Statements_2020




21 December 2020	Statement on Peacebuilding and Sustaining
21 December 2020	Statement on the 2021 Peacekeeping Ministerial
10 December 2020	Statement at the joint IFRC/IOM briefing ‘Advancing Migrant’s Access to Healthcare in the time of COVID-19’
09 December 2020	Statement on Youth Peace and Security: “Capitalizing on intergenerational dialogue to build and sustain peace and enhance social cohesion at community levels”
08 December 2020	Statement under agenda item 76: ‘Oceans and Law of the Sea’, 75th Session of the UNGA
02 December 2020	Statement at the Plenary on the draft resolutions pertaining to ‘Question of Palestine’, under agenda item 38
01 December 2020	Statement at the High-level launch of Secretary-General’s Report on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration
01 December 2020	Statement for the introduction of the draft resolution entitled “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace” (A/75/L.28) under the Agenda Item-15: Culture of Peace
30 November 2020	Statement at the 13th Conference of the State Parties to the CRPD
19 November 2020	Statement on “Leaving no one behind and building back better from COVID-19: The Future of Work in LDCs”
19 November 2020	Statement at the LDC-V Pre-Conference Virtual Event “Leaving no One Behind and building back better from COVID-19: The Future of Work in LDCs”
18 November 2020	Statement on the resolution (A/C.3/75/L.34) Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar by the Third Committee of the 75th session of the UNGA
17 November 2020	Statement at the High-level virtual Meeting to present the Draft ISA Marine Scientific Research Action Plan in support of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
16 November 2020	Statement on “Question on equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.
12 November 2020	Statement on “Global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the obstacles it poses to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achievement of the SDGs”
12 November 2020	Statement for the Joint Debate under Agenda Item 126: Revitalization of the General Assembly 75th Session of the GA
11 November 2020	Statement on the agenda item 89: “Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters”.
10 November 2020	Statement at the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Preparatory Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.
06 November 2020	Statement at the High-level presentation of the new OECD publication, “Multilateral Development Finance 2020 (MDF)”
05 November 2020	Statement at the General Debate on the Report of the Human Rights Council at the 75th UNGA
03 November 2020	Statement on the International Court of Justice
02 November 2020	Statement on the International Criminal Court
29 October 2020	Statement at G-77 & China Virtual Ministerial Conference organized
29 October 2020	Statement on ‘Women, Peace and Security’
27 October 2020	Statement at the Member State briefing regarding the 12 December leader-level Climate Ambition Summit to mark the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
22 October 2020	Statement on “Measures to prevent and combat corruption” under Agenda item: 86 “The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels
19 October 2020	Statement on the consideration of agenda item 62, “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources ”.
16 October 2020	Statement at the Second Committee virtual meeting on Agenda Item 26: Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
15 October 2020	Statement at the Fourth Committee Joint General Debate
14 October 2020	Statement on the agenda item no: 81 “Crimes against Humanity” at the 75th Session of the UNGA Sixth Committee.
14 October 2020	Statement at the General Debate of the First Committee of the 75th UNGA
14 October 2020	Statement on the agenda item no: 77 “Criminal Accountability of the UN Officials and Experts on Missions” at the 75th Session of the UNGA
13 October 2020	Statement on Agenda item 24: Eradication of Poverty and other development issues
12 October 2020	Statement at Second Committee General Debate on Agenda Item 19 on Sustainable Development
09 October 2020	Statement on joint consideration of agenda item 16, “Information and communications technologies for sustainable development” as well as agenda item 22, “Globalization and interdependence”, and its sub-items (a) and (b)
09 October 2020	Statement on Agenda Item 23(a)Group of Countries in Special Situations: Follow up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
08 October 2020	Statement at the General Debate of the Second Committee of the 75th Session of the UNGA
07 October 2020	Statement at the Second Committee Discussion on Agenda Item 17: Macroeconomic Policy Questions and Agenda 18: Follow up on Financing for Development
07 October 2020	Statement on the agenda item no: 114 “Measures to eliminate international terrorism”
06 October 2020	Statement at Ambassadorial-level meeting of the Top TCC Group on impact of current pandemic on peacekeeping
06 October 2020	Statement at the PBC-NAM Caucus Ambassadorial Level Meeting on 2020 Peacebuilding Architecture Review
05 October 2020	Statement at the General Debate of the Third Committee, 75th Session of the GA
05 October 2020	Statement at the Plenary of the Second Committee of the 75th Session UN General Assembly under Agenda item 25(b) South-South Cooperation
02 October 2020	Statement on “Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) at its 20th Anniversary: Strengthening Linkages between Women, Peace and Security; and Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
02 October 2020	Statement at the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
17 September 2020	Statement at the LDCs Annual Ministerial Meeting
16 September 2020	Statement at the Briefing to Member States on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Youth 2030 Strategy launch
16 September 2020	Statement at the virtual Rohingya event
15 September 2020	Statement at the Second Regular Session 2020 of the Executive Board of UN-Women
10 September 2020	Statement on the Culture of Peace convened by the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly: The Culture of Peace: Change our world for the better in the age of COVID-19
08 September 2020	Statement at the Second Regular Session, UNICEF Executive Board
03 September 2020	Statement at the 2nd Regular Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS- Interactive dialogue with UNDP Administrator
02 September 2020	Statement at the 42th session of the Committee on Information
27 August 2020	Statement at the Third Open Meeting of the Discussion Group-1 on FFD in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond on External Finance, Remittances, Jobs, and Inclusive Growth Agenda
30 July 2020	Statement at the Virtual Observance of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
30 July 2020	Statement at the briefing on the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
22 July 2020	Statement at the Commonwealth Consultation on “How to create the necessary conditions for a clean, resilient, and inclusive recovery that enables countries to build back better from the COVID-19 crisis”.
