I would like to start by thanking the President of the General Assembly, Mr. John Ashe, for convening today’s debate. My delegation fully supports the personal engagement and energy with which the President has worked to advance the United Nations reform agenda, with Security Council modernization a…
The Ukrainian delegation is pleased and honoured to participate today in the General Assembly’s High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
The international discussion on migration and its influence on development is well timed and important. International migration is a comple…
At the outset, let me express gratitude to the former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Momen of Bangladesh, for his informative presentation of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) report on its sixth session (A/67/715), and to the current PBC Chair, Ambassador Vilović of Croatia, for…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important debate. The choice of today’s theme came quite naturally for Pakistan as a top contributor of troops to United Nations operations. I should like to join previous speakers in commending the extraordinary role of your country in this sphere a…
On behalf of my colleagues, the representatives of the 18 member States
of the Central European Initiative (CEI), and on behalf of sponsors of the draft resolution — Albania, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Republic of Moldova and Montenegro — I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.6…
Ukraine voted in favour of resolution 66/253. The position of the delegation of Ukraine on the resolution presented by the Group of Arab States is a continuation of our stance on the relevant resolution (A/C.3/66/L.57/Rev.1) adopted last November by a large majority in the Third Committee.
We proce…
Twenty-five years have passed since 26 April 1986, when the hearts of people were marked with pain and sorrow for the lost lives of their relatives and the future of millions of people was destroyed. The Chernobyl catastrophe has led to the pollution of more than 145,000 square kilometres of territo…
At the outset, let me express my gratitude to the former Chairperson of the
Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Peter Wittig of Germany, for his comprehensive presentation of the report of the PBC on its fourth session (A/65/701). While Ukraine aligns itself with the statement of the Europea…
Since it mentions Ukraine directly, I would like to refer to the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) entitled “The globalization of crime: a transnational organized crime threat assessment”, which was launched today.
It was with deep disappointment and indignation that we…
It is an honour for my delegation to take the floor at this special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The United Nations was founded in 1945 in the determination to save
succeeding generations from the sc…
Today, our hearts and thoughts are with our Chilean friends who lost relatives and shelter. We express our deep sympathy to the Government of Chile and to the nation as a whole.
It is a particular honour for me to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States to commemorate the f…
I would like to join others in thanking the Secretary-General for his
reports. Ukraine aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Sweden, who spoke on behalf of the European Union, addressing all aspects of humanitarian issues under agenda item 70. However, in my national capaci…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Secretariat, in particular the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for their comprehensive reports on
oceans and the law of the sea. I also wish to express gratitude to the coordinators of the draft resolutions on the …
On behalf of the Ukrainian delegation, I would like to thank you, Sir, for holding this important meeting and for inviting Ukraine to participate. I would also like to wish the
Austrian delegation and you personally every success in fulfilling your highly responsible duties as the Security Council …
It is a particular honour for my delegation to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States at this special
commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Since t…
At the outset I would like to welcome the new member States to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Rwanda — and to wish them every success in their activities within the Agency. Expansion of the IAEA membership is additional proof of the Agency…
While we align ourselves fully with the statement of the European
Union presidency, let me touch upon some issues of particular national interest to Ukraine.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his informative report (A/63/812) submitted under agenda item 41. Ukraine al…
The General Assembly is in a unique position to review in a holistic manner the complex nature of ocean-related matters.
In this connection, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for both the quality and the scope of the reports under this agenda item (A/63/63 and Add.1)…
At the outset, allow me to express my gratitude to the States that initiated the inclusion of the item on the culture of peace on the agenda of the General Assembly. What could be more noble than attempts that “are directed towards respect for life, for human beings and their rights, the rejection o…
My delegation extends our gratitude to General Assembly President Kerim for convening this important meeting. I would like to indicate that Ukraine aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the delegation of France on behalf of the European Union. I would therefore like to touch upon some iss…
