A few months from now, the People’s Republic of China will be hosting the twenty-ninth Olympic Games followed by the Paralympic Games. The Olympics are traditionally the most widely followed sporting event throughout the world and that is because they inspire all peoples in all their diversity to co…
Since the adoption of the Monterrey Consensus at the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monaco’s contribution to official development assistance (ODA) has continued to grow. Specifically, since 2003 that contribution has increased by more than 25 per cent each year. The Principal…
Dialogue between civilizations must be recognized as a fundamental principle with regard to establishing and maintaining tolerant and peaceful relations between people from different traditions, cultures or religions.
It is surprising that it took 20 centuries of our conventional era before the imp…
Allow me at the outset to associate the Government of the Principality of Monaco with the condolences and expressions of sympathy that have been extended in this Hall following the heinous terrorist acts that took place yesterday, claiming victims among United Nations staff members and the people of…
Few women before you, Madam, have been elected to the presidency of the General Assembly, despite the fact that, as the Chinese proverb states, women hold up half the sky. We are delighted by your election and congratulate you and your country, Bahrain. Our congratulations go also to the Group of As…
I am taking the floor on behalf of the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino, who align themselves with the Principality of Monaco, to provide an explanation of vote by stating that they endorse the position of the European Union as presented by the Ambassador of Austria.
We believ…
I would like to speak in explanation of position on the resolution entitled “International Year of Planet Earth, 2008”. The Principality of Monaco regrets that, for technical reasons, it was not in a position to join in sponsoring draft resolution I contained in contained in document A/60/488/Add.1 …
At the end of 2004, at a time when the world usually allows itself a brief rest, nature managed to show us that a catastrophe of relatively short duration, but of extreme violence, could change the course of existence in many countries at once, taking the life of tens of thousands of women, men and …
We can measure how far we have come since the opening for signature of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, 25 years ago to the day. The Convention’s universality and unitary nature, and the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement have enabled States to develop their activities in the area of oceans a…
