It is a great joy and personal satisfaction for me to see a woman presiding over the General Assembly. This is the tenth time that I have had the honour to speak in this historic Hall, and it is the first time in all those years that a woman has held the highest office here at the General Assembly. …
I was a very young woman when Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island. It is a moment that sticks out in my memory as an example of fortitude and a triumph over adversity and injustice. After he had been unfairly imprisoned for 27 years, Madiba’s abiding and dignified commitment to justice qu…
Mr. President, it is good to see you presiding over this session of the General Assembly. We know that we are in very able hands, and I look forward to working closely with you. We also salute the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his leadership. I am confident that he will chart an intel…
The migration and refugee crises are at the heart of our debate these days, both here and back home. People around the world are on the move in unprecedented numbers. Some 65 million have been forcibly displaced in the last year. At the summit on Monday, we made an important collective statement tha…
It is an honour to be back in the Assembly, especially as Liechtenstein is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of its membership in the United Nations. We may not have been among the earliest countries to join the United Nations, but we certainly were and remain among those who did so with full…
For decades, conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have deeply affected the lives and livelihoods of the peoples of that region. In recent years, new waves of violence have contributed to a humanitarian crisis and population displacements not seen since the Second World War, especially in Sy…
This has been an enormously difficult year for the United Nations. As the Secretary-General has pointed out, we are living in an era of an unprecedented level of crises. I echo his call for leaders to unite. At a time when the world seems to be breaking apart, it will serve us well to remember what …
At the outset, let me convey the sincere condolences of the people and the Government of Liechtenstein to all those affected by the abhorrent terrorist attack in Kenya. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families.
For the second year in a row, the Assembly is meeting under the shadow of th…
We are convening in this Assembly at a time when we are witnessing a worrisome phenomenon, namely, senseless violence spreading through an entire region as a result of a senseless offence to religious feelings. More than any other organization, the United Nations stands for the ideals of tolerance, …
In 2006, Mexico and Liechtenstein jointly requested the inclusion of an item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels” in the agenda of the General Assembly. Since then, much progress has been made. We applaud the hard work of the United Nations Rule of Law Coordination and…
It is a great honour to again address this Assembly, especially at the first general debate ever opened by a woman. What an inspiration! This debate has already proven that the General Assembly can indeed play a central role in multilateral diplomacy, in particular at this time of great change and t…
It is a great honour for me to speak to the Assembly today, 20 years after the admission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations. Membership of the United Nations is one of the cornerstones of our foreign policy and the central platform for global diplomatic contacts. A strong United Nations, with a …
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly, a body that represents the heart of multilateral diplomacy, for the first time tonight. As such, it is called to fulfil the expectations and hopes of peoples and individuals around the world — hopes for peace, hopes for an end to poverty a…
