Belgium welcomes the adoption of decision 78/560, on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). It is an important step towards the implementati…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States. The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, as well as San Marino, align themselves with this statement.
The EU attaches great importance to a human…
I will focus today on three points concerning the United Nations, its values and the actions we could take.
First, Belgium fully supports the veto initiative and the implementation of resolution 76/262. The use of the veto has increased considerably in recent years, preventing the Security Council …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member
States to explain our position on the resolution just adopted as resolution 78/264.
As we stated before, the text in front of us falls short of fully meeting the requirements of international human rights law and diverg…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States to introduce two draft amendments to draft resolution A/78/L.48, as contained in documents A/78/L.51 and A/78/L.52.
Let me first stress that anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination is unacceptable and violates the p…
We welcome the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution (resolution 2720 (2023)) that should enable the acceleration of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Belgium also welcomes the appointment of Ms. Sigrid Kaag to the post of Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaz…
We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the coordinator, Ms. Natalie Morris-Sharma, for her dedicated work on the streamlining of the important draft resolution A/78/L.15. Additionally, we would like to thank th…
On behalf of the Kingdom of Belgium, I would like to thank Judge Hofmański, for his presentation (see A/78/PV.21) of the annual report (see A/78/322) and for his successful term in office as President of the International Criminal Court, which he has held since his election in 2015.
Belgium aligns …
At the outset, let me express our condolences to the people of Morocco and Libya.
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important solutions-oriented debate on advancing public-private humanitarian partnerships. I also thank the briefers for their informative outlines.
I would l…
Belgium fully supports the statement made on behalf of the European Union (see A/77/PV.88) and would like to take this opportunity to emphasize the following aspects.
Given the scale of the destructive action that we have witnessed since 2014, and which the Assembly has denounced since March of tha…
Belgium aligns itself with the statement that was made on behalf of the European Union and its member States (see A/77/ PV.22) . The annual presentation of the report of the International Criminal Court (see A/77/305) is essential and shows the extent to which the Court constitutes a central pillar …
First of all, I would like to emphasize that Belgium fully aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the European Union, in its capacity as an observer. I would also like to thank Ms. Catherine Marchi- Uhel for her enlightening briefing, which showed the progress made by the Int…
We have just heard that our colleague and friend, Jim Kelly, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland, suddenly passed away last night. Allow me therefore to express our sincere condolences to our colleagues at the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations. Our thoughts are with his famil…
Belgium thanks Mexico for having convened this open debate. We also thank the briefers. Their interventions underlined the devastating consequences of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) for peace and security and the need to improve the Security Council’s approach to effectivel…
