Cyprus aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I would like to make some additional remarks in my national capacity.
The need to protect civilians in armed conflict is obvious. However, despite the progress made, the situation of civilians in armed co…
This high-level meeting comes at a very opportune moment in our global
response to the need to effectively and definitively tackle the AIDS epidemic, which for decades has claimed, and is still claiming, so many lives. Over the past 35 years, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has left no corner of the world un…
We welcome the timely initiative of the Russian Federation to convene this open debate. I would like briefly to provide our perspective on the issues before us.
The United Nations is, and should remain, at the apex of international order and justice. It should adapt to the broad spectrum of securit…
I would like, Sir, to extend to you my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I have no doubt that your long experience and proven diplomatic skills will successfully steer the work of this session. I would also like to extend my a…
I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Holkeri on his well- deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. I am certain that his considerable experience and diplomatic skills will guide the work of this session to a successful conclusion.
I woul…
In my reply to the speech of His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Turkey, I should like to state the following.
First, my Turkish colleague spoke about the realities — as he put it — in Cyprus which are not recognized by the international community and suggested that this is perhaps the reason fo…
