I thank you very much, Mr. President, for including Germany in today’s meeting. I appreciate that all colleagues have stayed until the end of the debate. I also thank the Secretary of State of the United States for having stayed for more than two hours. In return, I promise to be brief. Indeed, I ca…
It is my pleasure to introduce draft resolution A/73/L.44, entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”. As members of the Assembly know, this text was first introduced in 1980 and has been reintroduced every year since then. Since 2002, Germany has served as the facilitator of the draft resolution. It h…
The fact that you have been sitting here for three hours, Mr. Prime Minister, demonstrates how seriously you take the issue and how high your delegation places the issue of children and armed conflict on your agenda. I would also like to congratulate you on the consensual adoption of resolution 2427…
I thank the Security Council for inviting Germany to this discussion today. We are participating here as part of the 4+2 group that negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and also as part of the Joint Commission that is overseeing the implementation of the JCPOA.
I would like to …
I would like to start where my Italian colleague just ended, by thanking Mr. Yamamoto for his work and his very comprehensive briefings. I fully endorse his assessments in the matter before us today. He has Germany’s support for his work. Listening to the discussions this morning, I get the impressi…
For Germany, the responsibility to protect is of special importance. It is a priority for us and I am therefore very pleased that we have the opportunity to speak first this afternoon. I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s debate, and to pay tribute to Aus…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for choosing this very important agenda item.
I would also like to thank my colleague Mr. Jürg Lauber of Switzerland and to align myself with the statement he will deliver later today on behalf of the Group of Friends of Protection of Civilians in Armed C…
I thank you, Mr. President, for putting this item on the agenda. I would also like to thank you, Sir, for your statement and to highlight the good cooperation we have had with the African Union on the topics that I will mention later.
Conflict-related sexual violence is, as I think the Swedish Mini…
First of all, let me convey the condolences of the Government and the people of Germany for the tragic bus accident involving many victims from Uzbekistan.
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s debate and for allowing Germany to speak. I would like to commend the Kazakh presidency for including t…
I thank you, Sir, for giving us the opportunity to participate in today’s debate. I would like to take up what you said earlier in your national capacity with regard to Afghanistan, namely, that, first and foremost, the peace process and elections have to be driven by Afghanistan and Afghan- owned. …
At the outset, I should like to thank you, Sir, for putting the very important subject of today’s debate on the agenda. From my perspective, it represents the culmination of your presidency, so I reiterate my thanks. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his very pertinent statement t…
I greatly appreciate being included in the discussion today, since Germany participated in the P5+1 talks, or, as Germany would say, the E3/EU+3 talks, which led to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). I would also like to commend Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi for his work as Faciliatator a…
I would like to thank the President for placing this issue on the Security Council’s agenda today. We have heard impressive statements this morning, including those by the Secretary-General, the
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Rapporteur. I also fo…
It is my great pleasure to introduce the draft resolution entitled “The situation in Afghanistan” (A/72/L.8). This draft resolution has a long history in the General Assembly, it having first been adopted in 1980. Every year since then, in the draft resolution the General Assembly has reflected the …
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Japan on behalf of the Group of Four this morning (see A/72/PV.41). Allow me to add a few remarks.
In Germany, we have a saying: “The squirrel feeds itself slowly, but surely.” Everyone might rightfully be wondering what a …
At the outset, I would like to thank the French presidency for including this issue on the agenda.
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We warmly thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, for her crucial work on this essential mandate and for her …
