At the outset, let me join my colleagues in welcoming you, Sir, as President of the Security Council. I also welcome Ms. Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija, and Mr. Agim Çeku, Prime Minister of Kosovo.
I would like to thank th…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the GUAM States: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
GUAM member States are seriously concerned about the massive fires in the eastern part of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The satellite images distributed by the Permanent Mission of Aze…
I have the honour to read out the text of a message from President Victor Yushchenko of the Ukraine to the Participants at the High-level Meeting.
“The 2001 special session of the General Assembly, held at the initiative of the Ukraine and other States, became a turning point in the international …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the GUAM-participating States — the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Since the attack of 11 September 2001, which visited upon us an unthinkable dimension of terrorism, many countries, cities and towns, including Bali, Riy…
On behalf of the 3 million rescue workers and victims of the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe, and on behalf of and on the instructions of my Government, I welcome the convening of today’s meeting and wish it a successful outcome. The delegation of Ukraine aligns itself with the statement t…
The Ukrainian delegation associates itself fully with the statement made by the representative of Austria on behalf of the presidency of the European Union. We would like to touch upon some additional issues that are of considerable importance for my country.
The 2001 United Nations Programme of Ac…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for his statement. I would also like to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Missi…
At the outset, Madam President, let me, on behalf of the Government of Ukraine, congratulate you and, through you, Secretary- General Kofi Annan, on the timely organization of this very important Dialogue. I hope that our deliberations during these two days will contribute significantly to the devel…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union. Allow me to draw your attention to additional issues that are important to my country.
Ukraine is firmly committed to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which represents…
The delegation of the Ukraine aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union on the issue of strengthening the coordination of humanitarian assistance.
We would like to devote our statement to sub- item (c) of agenda item 73, “Stren…
First, I would like to express our gratitude to the President of the Security Council for the month of November, Ambassador Andrey Denisov of the Russian Federation, for his comprehensive presentation of the annual report of the Council to the General Assembly. We are encouraged by the attention pai…
While aligning myself fully with the statement by the European Union presidency, I would like to make a few remarks on behalf of Ukraine.
The Holocaust is a permanently painful subject not only for the Jewish people but for the world community as a whole. We remember the enormous suffering of those…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his statement on the Agency’s report for 2004 and for the information he provided on the main developments in the activities of the IAEA in 2005. The IAEA’s…
At the outset I wish to express my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. Rest assured that you have the full support and cooperation of the Ukrainian delegation. Let me also pay tribute to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr.…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this round of plenary meetings dedicated to one of the most pressing and crucial issues for the Organization: reform of the Security Council. I share the view, expressed by many delegations, that this truly historic debate is the culmination of…
I would like at the outset to congratulate you, Madam, on the successful and productive Danish presidency of the Security Council this month.
I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, for his informative and, I must say, encouraging b…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the delegations of Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova (GUUAM).
The GUUAM Group welcomes the submission by the Secretary-General of his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, “In larger freedom: towards development, secur…
I wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for holding this open debate on the question of small arms. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his substantive report (S/2005/69) on this issue, and to support the recommendations contained therein.…
At the outset, on behalf of the Government of Ukraine, I would like to express our sincere condolences to the peoples of the countries that were stricken by the unprecedented natural disaster that occurred on 26 December 2004, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and caused enormous material…
At the outset I wish to express once again, on behalf of the Government and the people of Ukraine, our most heart-felt condolences and sympathy to the Palestinian people on the passing away of Mr. Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Pa…