These days, on our television screens, images of thousands of parents concerned about the health of their babies and children remind us of what lies at the very heart of our work — building a better future for the coming generations, at home as well as here in the United Nations.
Armed conflict, cl…
Let me address at the outset a burning issue: the situation in Myanmar/Burma. We join the call of many, including our partners in the European Union and in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, for an immediate cessation of violence. The bloodshed has to stop. Democratic rights and the freedom…
“United in diversity”: this motto of the European Union expresses what we, the 25 — and soon to be 27 — member States of the European Union, demand from ourselves, as well as our aspirations for the United Nations. “United in diversity” is also a concrete management principle of our practical, every…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU).
The signing of the Darfur peace agreement, last Friday, represents a major step forward for Darfur, for the Sudan and for the entire African continent. Throughout the process, the European Union fully supported the efforts of the Afri…
We Austrians unfailingly keep the United Nations in high esteem. Let me try to explain why.
Austria became a Member of the United Nations in December 1955. That was only half a year after our full sovereignty had been restored through a treaty concluded with the United States, the Soviet Union, the…
