First, let me note that Sweden fully aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union.
On behalf of the 98 sponsors, it is my great privilege to introduce to the General Assembly this year’s draft resolution, contained in document A/75/L.44, on strengthening the coordinat…
Sweden is part of the core group and rejects the draft amendment A/75/L.15 presented by Cuba. As the representatives of Liechtenstein and Costa Rica have said, making the proposed decision-making mechanism conditional on a recommendation by the General Committee makes it impractical, if not impossib…
Let me first align myself with the statement just made on behalf of the European Union.
Earlier today (see A/74/PV.48), I referred to the fact that this year marks the twenty-eighth anniversary of the landmark resolution 46/182, presented and adopted in December 1991, which created the foundation o…
At the outset, I would like to note that we fully align ourselves with the statement to be delivered later this morning on behalf of the European Union.
It is my great privilege today to introduce, on behalf of a record number of 116 sponsors, this year’s draft resolution on the “Strengthening of t…
I am pleased to introduce today, on behalf of all the co-sponsors, the draft resolution contained in document A/74/L.20, concerning the investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and the members of the party accompanying him. We are grateful…
I am pleased and honoured to introduce to the General Assembly draft resolution A/74/L.10, entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. I am doing so in Sweden’s capacity as Chair of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for the period from September 2019 t…
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 (see A/74/324) to the
United Nations. I would also like to thank Judge Chile Eboe-O…
The adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) in October 2000 was a true milestone. It reformed the way we see and conduct conflict analysis and engage in peacekeeping. It was an answer to generations of women who had been neglected as peacemakers, negotiators, mediators and parties to conflicts. Since the…
It is a pleasure for me to speak on behalf of the co-facilitators of this political declaration, namely, the Permanent Representative of the Bahamas, Ms. Sheila Carey, and myself, as the declaration, which was first adopted at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) summit, has now also been endors…
Next year, we will celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, which was born from the ashes of the Second World War to maintain peace and promote prosperity and human rights for future generations. The Organization was created to resolve differences, prevent viole…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for organizing today’s meeting, which constitutes one of the few and therefore highly important opportunities that the wider membership has to discuss the work of the Security Council.
As a member of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) …
It is a great honour for me to be here today commemorating, together with everyone present, the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, and thus the prohibition enshrined in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), one of the strongest and most comprehensive treaties negotiated and impleme…
I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month, and pay tribute to the very strong, energetic and dynamic leadership of Kuwait on the issue of the working methods of the Security Council. I also wish to thank the Kuwaiti presidency for convening t…
I am speaking on behalf of Finland and my own country, Sweden.
We firmly support the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and fully respect the functions assigned to it under the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the Court.
We have tak…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having organized this important discussion on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, allowing us to take stock of the work in 2018 of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).
I also thank the current Chair of the PBC, Ambass…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the States members of the Group of Western European and other States on the commemoration of the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
As a fractured world came together after the First World War, there was a realization t…
We express our thanks to the briefers this morning. I want to say that, from day one, climate and security was a top priority for Sweden during our tenure on the Security Council over the past two years. We listened to so many countries asking the Council to better pursue this agenda based on the re…
First, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his useful briefing this morning. I also thank the Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Vieira, for the update he gave from a peacebuilding perspective. Let me at the outset also com…
