I have the honour to speak on behalf of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. We also align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union.
We strongly support holding a formal General Assembly debate on the responsibility to protect, and we are glad that this formal …
I thank the President for convening this annual debate on Security Council reform. Since the 2005 World Summit, the call for an early reform of the Security Council has been made many times, just as there have been many appeals to make the Council more representative, efficient and transparent in or…
Latvia welcomes the initiative of Ukraine, during its presidency of the Security Council for this month, to hold this important debate, which brings the issue of the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks to the forefront of the international discourse. I thank all the speakers…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
The Group of Eastern European States expresses its deep and sincere gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his excellent service as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. His calm and…
I thank the President for convening this debate. At the 2005 World Summit, world leaders acknowledged that we are living in an interdependent and global world and that many of today’s threats recognize no national boundaries and are interlinked. There was strong determination to tackle the threats a…
I would like to thank the Venezuelan presidency of the Security Council for organizing today’s open debate on respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security. I also thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
La…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today’s debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Vice-President of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor of Oxfam for their briefi…
I thank the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Yanar Mohammed, Ms. Julienne Lusenge and Ms. Alaa Murabit for their statements. I also thank Spain, in its capacity as presidency of the Security Council, for organizing this important debate marking the fifteenth anniversary of…
I thank the Secretary- General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as Ms. Vian Dakhil and His Beatitude Louis Raphaël I Sako, for their statements. I also thank the French presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important debate on the widespread and systematic targeti…
Latvia aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union, as well as the statement delivered by the representative of Austria on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Rule of Law.
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency of the Security Council for organizing this…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Latvia and Estonia. I thank Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General of Humanitarian Affairs; Ms. Helen Durham, Director on International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Ms. Ilwad Elman of the NGO Wor…
I would like to thank the President for his initiative, which aims to regain momentum in Security Council reform. We welcome his decision to establish an advisory group on Security Council reform, and we express the hope that that body will provide useful guidance on the way forward. We hope that hi…
