Let me first warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Sam Kutesa on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. My commendations go to His Excellency Mr. John Ashe for his remarkable leadership of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly.
Over the past few mo…
Thank you for calling this very important meeting, Mr. President. It is a strong acknowledgement of the seriousness of the situation, and Sweden welcomed the opportunity to sponsor today’s resolution (2177 (2014)).
Sweden aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the Eur…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
At the outset, we would like to thank the United States presidency for the continued focus of the Council on this important issue. We would also like to acknowledge the cruci…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden. We thank the Secretary-General for his important statement and welcome this opportunity to discuss new trends and challenges to peacekeeping. Forward- leaning action at the poli…
The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden, appreciate this opportunity for a dialogue on how employment and decent work for all can contribute to poverty eradication. The Nordic countries are deeply committed to contributing to poverty eradication and decent w…
I have the pleasure to introduce draft resolution A/68/L.46, entitled “High- level meeting of the General Assembly on the twenty- fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”, on behalf of Botswana, Jordan, Mexico, Poland, Thailand and Sweden, as well as more than …
Let me start by thanking the former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Drobnjak, as well as the current Chair, Ambassador Patriota, for their statements this morning and for their commitment.
Peacebuilding is at the very core of the United Nations mandate and all parts of the U…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden. We fully support the statement by the observer of European Union but would like to add a few remarks.
We, too, would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
We thank the Luxembourg presidency for holding this important debate and welcome the adoption of resolution 2143 (2014) today. We also reaffirm our strong support to Special R…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
We thank the Lithuanian presidency for arranging this timely open debate and appreciate the opportunity to share our views on the important topic of the rule of law. We welcome the rep…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries, namely, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
We welcome Lithuania’s initiative to hold an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and we thank the four briefers for their important contributions and excellen…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Let me, first of all, thank Azerbaijan for organizing today’s debate and for providing a very good concept note (S/2013/613 annex). We appreciate that these debates are turning into yearly ev…
I am pleased to address the Council on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Azerbaijani presidency for organizing this open debate, and to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN Wom…
Sweden associates itself with the statement just made by the observer of the European Union.
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate, and the Secretary-General for his report in document S/2012/746. We agree that progress has been made. However, the international community must
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It is my great pleasure to introduce this year’s draft resolution on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency and humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, as contained in document A/67/L.39.
The annual adoption of this draft resolution by the General Assembly reaffirms the distincti…
Sweden welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the modalities of the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples and, like others, we would like in particular to extend our gratitude to the two co-facilitators. We are particularly pleased that the resolution stresses the importance of including the pa…
It is my great pleasure to introduce this year’s draft resolution on strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, as contained in document A/66/L.28. Twenty years have passed since this body adopted resolution 46/182, which laid the foundation for our…
Let me first of all join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, upon your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I can assure you of the full support and cooperation of my delegation.
At the opening of the sixteenth session of the General A…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. We align
ourselves with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
The Monterrey Consensus, as reaffirmed by the follow-up conference in Doha, is a landmark agreem…
I have the great honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, the draft resolution entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”, contained in document A/65/L.45.
We would like to thank all delegations for the constructive spirit in which…
