It is an honour for me to address the Assembly today on behalf of the European Union and Austria on the very special occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
An institution which started its operations a quarter of a century ago has matured. It began w…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
The European Union thanks the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his concise, comprehensive and informative report. It clearly demonstrates that the Agency can once again look back to a year of successful…
We have come a long way since we discussed the agenda item “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council” a year ago at the General Assembly’s forty-eighth session. Through the creation of an informal Working Group it was possible to focus the discus…
Mr. President, allow me to assure you of my delegation’s full confidence in your wise counsel and guidance of the Council. I would also like to express our appreciation for the leadership shown by your predecessor, Ambassador Vorontsov.
I speak on behalf of the European Union and its member States.…
It was with profound sadness and sorrow that the members of the Group of Western European and Other States, which I have the honour to represent, learned of the demise of our distinguished colleague, the Permanent Representative, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chad, …