Let me express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, and to your country, Malaysia, for convening today’s open debate. It provides a great opportunity for all of us to discuss and share our views, particularly on the comprehensive review of resolution 1540 (2004). Allow me also to express my great app…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on peacebuilding in Africa.
Slovakia fully aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and its member States. In addition, I wish to make several remarks in my national capacity.
Where violent conflict …
I wish to thank you, Madam, for organizing this debate. I would also like to thank the briefers for their comprehensive presentations.
Over the past few decades, gender equality and women’s empowerment have become a positive and forward-looking vision of Africa’s development. At the continental lev…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on post-conflict peacebuilding and the review of the peacebuilding architecture. I should also like to thank the briefers — the Permanent Representatives of Sweden and Kenya to the United Nations, and Ambassador Gert Rosenthal — fo…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate and for giving us the opportunity to speak. I would like to congratulate your country on joining the Security Council and wish you every success.
My delegation welcomed the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2015/22, of 25 November 2015, in wh…
I wish to offer my congratulations to all for surviving the barrage of information received throughout the entire day. At the outset, let me express my deepest gratitude to both co-facilitators, Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, and Ambassador Jānis Maž…
I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for his statement. We all appreciate those delegations that have contributed to the text of the annual draft resolution (A/70/L.23), especially our German colleagues, who once again facilitated negotiations in an admirable and profess…
There are 42,500 people arriving every day — 3,500 people arriving during the two hours that we spent at lunch. Imagine that during the five minutes of my intervention, 150 people will march through the Hall — people who desperately need our help and assistance. That is why we must translate our rec…
At the outset, may I express our solidarity with the victims of the recent and brutal attacks of terror in Paris, Beirut, Baghdad and many other places throughout the world. We must join efforts, overcome our differences and take all possible steps to fight any kind of violent extremism, terrorism a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
It was with a great sense of loss that we received the news of the passing away of His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. On behalf of the Eastern European …
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on this open debate and on the interest you have generated by bringing the subject to the Council. I would like to welcome today’s adoption of resolution 2242 (2000) on women and peace and security, of which Slovakia is a proud sponsor. I would also l…
During the past 70 years we, the States Members of the United Nations, have been driven by the noble ideals and aspirations that the visionary founders of the United Nations laid down in its Charter in 1945. At the same time, we have been regularly confronted with the grim realities of international…
At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation for convening this debate.
The unprecedented rise of terrorism is perhaps the most serious, shocking, painful and shameful reality facing us at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In the region of…
At the dawn of the new millennium, we convened here with the ambition of eradicating poverty and gave birth to the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Now we stand here again to review what we have achieved and what we still have to do to make our common ambition a reality. Despite the undeni…
Slovakia would first like to align itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2015/684) and to welcome Special Representative Haysom and thank him for his briefing. Also, we carefully…
At the outset, let me thank Malaysia for organizing today’s open debate and express my appreciation for the work and dedication of today’s briefers, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Ms. Yoka Brandt and Ms. Eunice Apio, not only for …
I would like to thank Lithuania for organizing this very timely and important debate on small arms and light weapons.
Just as the spread of small arms and light weapons tends to promote conflict, any effort to curb their proliferation can significantly contribute to stability and peacebuilding. I w…
At the outset, Slovakia aligns itself with the statement presented earlier on behalf of the European Union. I would also like to thank the French presidency for taking the initiative in organizing this important debate.
Before I narrow my statement to focus on the victims of attacks and abuses on r…
I thank the French presidency for organizing today’s debate and all the briefers for their presentations earlier. I would like to align myself with the statement made by the representative of the European Union.
I would like to mention some numbers: 2 million, 6 million, 300 million, 1 billion. The…
Slovakia would first like to align itself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union (EU).
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/151) and welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Nicholas Haysom. I thank him …
