For years, Hungary has emphasized the need to move expeditiously towards a timely and comprehensive agreement on all aspects of Security Council reform. My country wishes to take decisive steps towards that goal by 2015, half a century after the Security Council was last reformed.
The year 2015, th…
The history of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics is closely related to the part of the world I come from, in particular to Hungary, and the time of democratic transition, when the production of appropriate and reliable data became apparent. In response to the demand, the Conference o…
Hungary, as a member of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group, aligns itself fully with the statement made on the group’s behalf by the representative of Switzerland. Our statement in full written form will be made available to all Member States. In order to save time, I would like to…
I am speaking as an Ambassador from Central and Eastern Europe and as one of the chairs of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and the intergovernmental process. You, Sir, and President-elect Ambassador John Ashe referred to that in your statements.
My delegation wishes to expre…
I have the honour to introduce, under agenda item 15, draft resolution A/67/L.45, entitled “International Day of Charity”. Presented under the agenda item “Culture of peace”, the draft resolution reaffirms the role of charity in promoting peace and the universal principles of human dignity and solid…
Hungary welcomes the convening of this debate of the General Assembly as an opportunity to relaunch meaningful discussions on the reform of the Security Council. The sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly succeeded in keeping the momentum of the process of intergovernmental negotiations going, …
I have asked for the opportunity to speak because of a statement by a Member State in the Hall.
The European Union (EU) member States are grateful for the support of all Member States and participating observers. Due to the contribution they have made over the past weeks and months, the text of res…
As I have already had the pleasure of underlining that the essence of the draft resolution A/65/L.64/Rev.1 is to allow the observer of the European Union to intervene on behalf of its 27 member States, among representatives of other major groups, to enable them to contribute effectively to the work …
It is an honour for me to appear before the General Assembly today to introduce, on behalf of the members of the European Union (EU), the draft resolution on the participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations, contained in document A/65/L.64/Rev.1. I would like in particular t…
It is my particular pleasure to speak on behalf of the European Union at this very special plenary meeting of the General Assembly to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight.
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The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace…
I thank you, Sir, for giving the floor to the European Union. The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro; the countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia; as well as …
I would like to begin my statement in Arabic as an expression of our solidarity with and deep respect for the people of Libya who are now struggling in their own land for freedom, their basic rights and their human rights. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU).
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Hungary fully aligns itself with the statement made by the European Union.
Much has been said already by previous speakers, and, obviously, there is a strong convergence among Member States on a broad spectrum of issues, and it encourages me to be very brief and to focus on some points and messages…
