Austria fully aligns itself with the statement which has just been made by the Ambassador of France on behalf of the European Union.
We thank the Secretary-General for his excellent and comprehensive report (A/63/316) on the programme of outreach on the Holocaust and the United Nations. The report …
I would like to express Austria’s gratitude to Ambassador Gert Rosenthal for his outstanding efforts in facilitating the consultations on the draft resolution on the review of the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy.
The adoption by consensus of the Strategy two …
Austria is very grateful to the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As we have seen in the statements made thus far, we all agree that some progress has been made since 2000. But we also agree that a lot remains to be done.
The que…
Austria welcomes this opportunity to discuss the reports of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund a little more than a year after those organs became operational. The General Assembly can now reflect on the experiences of the past year and on the lessons learned in the work of the …
Austria considers the outcome document of the special session in 2002 to have been very significant indeed. In “A world fit for children” (resolution S-27/2, annex), we subscribed to firm and clear undertakings in a detailed Plan of Action. The Plan provides practical guidelines for action in suppor…
On behalf of the Austrian Government and the Austrian people, I should like to convey to you, Madam President, the expression of our profound gratitude for your most thoughtful
gesture to pay tribute to the memory of the late Secretary-General of the United Nations and former President of the Repub…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
The European Union is extremely concerned about the situation which has evolved in recent days between Israel and the Palestinians, and it calls on all parties to abstain from …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries associating themselves with this statement.
Let me start by thanking Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry for his highly informative and very useful briefing on the Security Council mission to the Sudan and the region. The Euro…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Legal Counsel of the United Nations, Mr. Nicolas Michel, and the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, for…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
Let me begin by thanking Søren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
Just one month after the last public meeting on Timor-Leste, we are meeting again today following the serious incidents that have occurred in recent weeks. We listened carefully to …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
First of all, I would like to thank the Chairpersons of the Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committee established pursuant to…
On behalf of the European Union, I would like to stress that management reform is vital to strengthening the United Nations. We welcome the report of the Secretary- General, entitled “Investing in the United Nations”, and encourage him to continue his reform efforts. We would like to see a more deta…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
We warmly welcome the presence of the Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta.
Since the public meeting of the Security Council held on 23 January (see…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
Twenty years have elapsed since the catastrophe occurred on 26 April 1986. Many of us still remember the days and weeks following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the other countries aligning themselves with this statement.
Let me start by thanking Mr. Christian Schwarz- Schilling, High Representative and European Union Special Representative, for his very informative
briefing on developments in…
I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the European Union and the other countries aligning themselves with this statement.
The European Union strongly and unreservedly condemns today’s suicide bombing of a restaurant in Tel Aviv, which resulted in the deaths of at least nine people a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
The European Union welcomes the holding of elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council that took place on 25 January and congratulates President Abbas and the Palestinian …
In the presence of the Foreign Minister of Peru, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and the countries aligning themselves with this statement.
Substantive progress has already been achieved since the adoption in 2001 of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicat…
I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The acceding countries of Bulgaria and Romania, the candidate countries of Croatia, Turkey and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and the potential candid…
