A year ago, Ukraine was among the initial sponsors of resolution 77/262, which established the standing mechanism and thereby strengthened the role of the General Assembly in a situation when a veto is cast in the Security Council. We welcome the fact that in the year since its launch, the initiativ…
I wish to thank the Head 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 Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM) for the presentation of the Mecha…
Ukraine requested today’s meeting following the latest statement by the Russian Federation regarding its intent to station tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus — which is a non-nuclear-weapon State according to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). That is yet…
The delegation of Ukraine aligns itself with the statement just made on behalf of the European Union and would now like to add some remarks in its national capacity.
Ukraine decided to support the consensus on draft resolution A/77/L.61 on the role of diamonds in fuelling armed conflict. We recogni…
I commend the Security Council for upholding multiple General Assembly resolutions on Ukraine’s territorial integrity by not allowing the Russian citizen — and so-called ombudsperson of a part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region that Russia tried to annex — to address the Council. We thank Under-Secretary-…
I would like to thank Professor Snyder for a perfect explanation of the imperfect purpose of the initiator of today’s meeting. I also recognize the representative of Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union.
On Sunday, following a very careful identification process, the Ukrainian authoriti…
First of all, I would like to thank the presidency of Malta for convening this important meeting.
The General Assembly just adopted a resolution (General Assembly resolution ES-11/6) on the principles of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine. One hundred and forty-one Member States too…
I recognize the remaining representatives of Putin’s regime in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union, and I regret that their delegation is still allowed to spam the Security Council with initiatives such as today’s meeting. It had been their practice to call Council meetings on the anniversaries o…
As one novelist said: “some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go”. I recognize the representative of Putin’s regime occupying the permanent seat of the Soviet Union. In fact, he has just left.
I am grateful to Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her comprehensive briefing. I …
I express our sincere condolences to the people of Türkiye and in the region and to the friends and families of the victims of this morning’s earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time. We are ready to provide the necessary assistance to help them overcome the conseque…
There is a place called Church House in Westminster that today is the headquarters of the Church of England. The building’s assembly hall was directly hit during the Blitz and yet suffered little damage. Let me recall that the Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom in 1940 an…
I would like to start by expressing my immense appreciation to everyone who has expressed support to Ukraine in the fight not only
for its existence but also for the existence of the whole world — based on rules, order, international law and respect for the most fundamental principles, such as terr…
Ukraine highly appreciates the initiative of the presidency of Japan to hold this important debate.
As is rightly pointed out in the concept note for this meeting (S/2023/1, annex), “[w]e need to remind
ourselves that we should pursue the rule of law, instead of rule by force”.
In his statement a…
Just five days ago, the world commemorated the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More than 190 countries have endorsed this important document. For almost nine years, the criminal Moscow regime has committed crimes of every nature against the Ukrainian people on Ukrainian territ…
Ukraine fought against fascism and Nazism during the Second World War. Millions of Ukrainians sacrificed their lives to stop Nazism during that war. In response to the statement by the representative of Russia, I would like to cite Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, …
I thank Under-Secretary- General Nakamitsu. I also recognize the remainder of representatives of terrorist Russia in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union.
It is becoming grotesque, and soon it will not be a surprise to see Leo Tolstoy’s major work called Special Operation and Peace in order to co…
The delegation of Ukraine has joined the consensus on resolution 77/32, entitled “International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace”. We commend the efforts of Turkmenistan in promoting that important topic.
We have always considered dialogue to be an important element of peace efforts. Since …
I acknowledge what is left of the delegation of the terrorist Moscow regime in the permanent seat of the Soviet Union.
Today, on Ukrainian Armed Forces Day, I salute Ukraine’s heroic and invincible soldiers, who are fighting for their country, their families, every one of us and our free future. Th…
The delegation of Ukraine aligns itself with the statement delivered by the delegation of the European Union (see A/77/PV.44) and would like to add several points in its national capacity.
In recent years, we have witnessed rapid growth in humanitarian needs across the globe. This year, however, th…
First of all, I would like to express our gratitude to all the delegations that voted against or abstained in the voting on resolution 77/13, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization”.
The delegation of Ukraine would also like to make an expla…
