Let me join my colleagues in thanking Lithuania for organizing this timely debate and to congratulate you for the excellent stewardship of this meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his biennial report on small arms and light weapons (SALW) (S/2015/209) and for the recommendations containe…
I would like to begin by thanking the French presidency of the Security Council for having convened this debate. Romania associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, but I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity, which I will keep brief in the intere…
I would first like to wish your country and nation, Mr. President, a happy, peaceful and prosperous new year. Romania joins others in thanking China for preparing and organizing today’s thought-provoking debate on the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations. This is in…
In aligning itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union and in adding a few thoughts in its national capacity, Romania joins all the other speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, and your country for preparing and convening this debate. It is yet another product of an …
My country would like, first, to use this occasion to pay tribute to President Song’s remarkable work during his presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC). We are all indebted to him for his resilience, wisdom and professionalism, which have substantially strengthened the Court. In the ch…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Tomka, for introducing the report on the work of the Court (A/69/4), which has given us a useful insight into the Court’s activity during the judicial year 2013-2014.
States submitting their disputes to …
I thank you, Mr. President, for this timely debate and congratulate you on having convened it. Allow me to briefly touch upon the topic from our national perspective besides the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union, with which Romania fully aligns itself.
Against the ba…
I wish to thank the Republic of Korea for organizing this timely celebratory meeting and to congratulate you, Madam President, on your excellent stewardship both today and during your presidency of the Security Council .
Romania fully aligns itself with the statement made earlier in this meeting by…
I thank you, Sir, for this timely debate and warmly congratulate you on your
unsurprisingly excellent stewardship. Let me briefly touch upon the topic from our national perspective, which is in addition to the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union, with which Romania fully align…
Romania fully aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations. I would also like to express a few thoughts in my national capacity.
We take note of, and are grateful for, the Secretary- General’…
As we are jointly debating two agenda items, I would like first to use this opportunity to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Liu Jieyi, for introducing the Security Council’s annual report (A/68/2), as well as the United States for preparing its introduction. I also thank the P…
Have members ever met a victim of human trafficking? Well, I did, when I was working for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, back 1999. Her name was Marinela; she was 17 and terrified. Trafficked from Romania, she had been coerced into prostitution by a pimp who beat her with nu…
Romania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and would like to add the following in its national capacity.
Romania’s abstention today is based on a position of principle that my country has consistently held, namely, on the need to promote dialogue …
I would like to begin by thanking the International Criminal Court for all its hard work, as comprehensively reflected in its eighth annual report (A/67/308), submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International…
It is an honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States as we pay posthumous tribute to Mr. Harri Holkeri, President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session and former Prime Minister of Finland, who passed away on 7 August. For over four decades, …
At the outset, let me express my warm appreciation to Ambassador Joy Ogwu for her hard work in preparing the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/65/2). I would also like to thank Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant for introducing the document, as well as all the Security Co…
In addition to the statement made by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union, I wish to make some brief remarks in my national capacity.
The discussions revolving around the General Assembly’s draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/65/L.9), as well as the Security…
At the outset, like other speakers, I would like to commend both the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate dedicated to revitalizing the Conference on Disarmament. Let me
also express my delegation’s appreciation to the Advisory Board on Disarmament M…
I would like to thank you, Madam, for convening this meeting on such an important and ever-pressing topic. We align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and naturally would like to also express some thoughts in our national capacity.
Having played an active…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
The Declaration and Programme of Action adopted 10 years ago, which we are now here to commemorate, highlight the commitment of the international community to focus its political will on the global fight against the scour…