17 July 2020	Statement at the High-Level event of the HLPF on “Multilateralism after COVID 19: what kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary?”
17 July 2020	Statement at the Security Council Open Debate on Conflict Related Sexual Violence: Turning Commitments into Compliance
12 July 2020	Statement at the ISA virtual Ambassadorial Briefing
10 July 2020	Intervention on Means of implementation to match the scope of the crisis and the breadth of our ambition for 2030: Science, Technology and Innovation
08 July 2020	Remarks on Adaptation and Resilience in a post-COVID world: Transformative, Inclusive and Locally-led Climate Policy and Action
08 July 2020	Statement on “Digital with Purpose: Accelerating action and transformative pathways for delivering on the sustainable development goals and recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic”
07 July 2020	Statement at the UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on “Peace Operations and Human Rights”
02 July 2020	Statement on UNICEF
02 July 2020	Statement at the UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on “Pandemics and security”
29 June 2020	Statement at the Annual Session of the UNICEF Executive Board
29 June 2020	Statement at the UNICEF Executive Board annual session 2020
25 June 2020	Statement at the Ambassadorial Briefing on “Equitable sharing of benefits from sustainable development of seabed resources: Opportunities for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS”.
23 June 2020	Statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
23 June 2020	Statement at the High Level Meeting on “Trends, Options and Strategies in Poverty Eradication across the World” on the occasion of the launching of UN Alliance for Poverty Eradication.
22 June 2020	Statement at the Annual Session of the UN Women Executive Board
17 June 2020	Statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the Fourth Committee overall policy matters pertaining to Special Political Mission on the impact of COVID-19 on the work of special political missions
16 June 2020	Statement at the event commemorating International Day of Family Remittances
16 June 2020	Statement at the Virtual Meeting of P4G to build Back Better and greener: A discussion on the role of partnerships in the green recovery and the road to COP26
16 June 2020	Statement at the Thematic Debate on the Selection and Appointment of the UN Secretary-General and other executive heads
15 June 2020	Statement at the PBC Ambassadorial level electronic consultation on “Financing and Partnerships for Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace”
15 June 2020	Statement at “Changing the Trajectory: Integrated Resilience Thinking and COVID-19 Recovery Towards 1.5°C” organized by the Belize, Bhutan and IFRC
12 June 2020	Statement at the Virtual Launch of the UN Group of Friends of Climate Adaptation and Resilience
09 June 2020	Statement at the High-Level Panel on “Addressing the increasing complexity of health challenges in humanitarian context”.
09 June 2020	Statement at the AHWG thematic debate on the Office of the President of the General Assembly (PGA)
05 June 2020	Statement at the Virtual Ambassadorial-level meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission on “Tailoring the Socio-economic Response to COVID-19 in Peacebuilding Contexts
04 June 2020	Statement at the Group of Friends of Migration Meeting on “Migration in the Time of COVID 19: Migrant Health and Remittances”
03 June 2020	Statement at the Group of Friends of SDG Financing to Discuss Next Steps following the May 28 High Level Event on FFD in the Era of COVID 19 and Beyond.
