At the outset, since this is the first time I have an opportunity, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the newly elected members of the Security Council — Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — and to wish them every success. Furthermore, allow …
On behalf of the member States of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/69/L.14, submitted under sub-item (d) of agenda item 123 and entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organizatio…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, namely, Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland and Thailand, and on behalf of the Republic of South Africa as an observer.
The Network is a cross-regional gro…
I, too, would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency for organizing this timely and important debate.
More often than not, civilians constitute the bulk of the victims of armed conflicts around the world. Although, at the normative level, significant progress has been made over the past decade to …
I would like first of all to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his decision to reappoint Ambassador Tanin as Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on the issue of Security Council reform. It is everyone’s hope and belief that the intergovernmental negotiations process will …
Dating back to the eighth century B.C., the ancient Olympic Games were meant to be a force for peace and solidarity among ancient Greek city-States, which declared a truce for a period of seven days before the beginning and seven days after the end of the Games. Before every Olympiad, heralds in the…
We would like to express our appreciation to the presidency of Azerbaijan for convening this important open debate, as well as to the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN Women and the Under-Secretary-General for their important contributions. We align ourselves with the statement deliver…
Greece aligns itself with the statement delivered yesterday by the observer of the European Union (EU) (see A/67/PV.77). I would like to make a few additional remarks in my national capacity.
Trafficking in persons ranks high among the heinous crimes of our time. This form of modern slavery is not …
