I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Human Security Network, namely, Austria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand and South Africa as observer.
The role and contribution of women are critical…
At the 2005 world summit, heads of State or Government expressed support for early reform of the Security Council as an essential part of overall United Nations reform, and they committed themselves to strive to reach a decision to that end.
The debate we had in November 2005 reconfirmed the widely…
It is my honour to speak on behalf of the Human Security Network, namely Austria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand, Slovenia and the observer country of South Africa.
Let me begin by thanking the Danish presidency of the Securi…
It is my honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States on the occasion of the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl catastrophe. That tragedy occurred in our region and effected many people of our region, who still suffer …
Allow me to begin by condemning the terrorist attacks that took place in Amman on Wednesday. I express the deep sympathy and condolences of my Government to the Government and the people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the human losses caused by those barbaric attacks.
I would like to thank A…
Slovenia fully associates itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union. I should like to add some brief remarks in my national capacity.
Ten years ago, Slovenia wholeheartedly supported the proclamation of the United Nations Decade …
I wish to thank Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry of the United Kingdom for introducing the Security Council’s report in his capacity as President of the Council.
The past year has again raised a wide range of issues that the Council is taking up in exercising its primary responsibility for the maint…
It is not difficult to agree with what the preceding speaker, Mr. Mahbubani, has just shared with us in his traditional manner of addressing this audience with very original and thought-provoking ideas. I myself also intend to raise three issues that deal not so much with concrete suggestions and su…
Slovenia associates itself with and fully endorses the statement made earlier by the Italian presidency of the European Union. Since the rights of the child are a very important part of Slovenia’s domestic and foreign policy agendas, we should like in our national capacity to highlight a number of i…
In my statement I will refer to both agenda items — one on the report of the Security Council and the other on Security Council reform, thus joining those who believe that the joint debates serve well both the substance of the issues and the efficient use of time.
At the outset, let me thank the Se…
Slovenia associates itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the European Union. In addition, I should like to add a few points on behalf of my Government.
First of all, I should like to join previous speakers in commending the Secretary-General for his r…
Slovenia fully associates itself with the statement made earlier by the Permanent Representative of Denmark on behalf of the European Union.
Having been actively engaged in the international community’s efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the beginning, I would like to express some additional v…
Allow me to express my Government’s deepest condolences to the Government of Indonesia and to the families of the demised over the tragic loss of innocent lives in last Saturday’s barbaric act of violence on the island of Bali. We are still deeply shocked by this barbaric attack, which deserves our …
