The Principality of Monaco is proud to participate in this commemoration as a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The Convention was adopted at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, held on 30 April 1982, and opened for signature in Mont…
I would like to begin by paying tribute to Mr. Jacques Rogge, the eighth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Honorary President until his passing away after the events of the thirty-second Olympic Games in Tokyo. As a high-level athlete and world sailing champion, he represent…
I have the honour to introduce the address by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco at the general debate of the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly.
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/75/L.30, entitled “Sport as an enabler of sustainable development”, in my capacity as the Permanent Representative of Monaco and on behalf of Her Excellency Mrs. Alya Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar, as well as the other spon…
I have the honour to introduce the statement by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, for the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for their reports on the oceans and the law of the sea (A/74/70 and A/74/350), which provide an excellent summary of the issues.
Allow me to pay special tribute to Direc…
Today, the States Members of the United Nations are renewing their trust in the power of sport by adopting draft resolution A/74/L.18, on building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal.
In a few months’ time, we will once again experience the rhythm of the events and perfo…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/73/325), and in particular the Division for Inclusive Social Development, the Secretariat entity now charged with the issue of sport for development and peace.
The new title of this draft resolution, “Sport as an enabler o…
Let me begin by welcoming Mr. Yukiya Amano’s reappointment as Director General at the helm of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), attesting to the trust that member States place in his leadership.
As the annual report (see A/73/315) presented to us today points out, it is important to re…
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
It was with great sadness and emotion that we learned of the passing of His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General, on 18 August. We express our deepest condolences to his widow Nane and his children Ama, K…
More than half of the world’s population is under the age of 30 and nearly 90 per cent of those young people live in the very areas where the United Nations deploys most of its peacekeeping missions. Graeme Simpson’s progress study on youth and peace and security (see S/2018/86), mandated by resolut…
Too many people are killed on the roads. It is a violent and silent epidemic that takes the lives of children going to school and of innocent people, their lives taken away by persons driving under the influence of alcohol or drivers of vehicles that should not be on the road. More than 1 million li…
For the twenty-third time, the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open in February. The world’s attention will be focused on the opening ceremonies and the 15 disciplines of the Pyeongchang Games in the Republic of Korea. For the fifty-second time, the Summer and Winter Games will become symbo…
I thank Mr. Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his presentation of the report (see A/72/221) of the work of the Agency in 2016.
As Monaco’s delegation reaffirmed at the IAEA’s Scientific Forum in September, “Monaco is fully committed to building a peaceful…
Healthy and productive oceans for our present and future are indispensable for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goal 14 — to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development — further strengthens the responsib…
Today, as the General Assembly considers agenda item 11, on sport for development and peace, I would like to take a moment to remember the victims of the recent plane crash that plunged Brazil into mourning as the Chapecoense football team was preparing to play in its first Copa Sudamericana final. …
Accustomed to major international events, the city of Rio de Janeiro is on the verge of again hosting another global event, this time from 5 to 21 August 2016 for the Olympic Games and from 7 to 18 September 2016 for the Paralympic Games, which are being organized for the first time in a South Ameri…
Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) in the current context means recognizing the indispensable role women play in development and peace. The resolution’s unanimous adoption, and the six resolutions that subsequently strengthened it, sent a strong and clear…
During the consultations on the omnibus draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea (A/69/L.29), Monaco introduced a proposal related to the protection of marine mammals, particularly cetaceans. Member States will recall that Monaco had already proposed language on the topic at the sixty-sixth…
