This year we celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It is the only Court with a legal basis in the Charter of the United Nations itself and is open to all States Members of the United Nations. The idea behind…
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and the most important guardian of international law. Designated in the Charter of the United Nations itself and equipped with a truly universal composition, the Court plays a vital role in the peaceful settleme…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, for the presentation of his report (A/73/4) this morning (see A/73/PV.24).
Today we are seeing a constant increase in the norms of international law. At the same time, the fundamenta…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting and for bringing this important issue to the Council. I would also like to thank Under-Secretaries-General Ameerah Haq and Hervé Ladsous for their briefings on the matter.
Since the deployment of the first operation in 1948, both the concept…
Let me begin by welcoming His Excellency Mr. José Luís Guterres to the Council. I would also like to join colleagues in thanking Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Finn Reske-Nielsen for his briefing today.
As the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will com…
I thank the Guatemalan presidency for having organized this briefing with representatives of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We are also very grateful for the presentations made today by the Court’s President and Prosecutor. I would like to take this opportunity to commend them once again for th…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Prosecutor for his briefing and for his report to the Council. We are grateful for the continued efforts exerted by both the Prosecutor and the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a whole towards the implementation of resolution 1970 (2011). We continue to …
I would like to join colleagues in thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive and informative briefing.
Germany aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union (EU).
Seventeen years after a devastating war that put Bosnia and…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General O’Brien and Executive Director Fedotov for their comprehensive briefings, as well as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), which…
I also wish to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing today.
The latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General’s report (S/2011/695, annex) on the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Safeguards Agreement in Iran is alarming. It gives …
I would like to start by once again expressing Germany’s full support for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and for their invaluable contributions to the fight against impunity for serious international crimes. I als…
I would like to join others in thanking Mr. Fedotov for his insightful briefing. We recognize the important role and the work performed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the development of effective strategies and measures to reduce the detrimental impact of illicit drugs o…
