EU Statements in the General Assembly

On this page you will find EU Statements held in the General Assembly during the Swedish EU Presidency, 2009, at the UN Headquarters.

December 24, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on scales of assessments.
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December 18, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on the proposed budget for the biennium 2010-2011: Safety and Security.
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December 11, 2009
Diamonds in fuelling conflict: EU statement on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict.
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December 10, 2009
Global health: EU statement on the introducation of item 123: Global health and foreign policy.
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December 10, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on financing of the ICTR and the ITY.
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December 7, 2009
Report of the Secretary-General: EU statement on the report of the Secretary-General: Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN.
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December 7, 2009
Introduction of draft resolution: EU statement on Safety and Security of humanitarian personnel and protection of UN personnel and Assistance to the Palestinian People.
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December 7, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of position on promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace.
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December 4, 2009
Law of the sea: EU statement on Oceans and the law of the sea, including sustainable fisheries.
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December 3, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Human Resources Management.
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November 30, 2009
Palestine: EU statement on the question of Palestine.
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November 24, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of position on the UN Decade for people of African descent.
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November 24, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of vote on global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation and follow-up of the Durban Declaration and programme of action.
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November 24, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Enterprise resource planning.
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November 23, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of position on the Report of the Human Rights Council.
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November 23, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of vote on the draft resolution L.49, entitled "Human rights and cultural diversity".
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November 20, 2009
Peacebuilding: EU statement on the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund.
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November 20, 2009
Third committee: EU Explanation of Position L.50 GA64 Guidelines for the Alternative Care of children.
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November 19, 2009
Third committee: EU Explanation of Vote  L.57  GA64 Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination.
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November 19, 2009
Third committee: EU Explanation of Vote L.28 GA64
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order.
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November 19, 2009
Third committee: EU Explanation of Vote L.47/Rev.1  GA64 The Right to Development.
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November 19, 2009
Third committee: EU Explanation of Position L.30/Rev.1 GA64: The Right to Food.
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November 19, 2009
Third committee: International Cooperation against the World Drug Problem.
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November 19, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of vote on inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
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November 19, 2009
General Assembly: EU statement on Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (Agenda item 118)
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November 19, 2009
Climate change: EU statement at the General Assembly Climate Change meeting.
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November 17, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on human resource management.
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November 16, 2009
Millenium Summit: EU statement on the follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit.
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November 12, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of position on self-determination.
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November 12, 2009
Third comittee: EU Explanation of Position L.41/Rev.1 GA64:Protection of Migrants
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November 12, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of vote on globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights.
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November 12, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of Vote on equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies.
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November 12, 2009
Third committee: Explanation of Vote on combating defamation of religions.
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November 12, 2009
Sixth committee: EU statement on the Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country.
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November 10, 2009
Fifth Committee: EU statement at the General Assembly on Item 131: Programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 Capital Master Plan.
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November 9, 2009
General Assembly: EU statement at the General Assembly on agenda item 49: Culture of Peace, “Nelson Mandela International Day”
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November 9, 2009
General Assembly: EU statement at the General Assembly Plenary Debate on the situation in Afghanistan.
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November 6, 2009
General Assembly: EU statement in the informals of the General Assembly on the High-level plenary meeting in 2010  [item 114].
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November 5, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on Item 59: Towards Global Partnerships.
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November 5, 2009
International Drug Control: EU statement on Agenda Item 105: International Drug Control, Consideration of the results of the high-level segment of the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
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November 4, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on the Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
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November 4, 2009
General Assembly: EU statement on the Report of the Human Rights Council and the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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November 3, 2009
Third committee: EU statement on the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions.
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November 2, 2009
International Atomic Energy Agency: Statement on the draft UNGA resolution on the Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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November 2, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on sustainable development.
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November 2, 2009
Fourth committee: EU statement on United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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November 2, 2009
Third committee: EU statement on Item 67: Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
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October 30, 2009
Sustainable Forest Management: EU statement at the 9th Special Session of the UN Forum on Forests on the Means of Implementation for Sustainable Forest Management.
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October 30, 2009
Human Rights Council: EU statement on Item 64: Report of the Human Rights Council.
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October 30, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 132: Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011.
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October 29, 2009
International Criminal Court: EU statement on Item 75: The Report of the International Criminal Court.
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October 29, 2009
Fourth committee: EU statement on Item 28: Assistance in Mine Action.
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October 28, 2009
Guatemala and Honduras: EU statement on “The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development”.
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October 28, 2009
Embargo on Cuba: EU statement on the “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.
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October 28, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on Globalization and interdependence – the role of the United Nations in promoting the development in the context of globalization, and on Development cooperation with middle-income countries.
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October 28, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on Item 50: Information and communication technologies for development.
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October 28, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 130: Review of efficiency - Procurement.
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October 27, 2009
Third committee: EU statement on Item 69 c: Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives.
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October 27, 2009
ECOSOC: EU statement on the Report of the Economic and Social Council.
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October 26, 2009
Third committee: EU statement on Item 69 b: Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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October 26, 2009
Fourth committee: EU statement on the Comprehensive Review of the Whole Question of Peacekeeping Operations in All Their Aspects.
