It is an honour to be in front of the General Assembly again and to be able to speak about the situation and how we see the world. I have listened to a lot of speeches and, when I consider the main theme of the topic we discussed last week and early this week — “leaving no one behind” — I have to sa…
Once again Mr. Nebenzia is leaving the room as we take the floor. That makes it difficult to have a dialogue, which is what he asked for this morning. It was unfair of him to say that we are all civil servants and bureaucrats. I was democratically elected, along with opposition parties that have the…
I must tell say that to speak after the representative of the
Russian Federation is not an easy task. I have come here as I always do, and when I speak they leave. They take the floor but then there is an empty chair, so it is difficult to have a dialogue. I am one of the rare Heads of State and Go…
Our debate is being held under the theme of restoring trust and reviving global solidarity. President Dennis Francis has rightly called on us to accelerate action to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for peace, prosperity, progress and sustaina…
First of all, I would like to endorse what my colleague Mr. Charles Michel just said on behalf of the European Union, since I come from a generation that has never seen war. We thought that war belonged only in history books. However, our continent is now experiencing war on its soil. I think that o…
I must say that it is with emotion that I am speaking to the General Assembly today. I still recall that last year we talked to each other through a screen, without being able to interact, react or support. In my message, I expressed the hope and wish that we would be able to meet again (see A/75/PV…
I would like to begin on a personal note by thanking the previous speaker, Charles Michel, who will be stepping down from the Belgian Government in a few months to take over the reins of the presidency of the European Council. I take this opportunity to wish him the best of luck as his neighbour in …
Yesterday, our Secretary-General provided his view of the international situation and the challenges that we all face (see A/73/PV.6). His view was a mixed one, to say the least. We are experiencing a decline in multilateralism on all fronts and a challenge to the basis of the international system b…
May I first of all congratulate Mr. Thompson on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- first session. I wish also to take this opportunity to thank his predecessor, whose outstanding work enabled us to modernize and render more transparent an entire series of proces…
Being universal, proactive and transparent have never been more imperative principles for the United Nations than today, when news accounts of bloody conflicts are mixed with the sombre warnings of environmental and climate-change disasters.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 7…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly for the first time, and I must say that I do so with great emotion. Commitment, solidarity and responsibility are the three key words that have guided and will continue to guide my country’s action at the United Nations. As a founding Membe…
At the outset, as our colleague, the President of France, stated, we offer our most sincere condolences for what happened today. We express our condolences to all of the families and victims, regardless of their nationality,
who have been attacked by terrorists using religion to justify their barba…
