Allow me at the outset to express heartfelt sympathy on behalf of the Czech Government and the Czech nation to those who lost their loved ones in the terrorist attack on 11 September 2001 and to all the American people. We are deeply moved by this unspeakable tragedy and share their grief. We expres…
As this is the first time I have taken the floor at this session as the representative of my country, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of my Government, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, and to pledge our full support to you in yo…
Mr. President, I have the honour to speak here today on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
The purpose of today’s plenary meeting was to open the new session of the General Assembly. However, under the shadow of the horrifying tragedy that has struck New York; Washington, D.C.; and the…
There is a simple reason why the Czech Republic takes the floor again
and again in our ongoing debates on expansion and reform of the Security Council. It is that our silence in such a debate could be seen as a sign of resignation, and this is not the case. Obviously, for the reform- minded country…
As the Czech Republic has aligned itself with the position presented on behalf of the European Union and associated countries by the head of the French delegation, I would like only to touch upon some of the topics that are of particular importance to my country.
The peaceful uses of nuclear energy…
Let me first highly commend the support of the President of the General
Since the very outset of our current round of reform deliberations, the Czech Republic has been known as a reform-minded country. We have taken numerous opportunities to reiterate and reinforce our position, the backbone of whi…
As we meet here to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we look back and
For the international community, the driving purpose has been to guarantee for each individual the basic aspects of his or her social existence. However, in the real world, the eff…
At the outset I wish to voice my country’s support for the statement delivered by the representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union and associated countries. I shall limit my intervention to those issues which the Czech Republic considers to be of particular importance.
In September we …
Although the Czech Republic, as an associated country, endorsed the statement of the European Union presented by the representative of Luxembourg, I would like to make a few additional comments on this point. The reason is that the situation in the former Yugoslavia, specifically in Bosnia and Herze…
At the outset I wish to voice my country’s support for the statement delivered by Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union and associated countries. I shall therefore limit my intervention to those issues that the Czech Republic considers of particular importance.
The forty-first session of the G…
