We have been mandated by the General Assembly to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on the reform of the Security Council. I am referring to decision 65/554 adopted by consensus on 12 September. I am afraid that the task will not be an easy one. Allow me to explain why.
It is a fac…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to take part in today’s debate on the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/66/2).
At the outset, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Portugal for his statement as President of the Council. We are pleased to note th…
I would first like to state our full support for the statement made by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union.
As we engage in this debate, it is important to keep the historical perspective in mind. Let us remember that agenda item 42 — “The situation in Central America: pro…
I am grateful for the opportunity given to my delegation to participate in this open debate on the activities of the three Security Council Committees focused on the fight against terrorism. In that regard, I would like fully to endorse the statement to be made by the representative of the European …
Spain would have wished that the suggestions and alternative texts presented by the European Union, first by Spain as a rotating President of the European Union and then by the current Belgian Presidency, had been taken into account by the delegation of Bolivia. In this respect, Spain regrets the fa…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The following countries align themselves with this statement: the candidate countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania…
I have the honour to speak today solely on behalf of my own country, Spain.
As a sponsor of resolution 63/278, by which the General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day in 2009, and as a supporter of resolution 64/196, by which, in that same year, the Assembly decided to a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
We will soon commemorate the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a tragic chapter in the history of Europe and the entire world. The draft resolution before us today (A/64/L.46) is a most fitting way to mark this oc…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia; and Iceland, Stat…
