I have the pleasure to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, and I am pleased to join the President, as well as the representatives of Ukraine, Belarus and the Russian Federation, in this Hall today to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
Whi…
I should like to begin by thanking the President for convening today’s important meeting,
Malta aligns itself with the statement (see A/70/ PV.59) delivered earlier today on behalf of the European Union.
There can be no doubt that Europe is witnessing a surge in migrants and refugees that is unpar…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the Jordanian presidency of the Security Council for its leadership in addressing an issue to which my Government attaches particular importance. Malta also aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union.
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Malta welcomes the holding of this meeting supplementing the special session celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and its Programme of Action.
The International Conference, held in Cairo in 1994, presented a paradigm shift when t…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Western European and other States Group in commemoration of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Determined to respond to the horrors and atrocities of the Second World War 65 years ago, the United Nations adopted the …
It is an honour for me to have been invited to address the General Assembly on the
occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is a particular privilege for me, as Malta’s Permanent Representative to the United N…
Few would deny the need to reform the Security Council to make it better reflect the world of the twenty-first century. At the same time, 20 years into a process of discussion among the Organization’s membership, meaningful progress, regrettably, remains an elusive goal. Member States, in particular…
As individuals, we experience a sense of profound anger at the continued suffering being inflicted on fellow human beings in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As Governments, we share a deep concern at the direct challenge to international legality and
The implosion that has taken place in the former Yugosla…