02 June 2020	Statement at the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum Meeting “Financing A Sustainable Recovery from COVID 19”
02 June 2020	Statement at the Consultation on Review of the Human Rights Treaty Body System
02 June 2020	Statement at the Ambassadorial-level electronic Consultation of the Peacebuilding Commission 2020 Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture “Institution Building and System-Wide Engagement for Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace”
01 June 2020	Statement at the POC week virtual side event on Training for the Protection of Civilians: Assessing the challenges and best practices of contributions to UN peacekeeping training
29 May 2020	Statement at the 2020 Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP
29 May 2020	Statement at the event: “Key to Peace, Key to Protection: Women Peacekeepers in Action”.
27 May 2020	Statement at the “Open High-Level VTC of the UN Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict”.
22 May 2020	Statement at the OAS on the Regional Dimensions
22 May 2020	Statement at the Meeting of the OIC with the Secretary-General
22 May 2020	Statement at the Security Council Aria-Formula Meeting: Cyber Stability, Conflict Prevention and Capacity Building
21 May 2020	Statement in the ECOSOC Operational Activities Segment – Dialogues with the RCs and UNCTS
21 May 2020	Statement at the event to observe the 1st International Tea Day
15 May 2020	Statement on Universal Health Coverage and Global Health
12 May 2020	Statement at the meeting of the Friends of LDCs
12 May 2020	Statement at the High Level Video Conference on ‘’The Role of Religious Leaders in Addressing the Multiple Challenges of COVID-19’’
04 May 2020	Statement at the Online Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to COVID-19
01 May 2020	Statement at the virtual meeting of the Group of friends of Peace Operations on “UN Peace Operations and its response to the COVID-19 crisis & Advancing A4P initiatives in the time of COVID-19”
01 May 2020	Statement at the Electronic consultation organized by the Peacebuilding Commission on the 2020 review: Full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding
30 April 2020	Statement at the Meeting on Water on Accelerating Implementation of SDG 6 to respond to the COVID 19 Pandemic
28 April 2020	Statement at the Virtual Briefing by the Deputy Secretary-General to the LDC Group on COVID-19 response by the UN
27 April 2020	Statement at the open VTC of the Security Council on “Towards the 5th Anniversary of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda: Accelerating Implementation of resolutions 2250 and 2419
27 April 2020	Statement at the Asia Pacific Group meeting with UN Secretary General
23 April 2020	Statement at the open debate of the Security Council on “The Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question”.
17 April 2020	Statement at the Virtual Extraordinary High-Level Meeting of the Group of Friends of Food Security and Nutrition, on the measures taken to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on food availability and supply.
09 April 2020	Statement at the Virtual Briefing by the Deputy Secretary-General to Member States on COVID-19 response by the UN
08 April 2020	Statement at the Ambassadorial-level virtual meeting on the impact of COVID-19 on peace-building and sustaining peace
26 February 2020	Statement at the meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of NAM on Rohingya issue
20 February 2020	Statement at the Ambassadorial-level Meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission on “Effective support in UN Transition Contexts”
19 February 2020	Statement in G77 Ambassadorial Meeting, 19 February 2020
18 February 2020	Statement at the 293rd Plenary Meeting of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
17 February 2020	Statement at the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) meeting
13 February 2020	Statement at the 58th Commission for Social Development on Agenda item 3
12 February 2020	Statement at the Interactive Dialogue on “Targeting Hunger: South-South Cooperation for Transforming Agriculture
04 February 2020	Statement on “Addressing hate speech and preventing incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence: Synergies within the United Nations system”
04 February 2020	Statement at the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board 2020 First Regular Session Interactive Dialogue with the UNDP Administrator Mr. Achim Steiner on “Nature for Development”
04 February 2020	Statement during the meeting with Group of Friends of LDCs
03 February 2020	Statement at the Meeting of the Groups of Friends on Climate Change
29 January 2020	Statement at the Formal Meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission
29 January 2020	Statement at the briefing by Deputy Secretary General on the Regional Review and Multi-country Office Review ECOSOC
28 January 2020	Statement at the APG monthly meeting
27 January 2020	Statement at the Ambassadorial Level Meeting with the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
27 January 2020	Statement at the PBC Meeting on Burundi Configuration
24 January 2020	Statement at the High-Level Event on the occasion of the International Day of Education
22 January 2020	Statement on SG’s priorities for 2020
22 January 2020	Statement at the open debate of the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Question of Palestine
21 January 2020	OIC Statement at the open debate of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian Question
15 January 2020	Statement at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the Group of 77
10 January 2020	Statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate on “Upholding the United Nations Charter to maintain International Peace and Security”