Speeches
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UNGA First Committee general debate
We see how the Black Sea area is gradually turned by Russia to a military playground with occupied Crimea converted to a heavily militarized fortress.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UNSC Arria-formula meeting on advancing the safety and security of persons belonging to religious minorities in armed conflict
Russian occupying authorities in some parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine mounted a broad campaign against Ukrainians on the ground of their religion or beliefs.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UNGA plenary meeting after action on Draft Resolution A/73/L.103 “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization”
Nowadays the CSTO has become one of the Russian Federation’s visible forays down the path of regional hegemony and as a vehicle for gaining influence among its neighbors.
Statement by Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, at the UNSC briefing on Ukraine
A country that for centuries suppressed the Ukrainian language and forcefully replaced it with the Russian in all spheres of public life is not in a position to tell us now what language we should speak and write.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UNGA High-level Plenary Meeting to Mark the 25th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Ukraine, together with UNFPA, is actively implementing projects for promoting gender equality, information, and services to gender-based violence survivors, combating gender stereotypes in society as well as creating conditions in which every young person can fulfill the potential.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the 29th meeting of States Parties to the UNCLOS
The Russian Federation has to be stopped from violating the Convention, it has to respect Ukraine’s sovereign rights in its own waters, to cease all unlawful activities, including the theft of Ukraine’s natural resources, in particular hydrocarbon resources, and to pay respective compensation, among other relief.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UN Security Council open debate “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”
Kremlin’s decision to issue Russian passports to Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine could further curtail the human rights of the local civilian population. This dangerous development has to be duly assessed in the next UNSG’s report.
Statement by Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, at the open debate of the Security Council on UN peacekeeping operations
Ukrainian blue helmets have been participating in UN operations throughout the world. In many cases, they indeed were instrumental in reaching peace — from the Balkans to Liberia.
Statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the fourth informal meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform
Ukraine stresses the need to reconsider the current approach to the intergovernmental negotiations on the reform of the Security Council if the international community would like to achieve some tangible results.
Statement by delegation of Ukraine at the Third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference
We are deeply concerned with this situation given the fact of the increasing militarization of the occupied Crimea by the occupying State, including developing Russian nuclear capabilities in this area.