I have the honour to introduce a draft resolution that is of special significance for my country, as well as for Belarus and the Russian Federation. Entitled “Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl dis…
Ukraine is deeply concerned over the situation in the region, which has now reached a most critical point. Dramatically escalating since September 2000, it burst into the wide- scale confrontation that has claimed the lives of hundreds of people on both sides. It is particularly disturbing that the …
Ukraine welcomes the opportunity to present its views on the important agenda item being considered today by the General Assembly, entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”.
During the last decade alone, a gr…
It is with great pleasure that my delegation takes part in the debate on the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”. In recent years, the international community has faced an increased need to intensify interaction between the United Nation…
At the outset, I would like to express once again my best wishes for your successful presidency in December, Sir, and to reiterate our sincere and complete support for your delegation in fulfilling these responsible duties. I would also like to pay tribute to Ambassador Durrant of Jamaica and her te…
For more than half a century, the situation in the Middle East has remained a subject of the close attention and deep concern of the United Nations and the international community at large. Continuous efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East have, at different pe…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Madam, and your team on the
successful conclusion of your presidency during this very challenging month, which was filled — or should I say, jam-packed — with all sorts of events and activities, both in the Council and outside it. I also thank you for…
For decades, the General Assembly has addressed the question of Palestine. This occasion reminds all of us of the historic responsibility of the United Nations with respect to the Palestinian issue — a responsibility that should be borne until the final and peaceful settlement of the question of Pal…
Ukraine is firmly committed to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as the legal framework within which all activities related to oceans and seas should be carried out. Over the past years, the debate on the law of the sea and ocean affairs has gradually evolved from praise for the 19…
I would like to welcome Judge Pillay, Judge Jorda and Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and to thank them for their comprehensive and interesting briefings. I also wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all the judges of the Tribunals for their dedicated work and tireless efforts in discharging th…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his lucid briefing.
Allow me to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the outstanding efforts of the men and women of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), who, together with other representatives of the i…
At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of Ukraine, I would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the delegation of Egypt for taking the lead in putting on the agenda of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session an item on proclaiming 2002 as the United Nations Year for Cultural…
I would like to thank through you, Madam President, Under-Secretary- General Kenzo Oshima for his succinct yet informative briefing on the status of implementation of the initiatives set out in the letter of the President of the Council of 21 June 2001.
Without repeating our position on the topic o…
My delegation welcomes the Secretary-General’s important statement.
I would like to thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ms. Carol Bellamy, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, for their co…
Last year at the Millennium Summit the heads of State and Government adopted the Millennium Declaration, whereby they pledged to uphold and promote the principles and goals laid down as the foundations of the Organization. The Summit and the Millennium Declaration became an outstanding achievement i…
I am grateful to you, Madam President, for this opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda and to hear a firsthand account of the developments in Angola. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari for his lucid and comprehensive update on the situation.
I w…
Let me, on behalf of Ukraine, welcome you, Mr. Minister, as you preside over the Security Council at this very important meeting. I would also like to welcome the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, who is taking part in this meeting, and to commend him for his commitment and personal involvement in…
We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the relatives of those killed in today’s plane crash. It might be fitting for us to look back to the turn of the nineteenth century, which witnessed a series of deadly terrorist attacks. In 1894, the French President, Sadi Carnot, was assassinate…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, Mr. Han Seung-soo, on his election to that important and responsible post. On behalf of the Ukrainian delegation, I would like to assure him of our full support and to wish him every success in h…
The current year, proclaimed by the General Assembly as the Year of Dialogue among Civilizations and marked by horrible acts of terrorism, has taken on much symbolic importance, bringing the peoples and nations of the world to a better understanding of the urgent need for concerted international eff…
