November 21, 2024

Statement by Amb. Korneliou, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Peace, 25 April 2018

peacebuilding-1HIGH-LEVEL MEETING on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace 

United Nations, New York, 24-25 April 2018

Mr. President,

At the outset, let me congratulate you for organizing this important and timely High-level event and commend you for your copious efforts in this regard. We hope that this event will prove to be instrumental in garnering support for the new UN approach on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. [Read more…]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Costas Petrides, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment to the Earth Summit

Statement by H.E. Mr. Costas Petrides,

Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment

Head of the Delegation of the Republic of Cyprus to the “Nineteenth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly for the review and appraisal of Agenda 21” [Read more…]

Statement by the Permanent Representative of Cyprus Ambassador Mr. Nicos Agathocleous to the 3rd Committee on the Human Rights situation in Cyprus

Madame Chairperson,

In 1993, forty-five years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Community happily recognized, that all Human Rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and therefore their promotion and protection is a global legitimate concern. [Read more…]

Address by the President of Cyprus Mr. Glafcos Clerides to the 51st Session of the UN General Assembly

Mr. President,

I would like to begin by extending to you my warmest congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly. We are certain that your long experience, outstanding ability and diplomatic skill will guide us successfully in our work at this fifty-first session of the General Assembly. [Read more…]