I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries, namely, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
We welcome Lithuania’s initiative to hold an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and we thank the four briefers for their important contributions and excellen…
It is my great pleasure to introduce this year’s draft humanitarian omnibus resolution, entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”, contained in document A/68/L.25. After I have introduced the draft resolution, I will have the honour to de…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
Let me start by thanking the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its annual report to the United Nations (see A/68/314). I would also like to thank Judge Song, Preside…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Let me, first of all, thank Azerbaijan for organizing today’s debate and for providing a very good concept note (S/2013/613 annex). We appreciate that these debates are turning into yearly ev…
I am pleased to address the Council on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Azerbaijani presidency for organizing this open debate, and to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN Wom…
Sweden aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union and its member States.
Much progress has been made since the first High- level Dialogue, in 2006. We have been moving towards a common understanding of the positive development impacts of migration. It is clear that migran…
The world is constantly changing and the pace of change is increasing every year. The world is a very different place today compared to 10 years ago when the Millennium Development Goals were set. But it is important to understand the nature of the changes and to draw the right conclusions, because …
This is the fifth consecutive year that action is to be taken on the draft resolution before us since its introduction to the General Assembly. Unfortunately, no substantial progress has been made in the areas of security, human rights or the humanitarian field concerning the internally displaced pe…
Sweden aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union earlier this afternoon.
Let me start by welcoming the report of the Secretary- General (A/67/822) on the progress made towards achieving the targets of the “Political Declaration on
HIV/AIDS: Intensifying Our Effort…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
I would like to begin by thanking the United Kingdom presidency for having organized this open debate and the Secretary-General for his briefing. I also express warm thanks to…
It is very nice to be here to join the General Assembly. I would like to say, first of all, that Sweden associates itself with the intervention just made by the observer of the European Union on behalf of the European Union and its member States.
Trafficking in persons is a global, cross-cutting is…
Sweden associates itself fully with the statements made by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Mexico on behalf of 98 countries.
It has been said by many others already, but it deserves to be repeated. What we have achieved with the adoption today of resolution 67/234 B is …
Sweden aligns itself with the statement of the European Union. At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening this debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its sixth session (A/67/715) and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/67/711). I wo…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
At the outset, I should like to thank Pakistan for taking this initiative to hold an open debate on the multidimensional approach to United Nations peacekeeping. The Nordic cou…
Sweden associates itself with the statement just made by the observer of the European Union.
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate, and the Secretary-General for his report in document S/2012/746. We agree that progress has been made. However, the international community must
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It is my great pleasure to introduce this year’s draft resolution on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency and humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, as contained in document A/67/L.39.
The annual adoption of this draft resolution by the General Assembly reaffirms the distincti…
On 10 December 1982, Sweden was among the 158 States to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Sweden ratified the Convention on 25 June 1996. In its bill to Parliament, the Government of Sweden described UNCLOS as a nearly complete set of rules for the
peaceful use of t…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries, namely, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
I would like to begin by thanking the Indian presidency for organizing this debate. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet and Under-Secr…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
Let me start by thanking the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its annual report to the United Nations (see A/67/308). I would also like to thank Judge Sang-Hyun So…
Our world is changing rapidly. The black-and-white photos that were taken when this Organization was created back in 1945 are truly testimonies from another era. That was a time when computers had barely been invented. The Internet was decades away. And it was not always easy for the representatives…
