We have convened here in New York at a time that poses enormous challenges to the authority and credibility of the United Nations. First, we are at a crossroads where we have to decide the future course to attain sustainable development. Speaking for Finland at the Rio de Janeiro Conference on Susta…
Finland aligns itself with the statement of the European Union.
The situation in Afghanistan is at a turning point. Afghanistan is going through multiple transition processes at the same time. Those processes are interlinked and equally important. The Afghan National Security Forces will soon be fu…
I have the honour to address the Council on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. As staunch supporters of the International Criminal Court (ICC), we wish to congratulate you, Sir, and Guatemala for its recent ratification of the Rome Statute and to express ou…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The following countries also align themselves with this statement: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
The dramatic developments that …
The Declaration of Commitment adopted at the General Assembly special session in June 2001 set a broad and challenging agenda. In the two years since our commitment, we have seen increased attention to and recognition of HIV/AIDS as a major global emergency which also threatens global security. We a…
One year after the terrible attacks of 11 September, we commemorate the innocent victims of those crimes. The best way we can honour their memory is by taking up and acting upon all the many-faceted challenges that terrorism and other threats pose to human security. The world has changed irrevocably…
The terrorist attacks of 11 September are going to thoroughly change the world, but we do not yet know how. The aftermath of these events has shown that there are more issues that unite us than issues that separate us. We also know that preventing terrorism and other global threats requires the broa…
