My delegation fully understands the necessity of increasing the membership of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), considering that the current membership does not
appropriately reflect the reality of the increase in States Member of the United Nations since the…
I would first like to congratulate Poland on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council, and I assure you, Mr. President, that Poland can count on the full support and cooperation of my delegation. I also join previous speakers in commending your initiative to convene today’s important me…
Please allow me to begin by commending your initiative, Mr. President, to convene today’s open debate on this critical issue. It is all the more meaningful as this year marks the seventieth anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, as well as the twentieth anniversary of the Security Council’s inc…
First, we wish to thank Romania for its excellent work as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission last year. We would also like to commend the strong leadership of Ambassador Fernández de Soto Valderrama of Colombia as Chair of
the Commission this year, and of Egypt and Romania as Vice-Chairs.
We ar…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on strengthening peacekeeping operations in Africa. I also want to thank Secretary-General Guterres and Commissioner Chergui for their informative briefings.
Given the complex, interconnected nature of today’s g…
The Republic of Korea would first like to align itself with the statement made by the representative of Turkey on behalf of the MIKTA group of countries — Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia (see A/72/PV.101).
We have been witnessing the emergence of new challenges in the…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening the first formal meeting of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect, and to express our appreciation to Australia and Ghana for their leadership in including this topic on the agenda of the General…
I would like to first commend the Polish presidency’s timely initiative to convene today’s open debate on the critical issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
The war in Syria has now entered its eighth bloody year. To date, more than 500,000 people have lost their lives, including …
