Before I begin, I would like to extend our condolences to the people of France following yesterday’s bombing of its embassy in Libya. We also extend our condolences to the American people following the attack in Boston last week. Our prayers are with the victims, families and citizens of both countr…
As we begin a new year, I want to take the opportunity to congratulate the five new members of the Security Council. I wish each and every one of them a lot of luck and success in navigating the sometimes stormy waters of the Chamber.
Yesterday the people of Israel went to the polls. Millions of me…
Let me begin by expressing our gratitude to the United States of America for its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process in 2012. In
particular, I would like to thank Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic for skilfully manning the helm of the Process over the past year. I would also like to extend Israel’s …
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate on counter- terrorism. I would like to express my appreciation to the Chairs of the Committees for their professional work and for their informative briefings this afternoon.
As we gather here today, 1 million Israelis are facing the …
I speak to the Assembly today as someone who had the privilege of spending part of my childhood growing up in Africa, while Africa itself was growing up. My understanding of Africa is not based on textbooks, or movies, or safaris. I speak from personal experience. As a young child living in what was…
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the architects and earliest champions of the United Nations, wrote, “One’s philosophy is best expressed not in words, but in choices”. Today, the Middle East is at a critical moment — a moment that calls for leadership. And history will judge today’s leaders not …
It has been said that the further back you look, the further forward you can see. This truth hangs over the General Assembly today. Long before Al-Assad’s planes demolished major cities, long before his thugs murdered entire families in their homes, long before the death count rose well above 20,000…
Winston Churchill once said, “The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it; ignorance may deride it; malice may distort it; but there it is”. The Al-Assad regime could use a healthy dose of Churchill’s wisdom today. No matter what Al-Assad says, he cannot alter the horrific truth about the bru…
At the outset, let me thank you, Sir, for convening this review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. I would also like to commend Canada’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Rishchynski, and his team for skilfully facilitating the negotiations of the draft resolution of the thi…
Ambassador Mehdiyev, I would like to personally congratulate you on your presidency of the Security Council this month and to thank you for convening this very important meeting. I would also like to express my appreciation to the Chairs of the counter-terrorism Committees for their briefings this m…
Let me begin by thanking you, Madam President, for your able stewardship of the Security Council this month and for holding this very important debate.
For the people of Israel, this is not an abstract discussion. Day after day, trafficked arms explode in our cities. Day after day, our citizens liv…
Let me begin by thanking you personally, Madam President, for your outstanding leadership of the Security Council this month.
Churchill once said that in the time it takes a lie to get halfway around the world, the truth is still getting its pants on. In the barren deserts of the Middle
East, myth…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important discussion, which is long overdue.
As I watch this debate unfold, pictures that I saw over the weekend linger in my mind. Today, I recall the images of infants and young children from the Baba Amr neighbourhood of Homs. They are injured, cove…
As this is the first time that I address the Security Council in the new year, let me congratulate the five new Council members on their election. I wish each of them the best of luck in navigating the sometimes stormy debates of the Chamber.
As we gather in the Chamber, an alarm bell is ringing. N…
Let me begin by expressing our gratitude to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for its chairmanship and able stewardship of the Kimberley Process in 2011. I would also like to extend Israel’s welcome to the incoming Chair, the United States of America. We look forward to engaging closely with the …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the Chairpersons of the counter-terrorism committees for their informative briefings.
Today’s meeting is an opportunity to put out a call for effective and collective action in t…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks. Allow me also to thank Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe, President of the Economic and Social Council, for his statement, and also Under-Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet for her briefing and her leadership on the pressing issues before us.
Today …
At the outset, I would like to extend my condolences to the people of Turkey following yesterday’s tragic earthquake.
Let me begin by reminding the Council that the name of today’s debate is the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, and not vice versa. This morning, I wo…
The great Rabbi Hillel once declared, “If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” As we take up this important debate, I am reminded of his famous words. At this critical moment, the international community must move forward with the urgency of Rabbi Hillel’s call,
actively partneri…
I would like to begin by offering my Government's condolences to the people and the Government of Norway following last week's appalling attacks in Oslo and Utoya. The victims of this tragedy — most of whom were young people — remain in our thoughts and prayers.
There is a Jewish story about a man …
