Draft resolution A/74/L.12.Rev.l, which I have the honour to introduce today under sub-item (a) of agenda item 31, entitled “Prevention of armed conflict”, focuses on a pressing legal and political issue, the problem of the militarization of the occupied territory of Ukraine, in particular the Auton…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s debate, as well as to clearly express our commitment to support the process of Security Council reform. The active engagement of the President of the General Assembly is vital for the overall success of its endeavour.
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I take the floor on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States. It is with great sadness that we received the news about the passing away of His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.
Prior to his presidency of the General Assembly in …
As one of the sponsors of the relevant request to include this item in the agenda of the seventy-fourth session, Ukraine will certainly vote in favour, and we appeal to other delegations to do the same.
I would like to ask one clarification. I have heard all of the statements on this issue and, fra…
As delegations have already been informed, at its 3rd meeting under the presidency and guidance of the current President, the General Assembly decided to include in the agenda of the current session a new item entitled “The situation of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine” (see A/73/PV.3…
To show respect to my Russian colleague, Mr. Vassily Nebenzia, I have chosen to speak in Russian, especially since it would seem to be appropriate in the light of his fabricated topic for today’s meeting. I will be very brief.
The second statement delivered by Mr. Nebenzia bore out my gravest conce…
First of all, I thank the members of the Security Council, as well as the briefers, for their remarks. We have taken good note of them.
Nearly two months ago, on 20 May, the Security Council clearly stated its position on the Russian request to discuss Ukraine’s language law by rejecting it (see S/…
I thank the Peruvian presidency for organizing today’s important debate.
While fully aligning myself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union, I would like to make the following comments in my national capacity.
Terrorism, fuelled by the root causes of radicalization an…
Let me start by joining previous speakers in wishing you, Sir, a successful and fruitful presidency this month. I am also grateful that the working methods of the Security Council have become one of the prime issues to be considered by the Council. I also want to thank both of our briefers for their…
I would like to express my appreciation to the Indonesian presidency for holding this important open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for presenting his report (S/2019/373) on the issue before us.
Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer…
Mr. President, we appreciate your swift reaction and that of your team and the convening of this briefing at such short notice, at the request of our delegation.
I thank the members of the Security Council who condemned the illegitimate decree of the Russian President. I could wish the briefers had…
Let me express my appreciation to the German presidency for holding this open debate. I would also like to thank Special Representative Pramila Patten and the representatives of civil society for their moving testimonies.
It is worth mentioning that Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be de…
I am pleased to join representatives of States with an outstanding peacekeeping record in expressing our sincere gratitude to you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important debate and for Germany’s dedication and support of United Nations peacekeeping. As I am about to deliver a statement in m…
At the outset, let me join the previous speakers in thanking the French presidency for convening today’s open debate.
I fully align myself with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and would like to make the following comments in my national capacity.
I will focus on two…
I too have heard nothing new in the statement by my Russian colleague, barring a very few things. First, I am very glad that the issue of Crimea is once again part of the Security Council’s discussions. It is the first time that I have not heard my colleague say that Crimea is not an issue. It is a …
I would like to start by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to participate in the Security Council discussion of an issue of the utmost concern to us. I also thank all our briefers — Mr. Jenča, Ms. Mueller, Ambassadors Apakan and Sajdik — for their in…
I am taking the floor to express Ukraine’s concern about the submission of draft resolution A/73/L.70.
Along with many others in this Hall, we are concerned about the fact that the main sponsor of the draft resolution has a problem with its own compliance with the Treaty between the United States o…
I will be very brief, because I think I was clear enough in my previous statement, which needs no further explanation.
I just want to say that since the spring of 2014, we have heard a lot of epic Russian stories saying that “Crimea is ours” and “They are not there”, meaning Russians in Donbas. I t…
Before coming here, I did what some of us normally do every morning. I searched on the Internet to find out what happened on this day in history. Here is what I found.
Exactly on this day, 26 November, in 1939, the Soviet army orchestrated an incident by shelling the village of Mainula, near the So…
At the outset, I would like to convey the sincere appreciation of my delegation to the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Ambassador of Slovenia, Mr. Vojislav Šuc, for his able and effective management of the HRC’s activities, and particularly for his leadership in the preparation proc…
