Thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate, which serves as an opportunity to examine the issue of the rule of law, a concept that is at the very heart of the stated mission of the United Nations.
In recent years, the United Nations has increased its efforts to address the rule of law in…
At the outset, let me tell you, Madam President how pleased we are to see Lithuania presiding over the Security Council. I thank you for convening this open debate on an issue that is of considerable importance and great concern to many Member States. My delegation also joins previous speakers in th…
Having followed the discussions in a constructive manner, which is particularly appreciated given the participation of countries that are not often in agreement with each other, one cannot but regret Turkey’s continuation of the policy of negation and its unchanged rhetoric. Allow me to briefly touc…
First of all, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish to thank you and the entire delegation of Jordan for the excellent work done at the beginning of the year. With your permission, Sir, I shall also take…
We thank the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of UN Women, High Commissioner Pillay and Ms. Brigitte Balipou, the representative of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, for their active involvement and valuable contributions. We also welcome the unanimous adoption of resolut…
My delegation wishes to state that we dissociate ourselves from the consensus to include item 38 in the agenda of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly.
Madam President, I join previous speakers in thanking you for presiding over this important debate. It is commendable that the Council has continued its practice of holding open debates on the protection of civilians, featuring briefings by the Secretary-General, Under-Secretary- General Amos, High …
In adopting the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (resolution 65/277, annex) exactly two years ago today at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, Member States committed to a set of ambitious goals to be achieved by 2015. We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive r…
We welcome your initiative, Mr. President, in convening this debate on an issue that has gained strong public and political acknowledgement. I also thank the Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab
Bangura, as well as the…
We also thank the Secretary-General for the presentation of his report on peacebuilding in the aftermath of conflict (S/2012/746) and the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Momen, for his active involvement and his statement.
The frequency with which the Security Council addres…
We regret to have asked for the floor again. However, it would be preferable if the representative of Azerbaijan had not taken the floor, once again confusing the aim and the purpose of this debate.
By exercising its right of reply and aiming it at entertaining its domestic public audience, the Aze…
My delegation would like to express its deep concern over the irresponsible conduct of the delegation of Azerbaijan, which became a member of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) last year and, yet, has demonstrated to that body in Vienna, to the Special Political and Decoloniz…
My delegation had no intention of using its right of reply a second time, but after hearing the representative of Azerbaijan’s unacceptable remarks it is hard to remain silent. It is particularly unethical to proceed with defamatory statements at a time when a large number of Member States are tryin…
I regret that the representative of Azerbaijan has decided to exercise his right of reply. I would like to remind him that it is the duty of the Chair of a regional organization to inspire trust and confidence in all the other Member States that are actively seized of the affairs of that organizatio…
I have requested the floor after the adoption of resolution 67/109 in order to present my delegation’s explanation of position.
First, we would like to express our regret that the consultation process on the text of the resolution was not sufficiently open and transparent. Despite what was just dec…
Allow me first to express my thanks to you, Sir, for convening this debate on a topic that my delegation is particularly pleased to see addressed. We join previous speakers in thanking the Deputy Secretary-General and Under-Secretaries-
General Bachelet and Ladsous and Ms. Bineta Diop for their sta…
I would like to make a short procedureal statement before we proceed.
As this is the first time that my delegation takes the floor during the sixty-seventh session, let me warmly commend you, Sir, on your election as President of this body, as well as to assure you that Armenia will continue to wor…
I thank the members of the Security Council for the opportunity to participate in this briefing. Armenia aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union. However, we would also like to make some remarks in our national capacity.
We appreciate the efforts of the Chairs of the C…
I have asked for the floor to exercise my delegation’s right of reply to the statement made by the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister this morning (see A/66/PV.28). The references in that statement to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh can be attributed only to the imagination of the speaker, who still presumes…
Armenia disassociates itself from the consensus on the decision of the General Assembly to include agenda item 39 in the agenda of the sixty-sixth session.
