I would like to begin by thanking the Slovenian presidency for convening today’s meeting and the Secretary-General for his important briefing and sobering remarks. I also welcome the participation of President Zelenskyy.
Malta remains gravely concerned about the security and humanitarian situation …
I will begin with four overarching ideas.
The first is that global challenges require global solutions. We gather at this Summit for a common purpose — to make the world a better place for present and future generations. Together, there is nothing we cannot achieve.
The second is that to create a …
I thank the Secretary-General and the briefers for their briefings.
The situation in the Middle East has been precariously fragile and unsustainable for too long. Discussions in this Chamber in that regard have often focused on the violent escalations, unilateral measures, injustice, socioeconomic …
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing.
Malta is deeply concerned about the latest military escalation by Azerbaijan against Karabakh Armenians. It happened only a few weeks after the Security Council called for efforts to de-escalate the situation and for all sides to engage i…
I extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Jeremić on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. The demanding agenda of this Assembly makes that no easy task, but I assure him of Malta’s support and friendship.
Over a year ago, the protagonists of the Arab Spri…
The agenda item which we are considering continues to be of topical interest and importance to the majority of United Nations members, especially to small and medium-sized States.
Mr. President, my delegation therefore highly appreciates the role that your predecessors have played in trying to brid…
Malta wishes to align itself with the statement made by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union. In that regard, my delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive two-part report (A/65/69) and to the Division for Ocean Affairs and t…
The report of the Security Council for the past 12 months (A/65/2), which we are considering today, indicates in no uncertain terms the diverse and complex issues and situations as well as the challenges that our Organization is facing. The report also shows that much more has to be done in order to…
The two agenda items that the Assembly is considering in this plenary meeting, namely, “Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations” and “Culture of peace”, are mutually inclusive and complementary to each other. Let me take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the High Representative for t…
Mr. President, I would like to join other delegations that have preceded me in offering my congratulations and those of my delegation on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I am convinced that your political experience and diplomatic skill will assist and g…
Ten years ago, we gathered in this same Assembly Hall to launch a process to give new hope to humankind. By adopting the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), our Heads of State and Government promised our peoples to meet eight important targets to era…
Malta would like to associate itself with the statement delivered yesterday by His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium on behalf of the European Union member States.
Malta would like to extend its deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Pakist…
May I first of all, Mr. President, extend the appreciation of my delegation for your initiative to convene the General Assembly to honour two of your predecessors, the Presidents of the
Assembly at its forty-fifth and forty-sixth session. I thank you and the Secretary-General for your words of trib…
It is an honour for me, in my capacity as Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to present to the General Assembly the annual report of the Committee, contained in document A/64/35. Indeed, the report I am presenting today is the Committee’s…
Malta wishes to align itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
My delegation notes with appreciation the report on oceans and the law of the sea submitted to this Assembly by the Secretary-General (A/64/66), which provides a comprehensive …
My delegation would like to commend the work and activities of the Security Council during the past 12 months, as reflected in its report A/64/2 introduced by the Permanent Representative of Austria.
In this regard, we note, in particular, the fact that there was an increase in the number of open d…
It is an acknowledged fact that the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, and the fifteenth anniversary of which we are commemorating today, is one of the principal achievements of the Organization.
The 1994 Cairo Declaration and Programme of Action (see A/CON…
It is an honour for me, in my capacity as the Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to introduce to the General Assembly the annual report of the Committee, which is contained in document A/63/35. Allow me to summarize each section of the re…
This year’s report of the Security Council (A/63/2) once again demonstrates the array of challenges which the members of the Council were confronted with during the 12 months of the reporting period. The 58 resolutions adopted by the Council as well as the 50 presidential statements clearly indicate…
Malta associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Slovenia at the 88th meeting on behalf of the member States of the European Union.
Three of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that are fundamental to the achievement of the MDGs by 2015 — the eradication of poverty…
