At the outset, I want to thank Mr. Cho Hyun, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, for convening this meeting. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his very insightful briefing. Through the chaos of this abhorrent war, he has consistently raised his voice and that of the U…
I thank the Republic of Korea for convening this meeting, and I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I warmly welcome the participation of President Zelenskyy and his important statement today.
With no quick military victory, Russia’s leaders switched tactics to terrorize Ukraine into subm…
First of all, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his informative briefing.
Ten days ago, in this Chamber, Denmark’s representative expressed our condemnation of the violations of Poland’s airspace by Russian military drones (see S/PV.9995), and within four days, another Rus…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries — Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Denmark.
First of all, I extend warm thanks to Slovenia for bringing leaders from across the world together. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his insightful briefin…
Seventy years ago, this Organization was born out of the chaos and ruins of the Second World War. It was born with the hope and a vision that the future would be better and more peaceful than the past. Small and large countries signed the Charter of the United Nations; my own country was signatory n…
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are critical to our global effort to meet the challenges posed by poverty, disease and conflict. Since their adoption 10 years ago, the world has undergone significant changes, yet the Goals are as important as ever. Despite the emergence of a new global lands…
We have committed ourselves to halve global poverty by 2015 and to achieve further ambitious goals during the next decade. The enormous progress achieved by market oriented economic reform in Asia and Latin America over the last decade proves that the eradication of poverty is not an impossible goal…
Our discussion here is timely and relevant. Terror attacks in several countries during the last years have underlined our obligation to joint, efficient action against this major scourge of our generation.
Let me be very clear: Terrorism can never be justified. Terrorism is never a legitimate weapo…
On behalf of the European Union, I am honoured to address the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session.
A year ago today, the world woke up to a terrible new reality; but it was also a wake-up call for us to join forces and present a solid front against the perpetrators of terror, the enemies …
The United Nations is the sum of our efforts, our commitments, our contributions. The United Nations is what member countries make it. Our guiding light should be equal worth and social fairness for everybody. The Secretary- General has delivered, to my mind, the analysis of the global trends we fac…
