We welcome this open debate and thank your delegation, Mr. President, for its useful concept paper (S/2013/335). While a continued emphasis on protection issues is crucial, we call at the same time for the same level of emphasis on the participation pillar of this agenda.
In recent years, we have w…
I thank the President for convening today’s high-level meeting on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Three years after its adoption, it is timely to take stock of its achievements and identify issues that need our increased attention. We need …
Liechtenstein and Switzerland join others in congratulating African Member States on the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, the predecessor of today’s African Union. Much of Africa’s progress today is due to the foresight of the founding fathers of the Af…
My delegation, too, congratulates all those involved in the negotiations and expresses its heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Ambassador Peter Woolcott, who did the heavy lifting on this historic process. Liechtenstein is of the view that we have adopted a compromise text but that it is a strong t…
At the outset, let me join others in commending you, Mr. President, for having organized this open debate, which highlights in particular the crucial role of women’s civil society organizations in contributing to the prevention and resolution of armed conflict and peacebuilding.
We welcome the late…
We welcome the President’s decision to convene today’s meeting and thank the High Commissioner for her briefing on the latest developments in Syria. This meeting is an important opportunity to signal to the Syrian people that their suffering will not go unnoticed or unsanctioned at the United Nation…
We are very pleased to participate in the first General Assembly debate on global governance under its own agenda item. The
intense discussions in and outside the United Nations on this topic certainly warrant a debate. In times of acute risks to the world economy, we are witnessing the decision-ma…
The Secretary- General’s report on innovative mechanisms of financing for development (A/66/334) underlines that new resources are needed to complement traditional official development assistance (ODA), in particular in the areas of health, climate change and the environment. In that context, the Li…
As a member of the group of five small nations (S-5), we align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier by the Permanent Representative of Switzerland. I will focus my comments on two specific parts of the revised draft General Assembly resolution that we circulated earlier this year.
First, …
I would like to speak on behalf of the European Free Trade Association member States Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein to briefly put on record our understanding of the resolution we have just adopted.
Paragraph 8 of resolution 60/251, on the establishment of the Human Rights Council, …
My delegation voted in favour of the resolution 64/292 because we agree with the central and general statement that the
right to water is a human right that is essential to the full enjoyment of life and all human rights. We do, however, regret that a vote had to be taken on this resolution, and we…
In the interests of time, I shall read out a condensed version of the statement that we are circulating in writing.
The Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration have been good tools for us in addressing the different crises that have hit us in the past years. What is needed is the implementatio…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/63/812), which provides a useful update on developments in the global response to HIV/AIDS. One year after the
General Assembly’s high-level meeting on progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and th…
We would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Philippe Kirsch, for presenting the report of the ICC (see A/63/323) to the General Assembly.
We are satisfied that the Court has continued to make progress in its judicial work, considering in particular that in th…
I would like to thank the Chairpersons of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Taliban and Al-Qaida sanctions Committee and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) for their briefings. I would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to international …
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report on the work of the Organization (A/61/1 and Corr.1). That document is more than just an internal assessment of the management of an organization; indeed, it is a report that reflects the state of the world and outlines …
We appreciate this opportunity to address Security Council reform in all its aspects, given the continued high importance of this topic for the overall reform agenda of the United Nations. We agree that United Nations reform will not be complete unless it encompasses Security Council reform. This is…
