I would like to begin by expressing our gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, and his dedicated team for their outstanding efforts in advancing the Agency’s priorities. Having recently completed a two-year term on the Board of Governors, N…
As we gather to reflect on the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1), I wish to begin by expressing our heartfelt gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your sterling leadership, and to all delegations for their support of the adoption of the Pact for the Future. In particular, I extend our deepest th…
I wish to deliver this explanation of vote before the voting to clarify Namibia’s position on draft resolution A/78/L.67/Rev.1, to be considered by the General Assembly today.
Namibia has taken into account several political and legal considerations which have informed our decision. Namibia acknowl…
We convene once again to reflect on the use of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council. This plenary meeting on the use of the veto, like other meetings before it, brings into focus the weight of the power vested in Council members — the power to hold accountable, the power to end imp…
In this sombre moment, as we gather to remember the indomitable spirit of His Excellency Mr. Hage Gottfried Geingob, the third President of the Republic of Namibia, who served from 2015 to 2024. I extend sincere gratitude on behalf of the Government and people of Namibia for the honour bestowed upon…
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the deadliest infectious disease, claiming the lives of 1.5 million people last year and being the leading cause of death in individuals with HIV/AIDS. The epidemic is fuelled by a complex interplay between health and social determinants, including poverty, undernut…
My delegation appreciates the respect and honour shown this morning to His Excellency Samuel Rudolph Insanally, President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. We remember his steadfast support to the cause of Namibia and our right to self-determination, freedom and independence throu…
I would like to begin by expressing our gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, and his dedicated team for their outstanding efforts in advancing the Agency’s priorities. Their remarkable work is aptly reflected in the comprehensive annual r…
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to address the Assembly on my own behalf and that of my co-facilitator, Ambassador Antje Leendertse of Germany. As co-facilitators, our task, as set out in
resolution 76/307, was “to facilitate open, transparent and inclusive intergovernmental consultations on …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting today. Allow me also to thank the Secretary- General for the report (A/77/955) that informs our discussions here today, as well as for the work done over the past year to operationalize the United Nations Youth Office.
As correctly st…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this plenary meeting to jointly reflect on agenda items 28, 58 and 114. Namibia welcomes the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its sixteenth session (A/77/720) and thanks the Secretary-General for his report on the operations of the Peacebuilding Fund …
In the 2005 World Summit Outcome, Member States recognized that each State has the responsibility to protect its populations from atrocity crimes — namely, genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Together with the subsequent establishment of the Office on Genocide Prevent…
Since the first cases of AIDS were reported over 40 years ago, the world has made significant progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Not only did the roll-out of HIV treatment globally averted an estimated 16.5 million AIDS-related deaths between 2001 and 2020, the latest data from the Joint Un…
Namibia aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Rwanda on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/77/PV.48). I add the following remarks in my national capacity.
Namibia is proud to join in the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Na…
At the outset, allow me to thank His Excellency Mr. Cheikh Niang, Permanent Representative of Senegal, for introducing draft resolutions A/77/L.23, A/77/L.24, A/77/L.25, A/77/L.26 and the annual report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/77/35).
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I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important debate to consider the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
I wish to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the Director General, Mr. Rafael Grossi, for the IAEA’s 2021 report (A/77/308 a…
Allow me, at the outset, to express my appreciation to the President for convening the twenty-sixth plenary meeting, on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. I join other colleagues before me in welcoming Foreign …
I congratulate all the new members recently elected to serve on the Human Rights Council and wish them great success in serving the protection and promotion of human rights for everyone, everywhere. I also warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Volker Türk in his new role as United Nations High Comm…
Namibia congratulates the Republic of Gabon on using its presidency of the Security Council to highlight the important nexus between climate and security.
Climate change effects everyone, everywhere. Our world is on fire. We see that in African countries, where we are already experiencing an increa…
I thank you, Sir, for hosting this high-level event, which coincides with the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the transformation of the Organization of African Unity into the African Union (AU). Allow me to also extend my gratitude to the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, and th…
