Allow me to express our sincere condolences to our colleagues at the Russian Federation’s Mission to the United Nations and to the family of Mr.Churkin, who passed away.
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My delegation thanks the Ukrainian presidency for having organized this open debate on the very important and…
In the interests of saving time, I will deliver a shortened version of my statement, the full text of which will be circulated.
My delegation would like to thank the Swedish presidency for organizing today’s open debate on the important and pressing topic of conflict prevention and sustaining peace…
Let me start by conveying my condolences to the delegation of the Russian Federation following the tragic death of Ambassador Andrey Karlov, which took place as the result of a terrorist attack in Ankara.
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We also express our sincere condolences to the delegation of Germany in co…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Republic of Senegal for convening this important open debate on water, peace and security, in connection with the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security”, and for submitting a concept note (S/2016/969, annex) on the topic. This issue is …
The remarks just made by the representative of Armenia are distorting, as well as self-contradictory in their substance and unacceptable in their tone. He goes so far as to lecture other
Member States on principles and values that in fact his Government consistently disregards and opposes.
In real…
The irrelevant statements made by the representative of Armenia with regard to two of the resolutions just adopted by the General Assembly are examples of its attempts to create an erroneous impression of the real situation and deflect the international community’s attention from the urgent need to …
In our capacity as 2016 chair of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development — GUAM, the delegation of Azerbaijan has the honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors and under agenda item 126 (x), draft resolution A/71/L.12, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Org…
At the outset, I would like to thank the French presidency for convening this important open debate, as well as the briefers for their insightful statements. Azerbaijan welcomes the advancement of the protection-of-civilians agenda in the Security Council’s work.
The intentional targeting of civili…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM and its member States: Georgia, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and my own country, Azerbaijan.
This year once again, the GUAM member States are presenting a joint position in support of draft reso…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
The Group of Eastern European States welcomes the meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is being held under the theme “Challenges and…
Allow me at the outset to express our appreciation for the convening of this timely meeting of such critical importance.
Day by day, our world is becoming more fragile, as the humanitarian consequences of ongoing conflicts remain tremendously high. The recent refugee crisis is of a magnitude not se…
Azerbaijan voted in favour of resolution 69/320. We consider this initiative to be a reflection of the legitimate will and aspiration of the State of Palestine to become a full-fledged Member of the United Nations. We reiterate our support for Palestine’s application for admission to membership of t…
Today, on the seventieth anniversary of the end of the most horrific war in human history, we are looking back at what happened during those trying years and on what we have done recently and what we are doing now to make our planet a safer place. The Second World War brought untold sorrow to humank…
At the outset, I would like to thank the People’s Republic of China for having organized this open debate on a very important topic. We appreciate the concept note (see S/2015/87, annex) prepared by the Chinese presidency, which deals substantively with the fundamental areas that are critical to the…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate and for the concept paper contained in document S/2015/32. I would also like to express our appreciation to the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee…
Proceeding from the mandate given by the Committee of Ministers of the
Council of Europe for the period from May to November 2014, I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, draft resolution A/69/L.27, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”. In a…
At the outset, I would like thank the United States presidency for convening today’s open debate on children in armed conflict. We also wish to thank all of the briefers for their extensive and important briefings.
Armed conflicts continue to inflict violence and deprivations of many kinds upon chi…
I would like to make a further statement.
The statement made by the Armenian representative earlier today was nothing but the standard Armenian effort to mislead and to substitute notions, comparing apples and oranges. That is especially true in the case of conflict prevention and conflict resoluti…
At the outset, I should like to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for
having organized this open debate on the very important and pressing topic of conflict prevention.
The nature of conflict has changed significantly over the years. Of course, the resolution of purely internal matters is…
I would like to thank President Ashe for organizing this important meeting on the fourth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Ambassador Halit Çevik, the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, for his …
