I wish to start by thanking your country’s presidency, Madam, for organizing this very important open debate and the valuable and, in the case of Ms. Kamara, touching contributions by the briefers.
I will go straight to our point. The report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/509) paints a grim pictu…
There was a moment in history when we were hopeful for peace in Israel and Palestine. That is hardly the case anymore, frankly, and the hopes for a lasting solution are dim. But this gloomy picture could have been avoided; it was not inevitable.
Today, despite continuous international calls, the ex…
I am taking the floor to explain my delegation’s vote on resolution 73/295. Turkey is an ardent supporter of the rules-based international system. We are also strongly and fully committed to the process of decolonization and the role of the United Nations in that area. However, it is also vital to c…
Turkey was a sponsor of resolution 2457 (2019), adopted this morning, and aligns itself with the statement made by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union. I would like to offer the following additional remarks in our national capacity.
I would first like to express our appreciation to the…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing. As his tenure comes to an end, I wish to express our deep appreciation for his tireless and remarkable efforts, as well as those of his team, towards achieving a political solution to the crisis in Syria. We look…
I wish to state the following in the exercise of our right of reply to the statement made today by the observer of the European Union (EU).
Turkey supports the settlement of the Cyprus issue, as was clearly demonstrated at the last round of talks that ended in failure in Crans-Montana in July 2017 …
The number of conflicts in the world is on the rise, and they are increasingly of an intra-State nature. Asymmetrical threats are more serious than ever and transcend national borders.
The various root causes of conflict can be adequately addressed only through a combination of tools. In the preven…
As a member of the core group of exponential technological change, Turkey appreciates Mexico’s efforts to bring the issue of the impact of rapid technological change to the forefront of the United Nations. This topic is of increasing interest to my country, which has the youngest and second largest …
Turkey attaches the utmost importance to the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the cooperation between it and the United Nations. The most recent, relevant — and perhaps the most substantial — mechanism for cooperation between the two organizations is the Or…
