The decision to establish a universal intergovernmental High-level Political Forum was one of the critical outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The Forum will be built on the strengths, experiences, resources and inclusive participation modalities of the Commission o…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this high-level meeting to carry forward the momentum to combat modern-day slavery. I also thank the Secretary- General for championing this cause as a priority of his agenda.
We also express our appreciation to the permanent represe…
First of all, I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Rwanda for having presided over this very important open debate. I thank also Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report on sexual violence in conflict (S/2013/149), as well as his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), namely, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.
The CSTO member States …
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India and President of the Security Council for the month of November, for introducing the annual report of the Council (A/67/2) at the preceding meeting. It is very important to encou…
Kazakhstan wishes to congratulate Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on the outstanding work of the Agency. The annual report (see A/67/152) demonstrates the shift in the nature of the Agency’s functions from pure verification activities to safety an…
The delegation of Kazakhstan welcomes the submission of the draft decision (A/66/L.49) entitled “Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS”. Recalling the ambitious objectives set up by the 2011 Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS (resolutio…
Kazakhstan wishes to congratulate Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for
his comprehensive report (see A/66/95), and in that connection, we are pleased to sponsor draft resolution A/66/L.6. As a member of the Agency, Kazakhstan is proud of its recor…
A follow-up to the outcome of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2) and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (resolution 60/262) clearly emphasizes that AIDS remains a key factor of high importance to global development, public health and human rights. It is a major preclusi…
I am honoured to deliver my statement to the General Assembly on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight.
The exploration of and human ventures into outer space are an integral part of my country’s history. It is a history that enables Kazakhstan to claim its rightf…
Kazakhstan wishes to congratulate Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on
his very comprehensive and forward-looking report (see A/65/140). We fully endorse his vision to change the general image of the Agency from that of simply the world’s nuclear w…
It is my honour to speak today on behalf of the member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and my country, the Republic of Kazakhstan, on agenda item…
Let me thank His Excellency Ambassador Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council, for his well- grounded and comprehensive report on human rights issues. My delegation highly appreciates the devoted and substantive work of the Human Rights Council on a broad range of rights issues…
My delegation commends the President for following up on the important High-level Meeting that the Secretary- General convened on 24 September last year on the theme of revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations.
We also thank Pre…
First of all, the delegation of Kazakhstan would like to express its appreciation to President Deiss for the holding of this joint debate on items 14 and 15 of the agenda, “Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations” and “Culture of Peace”.
We also wish to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban K…
At the outset, on behalf of the Republic of Kazakhstan, I wish to express our warm appreciation to Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Sport for Development and Peace, and his Office for their record of commendable activities over the past year.
My …
First, the delegation of Kazakhstan would like to thank the Secretary-General for presenting his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization (A/65/1). In our opinion, it is a good reflection of every aspect of the Organization’s hard work.
Over the past year, the world has moved from a glo…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this very important and extremely timely meeting. It is indeed extremely important and timely to discuss all issues stemming from transnational organized crime in a thorough manner.
Transnational organized crime…
We are all gathered here today at the United Nations to pay tribute to the memory of the heroes and victims of the Second World War. The war taught humankind the harsh lesson that we cannot accept the deaths and suffering of millions of individuals. No single idea, concept or political philosophy ca…
As speakers before me have emphasized, we are meeting at an important
juncture on the road to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) summit to be held in September. We strongly believe that this High-Level Dialogue is an important occasion to fully utilize the convening power of the United Nations…
