Category: Statements

13 October 2022 Thank you very much Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, I congratulate His Excellency Ambassador José Alfonso Blanco Conde of the Dominican Republic, and members of the Bureau as they lead the work of this Committee. But...

10 October 2022 Excellencies, The war in Ukraine should have been never started. But it will end one day. Guns will be silent. But when? At what cost? How many people will have died? How many families separated? How much more...

10 October 2022 Ladies and Gentlemen, Famine doesn’t occur overnight. It can be prevented. How is it possible then, that in this day and age, people still suffer from severe and lasting food insecurity? And it is not...

10 October 2022 Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, I congratulate my very good and longtime friend Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva and the Bureau Members on your election. As I heard your leaders during the HLW speaking both...

7 October 2022 Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Dear Colleagues, The theme of the 77th session of the General Assembly is “Solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science”. Every day in this hall should be about...

4 October 2022 Your Excellency, Monsieur Phillipe Kridelka, Chair of the Fifth Committee, Distinguished Delegates, I want to express my heartfelt congratulations to Ambassador Kridelka, as well as to all the bureau members, on...

4 October 2022 Thank you very much, Madame Chair. Thank you, Kinga. What I was trying to get prepared for was not so much a keynote, more of a provocative set of ideas I’d like to throw to you to stimulate the discussion. The...

4 October 2022     Your Excellency Ambassador Pieris, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very much honored to address the First Committee at this pivotal moment for international disarmament and security. Our...

3 October 2022 Excellencies, Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, أود أن أتقدم بالتهنئة لسعادة السفير الحسن، الممثل الدائم لسلطنة عُمان وأعضاء المكتب لانتخابهم لقيادة هذه الدورة من اللجنة الرابعة. (Arabic translation: Let me...

26 September 2022 Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, I thank all of you for your dedication to promoting this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. I have been listening to your important statements....

26 September 2022 Excellencies,  Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, For nearly a week, you, the delegations of the Member States, have taken us back home with you.  Describing the priorities and the challenges that you...

26 September 2022 Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The yearly High-Level Meetings offer a moment of reflection about the unimaginable suffering caused in 1945, when atomic bombs devastated Hiroshima and...

25 September 2022 As prepared Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start by extending my most sincere thanks to this congregation for their kind invitation to say a few words today. I am honored to have assumed office as...

24 September 2022 Excellencies, Madame Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassadors, Friends, Happy birthday, independent India. Happy 75th diamond jubilee. Not to mention the preceding quite a few thousand years of civilization that...

22 September 2022 H.E. Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and Chair of the G77 and China, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, It is my great pleasure to participate in the 46th Annual...