It is a pleasure to join members today. I am grateful to the presidency of the United Kingdom for organizing this important meeting. This is the first time the Security Council will consider the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Peace Operations and my recommendations in the implementation …
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. A record 60 million
people have been forced from their homes. Tragedies are multiplying, especially for the Syrian people. Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and all first-asylum countries have generously supported millions of desperate people. I applaud…
I thank the United Kingdom for convening this discussion. I would like to start by offering my condolences to the Government and people of France for the losses of life and injuries in the atrocious terrorist attack of last Friday. In the aftermath of other terrorist bombings in recent days in Beiru…
Today I will be speaking about a most serious matter that strikes at the prestige and reputation of the General Assembly. I have already expressed my shock at the very serious allegations that have been made against the President of the Assembly during its sixty-eighth session. I have also declared …
I thank the Spanish presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important meeting.
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Fifteen years ago, resolution 1325 (2000) underscored the pivotal link between gender equality and international peace and security. Since then, the Council has adopted several resoluti…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for bringing us together for a particularly timely debate on how to best to strengthen United Nations peace operations.
In recent years, all of us have grown deeply concerned about the escalating challenges confronting United Nations peace operations, b…
I thank the Russian Federation for organizing this very important meeting, and I take this opportunity to express my deep thanks to the many Foreign Ministers who are participating in this meeting. The number of participating Foreign Ministers is impressive. I hope that this kind of solidarity will …
The seventieth session of the General Assembly has opened with a towering achievement: the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1), including 17 inspiring Sustainable Development Goals. Our aim is clear. Our mission is possible. And our destination is in our sights …
I welcome His Holiness to the United Nations. It is an honour for us to be his hosts for this historic visit.
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For those of us who cherish the United Nations, this Hall is sacred space. In no other hall — from no other platform — can a world leader speak to all humankind. And f…
We have reached a defining moment in human history. The people of the world have asked us to shine a light on a future of promise and opportunity. Member States have responded with the draft 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/70/L.1). The Agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhe…
It is a great pleasure to be here today to open the seventieth session of the General Assembly.
Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you once again on your election. Your wide-ranging experience
as Foreign Minister, Finance Minister and Speaker of the Danish Parliament bodes well as you take on y…
I congratulate the General Assembly on the many achievements of the sixty-ninth session. Over the past year, Mr. President, you have guided the Member States through many complex and important processes — resulting in a number of major advances. We have worked very closely and effectively together, …
Today is the start of a new era. We have travelled a long way together to reach this turning point. For 15 years, our pursuit of development has been inspired by the eight Millennium Development Goals, which embodied our ambition to eradicate extreme poverty and appalling social ills.
Five years ag…
I welcome this opportunity to discuss regional organizations and contemporary global security challenges. I thank Ambassador Ogwu for Nigeria’s initiative to organize this very important meeting.
I have always valued cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, which have gained greater…
I thank New Zealand and His Excellency Mr. Murray McCully, Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, for taking this very important and timely initiative to highlight the peace and security challenges facing small island developing States. I welcome the high level of participation in this debate,…
Mr. President, I warmly welcome your leadership in presiding over today’s meeting.
After more than four years of slaughter, the Syrian conflict has become a shameful symbol of the international community’s divisions and failure. I am profoundly disappointed that none of the Council’s resolutions on…
Today, the General Assembly will take a major step on the path towards sustainable development and ending extreme poverty in all its forms. By endorsing the outcome document
of the third International Conference on Financing for Development, we launch a new era of cooperation and global partnership…
I welcome this opportunity to pay tribute to the late Permanent Representative of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Roble Olhaye. I extend my deepest condolences to the President of Djibouti,
His Excellency Mr. Ismaël Omar Guelleh; its Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Ali Yousso…
I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, His Excellency Dato Sri Anifah Aman, for arranging this critical debate on children and armed conflict.
The past year was one of the worst in recent memory for children in countries affected by conflict. My report (S/2015/409) before the Council…
I am pleased to offer my warmest congratulations to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President-elect of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. This is well-deserved recognition of Denmark’s important role on the international stage, and it is a testimony to Mr. Lykketoft’s personal strength.
I would …
