Security Council – Briefing by the Chair of the 1540 Committee
Statement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the Security Council meeting on the “Briefing by the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant resolution 1540 (2004)” — Thank you Mr. President, Let me at the outset convey my appreciation to the work done by Ambassador […]
Read moreSecurity Council – Briefing UN Relief Chief O’Brian
Statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, following the briefing by UN Relief Chief Stephen O’Brien Thank you Mr. President. At the outset, I wish to thank the USG and Emergency Relief Coordinator O’Brien for his briefing on his recent field trip, but mainly for the hard work […]
Read moreSecurity Council – The situation in Afghanistan
Statement by the Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, at the Security Council Open Debate on the situation in Afghanistan — Thank you Mr. President, and allow me to thank the representative of Afghanistan for his comprehensive briefing. I would also thank Sima Samar and welcome the fact that […]
Read moreSecurity Council – Briefing by the SC mission
Statement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the Security Council meeting on the “Briefing by the Security Council mission to the Lake Chad basin” — Thank you Mr. President, Allow me to start and convey my warm welcome to Madam Deputy Secretary-General. We have already worked […]
Read moreGeneral Assembly informal meeting – Intergovernmental negotiations
Statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, on behalf of the “Uniting for Consensus” Group, at the General Assembly informal meeting on the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Question of Equitable Representation and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and related matters — Mr. Co-Chairs, On […]
Read moreUN Event on the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Statement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the UN Event on “Promoting and strengthening the international legal framework for the protection of cultural heritage – the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention and other relevant legal instruments and initiatives” — The international trade in antiquities and artefacts, both legal […]
Read moreSecurity Council – Meeting on the Draft Resolution regarding chemical weapons
Explanation of Vote delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, at the Security Council Meeting on the Draft Resolution on “Accountability for Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria“ — Having co-sponsored the Resolution, Italy regrets that the Council was unable to adopt the draft resolution submitted by France, the […]
Read moreSecurity Council – Wrap-up Session
Statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, at the Security Council Wrap-up Session — Mr. President, At the outset allow me to commend you on your initiative to make the formal wrap-up sessions more interactive by inviting the membership to ask the Presidency questions that Council members […]
Read moreSecurity Council – Briefing by the Secretary-General on UNMIK
Statement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the Security Council meeting on the “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)” — I thank the SRSG Ambassador Mr. Zahir Tanin for his detailed update on the activities of UNMIK and […]
Read moreSecurity Council – Briefing by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
Statement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the Security Council meeting on the “Briefing by the Chairperson-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe” — Mr. President, I would like to thank H.E. Minister Kurz for briefing the Security Council in his quality of […]
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