I have the honour to present draft resolution A/73/L.55, entitled “Promotion of
interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace”.
Since 2004, Pakistan, together with the Philippines, has been a proud facilitator of this annual resolution. Adopted by consensus by …
Let me also begin by thanking you, Sir, for convening this important open debate. We also thank the Secretary-General, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the President of Commission of the Economic Community of West African States for their insightful briefings.
In 1945, as the wor…
I too would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam, and the Netherlands on a very successful presidency and for convening today’s very important debate.
We would also like to begin be welcoming the Action for Peacekeeping initiative announced by the Secretary-General earlier today. We are in br…
Let me begin by commending the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its valuable work to further the cause of the Palestinian people. We also wish to thank the Committee for its comprehensive report (A/72/35).
The report of the Committee presents an eeri…
We, too, begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his insightful remarks this morning. We also appreciated the focused briefings this morning of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, and Mr. Mubin Shaikh. We commend Ms. Gamba’s ef…
We thank the French presidency of the Security Council for organizing today’s very important meeting on realizing the promises of the women and peace and security agenda.
We thank the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and the representatives of non-govern…
We thank Special Representative Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing. As the Special Representative said earlier, the prospects for peace in the Middle East remain grim. Central to that sobering assessment is the plight of the Palestinian people, who, for the past 70 years, have suffered dispossession…
We commend the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Cho Tae-yul, for his statement and his contribution to the work of the Commission. We also greatly appreciate Ambassador Kamau’s work during the past year.
The report (A/71/768) before us provides a useful overview of the work o…
We also thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2017/189), and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto and Ms. Samar for their briefings this morning.
We reject the baseless allegations made against us by Afghanistan’s representative this morning. His Government would do bet…
For over a decade, the Philippines and Pakistan have championed the resolution on the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace. One of the pillars of the resolution is the role of the United Nations Alliance for Civilizations in promoting greate…
We object to the request for a separate vote on operative paragraph 9 of draft resolution A/71/L.43, in accordance with rule 89 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly.
It is my great pleasure and honour to join the Mission of the Philippines in introducing the draft resolution entitled “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace”, contained in document A/71/L.43. I thank all Member States that took active part i…
I would like to begin by offering our heartfelt condolences to the Russian delegation in connection with the shooting of the Ambassador in Ankara.
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2016/1049) and Special Representative Yamamoto for his briefing. We appreciate the resolve of the Afgha…
Today’s debate is timely as it coincides with the conclusion of the comprehensive review of resolution 1540 (2004), which will provide useful guidance for Member States in their implementation of the resolution.
Pakistan has been a consistent supporter of the objectives of resolution 1540 (2004), a…
We commend the leadership and contribution of Director General Amano to the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and thank him for presenting its annual report (see A/71/322). Pakistan is one of the sponsors of draft resolution A/71/L.35, which will be adopted later today.
For almo…
We have been forced to take the floor again to respond to the Indian delegation’s continued desire to express falsehoods and fabrications. We reject all delusional and false claims and assertions by the representative of India. Irrespective of how many times one repeats a lie, it can never replace t…
We would like first of all to express our appreciation for the convening of this meeting at the request of Egypt on behalf of a group of troop-contributing countries, including Pakistan.
The scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping missions indeed has a negative beari…
I thank you, Mr. President, and congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. Our statement will be within the four-minute limit.
We appreciate the remarks of the Secretary- General and the focused briefings provided by his Special Representative for Children and Armed Confli…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate on peacebuilding in Africa. We offer special thanks to Foreign Minister Kishida, Secretary-General Ban, the briefers and other Ministers for their statements. It is a great pleasure to Ambassador Kishida here at the Security Council toda…
I would like to express our profound gratitude to Ambassadors Moritán and Gunnarsson for leading a fair, transparent and consultative process of review. We commend their tireless efforts towards a consensual adoption of resolution 70/291.
We also appreciate the constructive spirit of all delegation…
