Germany voted in favour of resolution 73/5 in order to enable the Palestinian Chair of the Group of 77 to carry out its responsibilities on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We welcome the fact that the resolution limits additional rights and privileges to the duration of the Palestinian Chair’s …
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this high-level plenary meeting in honour of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela was a champion in so many ways, and his contributions to overcoming apartheid, discrimination and oppression were legendary. The same…
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
In my own statement, I would like to focus on three issues in particular.
First, I would like to speak on the elections, as so many previous speakers have done. Preparations are taking place amid enormous cha…
I would like to thank the President of the Security Council for initiating today’s open debate. I thank the briefers for their informative statements.
We align ourselves with the statements delivered by the observer of the European Union and the Chair of the Group of Friends of Mediation.
Germany …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. Over the past few years, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund have proven their value for United Nations peace efforts in support of sustaining peace and have confirmed their role within the work of the United Nations for …
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union, and we thank Peru for this timely open debate a day prior to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. We also thank the briefers for their valuable input. I would like to make three…
Let me join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this debate so early in your presidency of the Security Council and for your chairmanship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Matters.
The working methods of the Security Council need to be t…
I would like to thank the facilitators, Qatar and Belgium, for their efforts in preparing this important event. The call of the political declaration on the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 72/1) will provide a new stimulus in our efforts to fi…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Mr. Yamamoto, for his comprehensive briefing, and both him and his staff for their tireless efforts.
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
Afghanistan continues to require our joi…
It is a great pleasure to address the General Assembly today on the occasion of the adoption of resolution 71/326, the third United Nations resolution on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife.
Let me start by thanking Ambassador Michel Xavier Biang of Gabon, our fellow co-chair of the United Nat…
Germany thanks Egypt for convening today’s important and timely debate and fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU). The concept of sustaining peace presents a tremendous opportunity, and we are encouraged that it is gaining tra…
I would like to thank the Uruguayan presidency for convening this important open debate and the briefers for sharing their valuable insights.
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and with the statement to be delivered by Switzerland on behalf of t…
At the outset, let me thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. We welcome the fact that the Security Council is increasingly putting the elimination and prevention of conflict-related sexual violence at the heart of its agenda. The Secretary- General’s report (S/2017/249) clearly states that sexua…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Every year, this day provides us with an opportunity to come together and to h…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Our gathering today serves as an important reminder that, more than 50 years after the adoption of the Inter…
It was with great dismay and sadness that we received the news of the sudden death of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin. Ambassador Churkin was a landmark figure at the United Nations. His long tenure as Permanent Representative of Russia, his profound knowledge of c…
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to thank the United Kingdom for maintaining the momentum created in the previous debate on the topic (see S/PV.7847), held last December at the initiative of Spain.
Armed conflicts, terrorism and…
