1 March 2023 Distinguished delegates, Almost 80 years ago, humanity was confronted with the most devastating weapons ever invented. Pained by the horrors of nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the international...
Read More27 February 2023 Good afternoon, dear friends, Thank you, Madame Director-General, for your warm welcome to Geneva and for organizing this Town Hall. So much honour to have the opportunity to be with you and to share some ideas...
Read More27 February 2023 [As Delivered] Thank you very much Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. High Commissioner, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, It is an honour to address the opening of this 52nd session of the...
Read More27 February 2023 Esteemed Chairperson, Dear Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to the United Nations Headquarters. During its 78-year history, the Statistical Commission has given the world...
Read More22 February 2023 Esteemed Former Presidents of the General Assembly, Co-Chairs, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Fifield and Ambassador López for organizing this informal...
Read More22 February 2023 Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Today we mark the grim first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. One year of despair, displacement, destruction and death on a scale not seen in...
Read More21 February 2023 First and foremost, thank you very much for the beautiful songs. You not only made my day, I think you made my week. It was the highlight of my week. Many thanks to you. Excellencies, My good friend...
Read More21 February 2023 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, My warm thanks to the Chair of the Third Committee, my good friend, Ambassador José Alfonso Blanco, for organizing this second informal meeting with civil...
Read More21 February 2023 Mr. USG Mme. USG I am delighted to join you for the opening of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations’ substantive session. I congratulate Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad Bande and the Bureau on their...
Read More20 February 2023 Excellencies, distinguished delegates, It is a pleasure to welcome Assistant Secretary-General Piper to this informal meeting of the General Assembly in his role as Special Adviser on Solutions for Internal...
Read More18 February 2023 Tokyo Thank you very much, Dr. Han, Your Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We know climate change is elevating flood risks in many parts of the world. We have been experiencing...
Read More14 February 2023 Thank you very much, Mr. President. Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, I thank Minister Ian Borg and the Permanent Mission of Malta for holding this important debate. We are in a new...
Read More13 February 2023 Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, I welcome the Secretary-General’s briefing on Our Common Agenda and the future of cooperation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges. It...
Read More13 February 2023 Welcome to the 2023 Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations. My thanks go to the President of the Interparliamentary Union, my colleague Duarte Pacheco, for his work in bringing the voices of...
Read More10 February 2023 Your Highness, Madam High Representative, Distinguished delegates, I wish I knew that there would be a notion about jeans, I would have worn them. I would be very happy now to stand up and show you that I’m with...
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