and t…
