Speeches
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UN Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict
It is completely unacceptable that children continue to bear the brunt of suffering in war and armed conflict. The ongoing crises and violent conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, DRC and in many other places have claimed the lives of thousands of children and disrupted the daily lives of millions of others.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine after the vote on the draft resolution on Burundi
Recognizing the continued violations of human rights and deterioration of humanitarian situation in Burundi, our delegation strongly supports the deployment of the United Nations police component in the country.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
At the present High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, we raise a vital issue about where we stand in year one of the implementation of 2030 Agenda and what insights this pact for future generations brings us.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the open debate on the working methods of the Security Council
The issue of the Council’s working methods never fails to invite criticism from the wider UN membership, which has a strong perspective on how the Council should or should not discharge its duties.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine in the UNSC briefing on non-proliferation
We highly commend the dedicated efforts of the UN Secretariat, IAEA as well as the Facilitator’s team, aimed at full and proper implementation of the JCPOA and UNSC resolution 2231, which inaugurated a new stage not only in Iranian nuclear issue but also in the non-proliferation regime in general.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the High-Level Thematic Debate of the United Nations General Assembly “Human rights at the centre of the global agenda”
Ukraine is strongly committed to promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms, which laid the foundation for a large-scale reform program launched in Ukraine in 2014.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the debate of the UN General Assembly on the Fifth Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
The Fifth Review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) is an important step forward in highlighting the emerging threats and evolving trends in international terrorism.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the 26th SPLOS
The UNCLOS legal order currently faces great challenges from the internationally wrongful acts of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and its adjoining maritime areas.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the 1540 Formal Open Consultations
Ukraine, as a state with a nuclear-weapon-past and a full-fledged Party to the NPT, CWC and BWC, is strongly committed to implementation of resolution 1540 and spares no effort to prevent non-state actors from acquiring materials and technologies that could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.
Statement by H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Yelchenko at the UN Security Council meeting in reply to the statement of the delegation of the Russian Federation
Today the Russian Federation delegation once again resorted to a flat lie, this time stating that this Council did not receive any request from Ukraine on deployment of a peacekeeping operation.