This year has seen two high-level events – in the Russian Federation, the XXII Winter Olympic Games and the XI Paralympic Games in Sochi, and in Brazil the International Federation of Association Football World Cup – that were able to bring the world together to share the passion and friendship that…
First and foremost, my delegation would like to thank Ms. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World
Health Organization (WHO), for her report on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
Nearly three years ago, our Heads of State and Government adopted a fundamental Political Dec…
At the outset, allow me to thank the former Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Mr. Serguei Tarassenko, and to congratulate Ms. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, the new Director, on her appointment to lead the Division she knows well and where she has dedicated a large part o…
I would like first to thank Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his briefing on the Agency’s work and his report to the General Assembly (see A/68/PV.43).
I take this opportunity to reiterate the commitment of my Government to two aspects of the …
On 6 February 2014, the United Nations flag will again fly at the Olympic site, side by side with the five rings and the Russian flag, when the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games open in Sochi.
Our consideration of agenda item 11, “Sport for peace and development: building a peaceful and better wo…
By designating us as co-facilitators to conduct the consultations that
have led today to the General Assembly’s impending declaration of an International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, you, Mr. President, did the Permanent Representative of Tunisia and me the honour of recognizing the cont…
Monaco would like to explain its position before the Assembly’s adoption of the report of the Fifth Committee on agenda item 134, entitled “Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations”.
The Government of His Serene Highness the Sovereign Prince of Monaco joined …
“The future we want” (resolution 66/288, annex), the outcome document adopted by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference) in June, pays particular attention to issues related to the oceans, their resources and the threats facing them. In doing so, that important d…
In my capacity as co-Chair of the Group of Friends of Sport for Development and Peace and on behalf of my co-Chair Tunisia and the other sponsors of today’s draft resolution, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and …
The year 2011 saw several important meetings on matters related to oceans and the law of the sea, and no fewer than seven documents have been submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration. I would therefore like, first of all, to thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea …
In 284 and 317 days, respectively, London will host the XXX Olympic Games and the XIV Paralympic Games. Countless millions of us will experience once again that particular emotion we feel at seeing hundreds of athletes entering the stadium behind their country’s flag, just before one of them lights …
First of all, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for the quality of his report (A/66/83), and the World Health Organization (WHO) for playing a leading role in the international community’s struggle to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, with the World Health Assembly approving the G…
The Western European and other States congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency on this first day of work of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, and assures you of their full support.
It is a great honour for me, on behalf of the Western European and other States, to …
Today, we pay tribute to former Prime Minister of Finland His Excellency Mr. Harri Holkeri, who passed away on 7 August 2011.
As President of the General Assembly at its fifty- fifth session, he led our Assembly at the dawn of the twenty-first century and steered efforts which still define sustain…
In the days just after the convening of the summit Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), my delegation can only welcome the recognition that Member States have given to sports. Indeed, by adopting the final document (resolution 65/1), the heads of State and Government confirmed the rel…
I would like to convey to you, Sir, the warmest congratulations of the delegation of the Principality of Monaco on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I would like to reiterate to you that, in my capacity as a member of the Bureau, I will spare no effort to…
Almost 30 years after first being identified, HIV remains one of the chief threats to health and development in the world. Lowering the mortality and morbidity levels related to HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases is essential to achieving all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on a global sca…
The delegation of Monaco recognizes and welcomes the great support of Member States for advancing the concept of human security since the General Assembly’s thematic debate on human security in May 2008.
We have seen major progress in the understanding of human security in response to the commitmen…
The Group of Western European and Other States, on behalf of which I have the honour to speak, has acknowledged that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance undermine the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. By belonging to the human family, we are born fr…
First of all, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his report in which he presented the United Nations Plan of Action on Sport for Development and Peace (A/61/373) that we will be endorsing at the end of our meeting. We would also like to congratulate the Special Adviser to the Secretary-Gene…
