{"id":13823,"date":"2026-10-01T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/?p=13823"},"modified":"2026-10-01T20:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:07:27","slug":"italys-statement-at-the-un-general-assemblys-plenary-81st-session-on-the-use-of-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2026\/10\/italys-statement-at-the-un-general-assemblys-plenary-81st-session-on-the-use-of-veto\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s Statement at the UN General Assembly&#8217;s Plenary, 81st session, on the Use of Veto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Italy took the floor during the General Assembly plenary meeting of 1 October 2026, convened according to Resolution 76\/262 \u201cStanding mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council\u201d to highlight the importance that the United Nations Security Council continues to be able to monitor Iran\u2019s compliance with its obligations in the nuclear field.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mister President,<\/p>\n<p>Italy aligns itself to the statement delivered by the EU and would like to add some remarks in its national capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Italy was among the co-sponsors of the GA resolution 76\/262 known as the \u201cveto initiative\u201d spearheaded by Liechtenstein.We welcome today\u2019s debate, which provides a valuable opportunity to sustain the General Assembly\u2019s engagement on a matter of significant relevance to the international community such as the functioning of the bodies devoted to monitor the respect of nuclear-related sanctions and restrictions on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iran must never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon. A diplomatic solution remains the best way to be pursued, as we cannot renounce to diplomacy if we want to reach a lasting solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. \u00a0In the meantime, especially as long as the IAEA remains unable to fully verify that Iran\u2019s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful, it is necessary that the Security Council remains seized of the matter and made able to have a full understanding of the issues at stake. To achieve this result, it is urgent that Security Council\u2019s members reach an agreement on the appointment of chairs and vice-chairs of the subsidiary bodies, starting from Committee 1737, and that the pertinent Panel of Expert be made able to provide its necessary expertise.<\/p>\n<p>We also invite Iran to cease and reverse any nuclear activity that has no credible civilian justification and we call on Teheran to engage in serious and constructive dialogue and provide assurances of the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program, in full cooperation and compliance with the IAEA\u2019s monitoring and verification mechanism, guaranteeing the implementation of the legally binding safeguards agreement and the respect of the obligations enshrined in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Italy supports the impartial and fundamental role played by IAEA and the efforts of its Director General Grossi in upholding the implementation of safeguards, nuclear safety and security and providing clarity on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>It is in the interest of the whole international community that Iran does not acquire or develop a nuclear weapon. It is a key security priority, especially in light of the multitude of challenges that the world is simultaneously facing nowadays. \u00a0We hope that today\u2019s debate will confirm once again the concern of the vast majority of UN member States and provide the necessary support to the Security Council to fulfil its primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>I thank you, Mister President.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy took the floor during the General Assembly plenary meeting of 1 October 2026, convened according to Resolution 76\/262 \u201cStanding mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council\u201d to highlight the importance that the United Nations Security Council continues to be able to monitor Iran\u2019s compliance with its [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13825,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13823\/revisions\/13825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}