I have the honour and the pleasure to introduce draft decision A/75/L.7/Rev.1, submitted on behalf of the core group, consisting of Austria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Ghana, Iceland, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland and my own country, Liechtenstein, and, in addition, on be…
In commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, we have shown a strong and unequivocal commitment to multilateralism and the rule of law, with the Charter of the Organization as one of its most important pillars. Today’s debate gives us the opportunity to include one of the fin…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
It is with profound sadness that we learned of the passing of the late Amir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. On behalf of the Group of Western European and other Stat…
I have the honour to introduce Her Excellency Ms. Katrin Eggenberger, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein, who will now address the Assembly through a pre-recorded statement.
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded message by His Serene Highness Alois von und zu Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince and Acting Head of State of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
At the heart of our discussion today is the question of how peace and justice correlate to each other. The Council has answered that question by stating that a comprehensive approach to transitional justice, including the promotion of healing and reconciliation, is critical to the consolidation of p…
I wish to thank the President of the General Assembly for responding to the calls from the membership to reschedule this debate. The beginning of the year is indeed an opportune moment to look ahead, listen to the Secretary-General and share our thoughts on priorities and challenges. We hope that th…
The drafters of the Charter of the United Nations intended for the Security Council to be the cornerstone of the international rules-based order in the area of peace and security. Unfortunately, it has become a sad reality that the Council is unable to act decisively on many of the defining crises o…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a central institution for ensuring accountability for the most serious crimes under international law. Firmly anchored in the principle of the primary responsibility of States, which is usually referred to as the principle of complementarity, the Court has j…
I would like to express my country’s appreciation of your personal leadership, Mr. President, on the topic under discussion today. We hope that it will be possible to reach agreement on some of the measures on which there have been informal consultations. We are disappointed to note that that has no…
I thank you, Mr. President, for personally presiding over this open debate. We welcome this exchange in the light of developments in different parts of the Middle East and hope that the Security Council will engage in open debates on other countries’ situations as well.
We repeat our view that the …
Let me commend you, Mr. President, for the hard work of your delegation in bringing the negotiations on resolution 2467 (2019) to a successful conclusion. Allow me to offer a few short remarks at the end of a long day.
In the first instance, we want to refer to some of the situations that are parti…
I have the pleasure of speaking on behalf of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, Qatar, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine, as well as my own country, Liechtenstein.
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The conflict in and around Ukraine is the central crisis in Europe today. Its geopolitical dimension calls for urgent attention by the United Nations. Sustained efforts have been undertaken in the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor the crisis and p…
This open debate brings necessary attention to the key issue of our time. Since the first discussion of this issue in this Chamber, in 2007 (see S/PV.5663), Member States have become increasingly aware of the fact that climate change is a driver of insecurity and a threat multiplier for conflict, as…
Liechtenstein recognizes the importance of international cooperation in implementing our national policies on migration and in ensuring that migration takes place in a safe, orderly and regular manner. We have repeatedly underscored the need to collectively fight the drivers of irregular migration, …
The Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
is a landmark document. It recognizes the central importance of the work of human rights defenders for the effective promo…
For the Security Council to discuss the importance of multilateralism in the maintenance of international peace and security can seem like discussing a truism. After all, the United Nations is the embodiment of the very idea of multilateralism. But this is, indeed, an important moment to recommit, a…
We thank the President of the Human Rights Council for presenting the comprehensive and informative report on the work of the Human Rights Council (A/73/53 and A/73/53/ Add.1).
The Human Rights Council has once again lived up to its role as the central and permanent human rights body of the United …
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent organization with a strong institutional connection to the United Nations. The two are bound by a common purpose, in that both the Charter of the United Nations and the Rome Statute are founded on the principles of justice and international la…
