70/109 GA
A world against violence and violent extremism
70
Session
| Draft symbol | A/70/L.21 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 70/109 |
| UN Document | 70/109 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/70/PV.72
Speeches following this vote (8)
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted. May I remind delegations that explanations of position are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Roet
Israel fully supports the noble vision of calling for the world to unite against violence and violent extremism. The content of resolution 70/109 is commendable and praiseworthy.
The problem with today’s vote is not with the message, but with the messenger. For the second time, one of the world’s most violent and extreme regimes has promoted a resolution against violence and extremism. Iran call…
Mr. Norman
Canada joined the consensus on resolution 70/109, entitled “A world against violence and violent extremism”. Canada is a strong supporter of human rights and condemns the targeting of civilians, which violates international humanitarian law. All citizens have the right to live free from violence and discrimination. In order to achieve a world without violence, the rights of all people must be res…
Ms. Connelly
The United States joined the consensus today on resolution 70/109, entitled “A world against violence and violent extremism”, because we continue to support initiatives at the United Nations to advance the international community’s efforts to counter violent extremism. The United States sees preventing and countering violent extremism as a core element of our comprehensive approach to countering …
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of position.
Several delegations have asked to speak in exercise of the right of reply. May I remind Member States that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second intervention, and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Dibaei
I wish to express my appreciation and thanks to you, Sir, the Secretariat and all delegations for their widespread support for resolution 70/109, which has just been adopted.
Allow me to say a few words about the statement made by the representative of the Israeli regime. As usual, he levelled accusations and allegations against my country that are all baseless and nothing but a bunch of lies. T…
Mr. Awad
I would like to respond to the remarks made by the representative of the Israeli regime with regard to Iran’s cooperation with Syria.
It was surprising to hear the representative of Israel, in his first statement today, speak about humanity and his country’s obligation to help people in Nepal and Haiti, and weep in sympathy for our brothers in Somalia and South Sudan. We saw the representative s…
The Acting President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 16.
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