One of the main responsibilities of the Human Rights Council is to react in a timely and appropriate manner to human rights situations that require its urgent attention. We are pleased to acknowledge that, during the reporting period, the Council has demonstrated its ability to adequately respond to…
We welcome the President of the International Court of Justice to the General Assembly and are grateful for his comprehensive briefing on the Court’s annual report. This year’s report (A/74/4) shows that the workload of the Court continues to grow. The geographical spread and variety of subject matt…
I take the floor on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States. It is with great sadness that we received the news about the passing away of His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.
Prior to his presidency of the General Assembly in …
As one of the sponsors of the relevant request to include this item in the agenda of the seventy-fourth session, Ukraine will certainly vote in favour, and we appeal to other delegations to do the same.
I would like to ask one clarification. I have heard all of the statements on this issue and, fra…
As delegations have already been informed, at its 3rd meeting under the presidency and guidance of the current President, the General Assembly decided to include in the agenda of the current session a new item entitled “The situation of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine” (see A/73/PV.3…
Ukraine appreciates the initiative of Poland to hold this open debate, as well as your personal participation, Mr. President, in this meeting. We would also like to wish the delegation of Poland every success in its presidency and appreciate the attention it pays to Ukraine.
We thank the Secretary-…
The delegation of Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and would like to make a statement in its national capacity.
The Programme of Action adopted in Cairo 25 years ago clearly articulated the strong connections between population, poverty …
To show respect to my Russian colleague, Mr. Vassily Nebenzia, I have chosen to speak in Russian, especially since it would seem to be appropriate in the light of his fabricated topic for today’s meeting. I will be very brief.
The second statement delivered by Mr. Nebenzia bore out my gravest conce…
First of all, I thank the members of the Security Council, as well as the briefers, for their remarks. We have taken good note of them.
Nearly two months ago, on 20 May, the Security Council clearly stated its position on the Russian request to discuss Ukraine’s language law by rejecting it (see S/…
I thank the Peruvian presidency for organizing today’s important debate.
While fully aligning myself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union, I would like to make the following comments in my national capacity.
Terrorism, fuelled by the root causes of radicalization an…
At the outset, we would like to thank the Secretary-General for this year’s report on the responsibility to protect (R2P), with a special emphasis on lessons learned for prevention (A/73/898). This discussion on R2P serves as yet further confirmation of its importance for the international community…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting to consider a decision to roll over work on the issue of Security Council reform to the next session of the General Assembly (decision 73/554). At previous sessions of the General Assembly, Ukraine always supported the consensus approach to…
Let me start by joining previous speakers in wishing you, Sir, a successful and fruitful presidency this month. I am also grateful that the working methods of the Security Council have become one of the prime issues to be considered by the Council. I also want to thank both of our briefers for their…
I would like to express my appreciation to the Indonesian presidency for holding this important open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for presenting his report (S/2019/373) on the issue before us.
Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer…
I would like to join the participants in today’s discussion in expressing our sincere gratitude for the organization of this important debate. It is only fair that this meeting take place during the presidency of Indonesia — a nation with an outstanding peacekeeping record.
I am about to deliver a …
Mr. President, we appreciate your swift reaction and that of your team and the convening of this briefing at such short notice, at the request of our delegation.
I thank the members of the Security Council who condemned the illegitimate decree of the Russian President. I could wish the briefers had…
Let me express my appreciation to the German presidency for holding this open debate. I would also like to thank Special Representative Pramila Patten and the representatives of civil society for their moving testimonies.
It is worth mentioning that Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be de…
I would like to thank Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhue1 for her presentation of the report (see A/73/741) of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syri…
I am pleased to join representatives of States with an outstanding peacekeeping record in expressing our sincere gratitude to you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important debate and for Germany’s dedication and support of United Nations peacekeeping. As I am about to deliver a statement in m…
At the outset, let me join the previous speakers in thanking the French presidency for convening today’s open debate.
I fully align myself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and would like to make the following comments in my national capacity.
I will focus on two…