Statement of Luxembourg at the UNGA72

Quotes/References to disarmament:

Iran Treaty: We have to do everything to ease the tensions in the region. This also involves maintaining and rigorously implementing the nuclear agreement with Iran, which contributes to reducing the risk of nuclear proliferation.

Nuclear proliferation: My country strongly condemned the acts of Pyongyang. The Security Council has just strengthened the sanctions regime, and the European Union will do the same. Only the determination and the firmness of the international community is of a nature to bring the regime to reason and, hopefully, back to the table of negotiations.

Quotes/References to WPS:

Implementation: In a context where crisis centers are multiplying and where tensions are mounting, multilateralism must prevail, ie cooperation, dialogue and the search for solutions within the multilateral framework

Implementation: Multilateralism is the foundation of United Nations. To challenge it would be to question the inspiration at the basis of the UN: the creation of an international order based on the rule of law and in the service of peace and freedom.

Implementation: We regret that in the past 12 months, we have witnessed abusive use of permanent members’ veto power.

Financing: The budgetary situation of the UN remains difficult, notably, but not only, due to the new American approach.

Israel/ Palestine: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a central concern. The total absence of credible solution could lead to a new eruption of violence, and nourishes fertile soil for hatred and terrorism. By continuing the extension of settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem East, the Israeli government is directly endangering the two-state solution, which is the only  fair solution and which allows for a lasting settlement of the Palestinian Israeli conflict.

Syria: In Syria, all actors must realize that peace can not be overcome without the implementation of  comprehensive, genuine and inclusive political transition.

Iraq:  A united, stable and democratic  Iraq should guarantee the interest of all citizens. The differences that still exist between the federal government and the Kurdish regional government must be resolved by a peaceful and constructive dialogue leading to an agreed solution within the framework of the Iraqi Constitution.

Protection: The right to human  dignity is also reflected in the respect for the physical integrity of girls and women. For the last decades, we have succeeded in reducing maternal mortality by half, but the access of girls and women to sexual and reproductive rights and health is now being challenged in some parts of the world.

Humanitarian action:  Luxemburg is a signatory of the "Grand Bargain", which works to give more flexibility, predictability and continuity in international humanitarian action.