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October 23, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 134: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations.
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October 23, 2009
First committee: EU statement in the Disarmament Machinery Cluster of the first committee.
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October 23, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on Item 60: Agriculture development and food security.
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October 22, 2009
Third committee: EU Explanation of Position L.7 GA64. Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond.
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October 22, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on Item 57: Poverty eradication and other development issues.
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October 21, 2009
Fourth committee: EU statement in the Fourth Committe on the international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
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October 21, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on Item 55b: Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets, in particular to the countries of origin, consistent with the United Nations Convention against Corruption and Item 55c: Science and technology for development.
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October 20, 2009
Africa's development: EU statement at the General Assembly joint debate on New Partnership for Africa’s Development [63 (a) and (b)] and 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria [47].
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October 20, 2009
Second committee: EU statement on groups of countries in special situations.
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October 20, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 139: UN common system.
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October 19, 2009
First committee: EU statement in the General Assembly first committee conventional weapons cluster.
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October 19, 2009
First committee: EU statement in the General Assembly first committee outer space cluster (disarmament aspects).
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October 19, 2009
Sixth committee: EU statement on Item 82: Report of the special committee on the charter of the United Nations and on the strengthening of the role of the organization.
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October 19, 2009
Third committee: EU statement on Item 66: Indigenous issues.
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October 16, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 135: Pattern of Conferences.
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October 16, 2009
First committee: EU statement in the Other Weapons of Mass Destruction Cluster.
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October 16, 2009
Fourth committee: EU statement on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.
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October 14, 2009
Third committee: EU statement on Item 67: Rights of Children.
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October 14, 2009
Sixth committee: EU statement on Item 83: Rule of law at the national and international levels.
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October 14, 2009
Second committee: EU Statement on Item 58: United Nations Operational Activities for Development.
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October 14, 2009
Fourth committee: EU Statement in the Fourth Committee on Western Sahara.
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October 13, 2009
Sixth committee: EU Statement on Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission.
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October 13, 2009
Fifth committee: Statement on Item 133: Programme planning.
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October 13, 2009
First committee: Statement in the General Assembly first committee Nuclear Weapon Cluster.
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October 13, 2009
Fourth committee: Statement on questions relating to information.
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October 12, 2009
15th anniversary of the ICPD: Statement on the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the ICPD.
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October 12, 2009
Second committee: Statement on macroeconomic policy questions and financing for development.
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October 12, 2009
Advancement of Women: Statement in the third committee of the General Assembly on Item 64: Advancement of Women.
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October 8, 2009
International Criminal Tribunal: Statement on the report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible  for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and the Territory of former Yugoslavia.
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October 7, 2009
Third committee: Statement on crime prevention, criminal justice and international drug control.
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October 7, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 130 and 140.
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October 7, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 129: Financial reports and reports of the Board of Auditors.
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October 7, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 130 and Item 141.
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October 6, 2009
Sixth committee: EU statement in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly on Measures to eliminate international terrorism.
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October 6, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 145: Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of UN peacekeeping operations.
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October 6, 2009
Work of the Organization: EU statement on the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the organization.
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October 5, 2009
First committee: EU statement in the general debate of the general assembly first committee.
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October 5, 2009
Fifth committee: EU statement on Item 136: Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the UN.
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October 5, 2009
Sixth committee: EU statement in the sixth committee of the general assembly on the adminstration of justice at the United Nations.
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October 5, 2009
Second committee: EU statement at the second committee general debate.
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October 5, 2009
Third committee: Statement by the Swedish Minister for Social Security, Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, on social development.
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October 1, 2009
Fifth committee: Opening statement regarding the organisation of work of the Fifth Committee.
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September 23, 2009
Opening of the General Assembly: Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt spoke on behalf of the EU at the opening of the 64th General Assembly.
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September 14, 2009
Establishing of a new Gender Entity in the UN: During the last day of the 63rd Session of the General Assembly, an unanimous decision was taken to establish a new and consolidated gender entity of the United Nations.
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August 31, 2009
General Assembly Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole:  Recommendation on a course of action to the General Assembly on the regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects
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July 31, 2009
Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis: Statement on the establishment of the Open-ended Working Group
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July 27, 2009
Revitalization of the General Assembly: Statement in the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly
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July 23, 2009
Causes of conflict in Africa: Statement on the Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa
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July 23, 2009
Responsibility to Protect: Statement on the Responsibility to Protect, in the General Assembly Debate, 63rd session, 97th plenary meeting.
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July 17, 2009
Arms trade treaty: Closing Statement at the second session of the Open-ended Working Group towards an arms trade treaty, establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.
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July 13, 2009
Arms trade treaty: Opening Statement at the second session of the Open-ended Working Group towards an arms trade treaty, establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.
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July 8, 2009
Drug trafficking in West Africa: Statement on support for a coordinated approach to build national and regional capacities to combat drug trafficking in West Africa.
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July 2, 2009
International terrorism: Statement regarding measures to eliminate international terrorism in the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996
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