Statements From Participants

Below please find statements from the high-level meeting to mark the 15th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention. They are listed in the order they appeared.

Statements will be added as they become available.

 

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OPCW: H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General (34.06 kb)
United Nations: H.E. Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General (18.01 kb)
Non-Aligned Movement: H.E. Dr Ali Akbar Salehi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran (89.93 kb)
European Union: H.E. Mr Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the EU delegation to the United Nations (836 kb)
India: H.E. Shri S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of India (658.61 kb)
Iran: Statement by H.E. Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, Minister of Foreign Affairs (560.63 kb)
Australia: Hon. Laurie Ferguson, Member of Parliament of Australia (633.85 kb)
Saudi Arabia: His Highness Prince Torky Bin Muhammad Bin Saud Al-Kabir, Undersecretary for Multilateral Relations (1.28 mb)
United States: The Honourable Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security of the United States of America (11 kb)
Belarus: H.E. Mr Vladimir Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus (327.22 kb)
Cambodia: H.E. Mr Ouch Borith, Secretary of State (Vice Minister) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia (831.55 kb)
China: H.E. Mr Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (927.74 kb)
Mexico: Statement by H.E. Mr Luis Alfonso de Alba, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (471.55 kb)
Turkey: H.E. Mr Ertuğrul Apakan, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations (628.06 kb)
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Statement by H.E. Mr Željko Jerkic, Head of Department for Peace and Security, MFA of Bosnia and Herzegovina (86.53 kb)
Iraq: Statement by H.E. Mr. Hamid al Bayati, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (720.64 kb)
Ukraine: Mr Ruslan Nimchinsky, Deputy Director of the Arms Control Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (26.82 kb)
Thailand: H.E. Mr Norachit Sinhaseni, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations (743.79 kb)
Pakistan: H.E. Mr Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary, Additional Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan (659.79 kb)
Germany: Statement by Ms. Ina Lepel, Deputy Director-General for Global Affairs, German Federal Foreign Office (747.98 kb)
Norway: Ms Mona Juul, Director-General of the Department for Security Policy and the High North of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (531.23 kb)
Netherlands: H.E. Mr Herman Schaper, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations (875.71 kb)
Cyprus: Statement by H.E. Mr Euripides Evriviades, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus (75.43 kb)
Finland: H.E. Mr Pasi Patokallio, Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland (726.2 kb)
New Zealand: Statement by H.E. Mr Jim McLay, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (522.86 kb)
Poland: H.E. Mr Ryszard Sarkowicz, Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations (586.56 kb)
Italy: Statement by HE Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations (473.94 kb)
Brazil: Her Excellency Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations (799.13 kb)
Philippines: The Honourable Eduardo Martin R. Meñez, Assistant Secretary for the Office of United Nations and Other Organisations, Department of Foreign Affairs of The Philippines (1019.81 kb)
Singapore: H.E. Ambassador Mr Mark Neo, Deputy Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations (567.13 kb)
Russian Federation: H.E. Mr S. Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (555.66 kb)
Algeria: H.E. Mr Djamel Moktefi, Deputy Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations (1.06 mb)

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