Let me take this opportunity to join others in bidding farewell to our colleague, Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu and thanking him for his work on the Security Council. We wish him all the best and every success in his future endeavours.
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I would also like, on behalf of the entire Permanent …
Allow me to start by reiterating Germany’s full commitment to the responsibility to protect (R2P) and underlining the importance of including it in the agenda of the General Assembly.
For us, R2P is in our DNA, and we always carry it with us — whether it be in the deliberations in the General Assem…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting to give the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in th…
Like others, I would like to commend Poland for convening today’s debate on this very crucial topic and to thank this morning’s briefers. We were especially moved by Judge Meron’s statement reminding us of the atrocities of the Second World War, which are at the basis of why Germany is a staunch sup…
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union.
Allow me to add just three brief points from the German perspective.
First, we believe the sustaining peace resolutions (General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016))…
