Monaco, 2010

I would

like to convey to you, Sir, the warmest congratulations

of the delegation of the Principality of Monaco on your

election as President of the General Assembly at its

sixty-fifth session. I would like to reiterate to you that,

in my capacity as a member of the Bureau, I will spare

no effort to contribute to the success of your mandate

in the service of the Member States and the

Organization.

We are preparing to begin our work on an

optimistic note because of the international

community’s unfailing recommitment to the

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as of

the belief, reaffirmed in the general debate now

drawing to a close, that the United Nations is at the

heart of global governance and remains, despite the

many difficulties, our best hope for ensuring peace,

development and justice.

Economic growth, which is indispensable to

development and therefore to peaceful international

relations, cannot take off in the absence of well-defined

and fair international rules and without respect for the

rule of law at the national level. Our Organization has

contributed tirelessly in recent years to strengthening

the capacities of Member States to enable them to

provide their citizens with the institutions necessary for

them to flourish in their communities. The rule of law

is also a guarantee that the fight against corruption is

not just a vain promise, that respect for human rights is

universal and that justice is independent and impartial.

The benefits of economic growth must be shared

and equitable. They must take into account the needs of

the most deprived and contribute to social cohesion

with a view to attaining the MDGs and involving the

full participation of all partners.

That is the thrust of Monaco’s commitment

within the Global Governance Group — the 3G —

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whose members are convinced of the need to involve

the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the

work of the Group of 20 (G-20), given relevance of the

General Assembly agenda to international governance.

In that regard, I draw attention to the ministerial

declaration of the Global Governance Group adopted

on 27 September, with a view to contributing to the

reflections of the working group on the development of

the next G-20 summit, in Seoul in November.

As His Serene Highness Prince Albert II recalled

before the Assembly, the Principality is determined to

act as a responsible partner in solidarity and will

continue its mobilization efforts, both through its

official development assistance as well as through the

provision of emergency assistance to populations

struck by natural disasters (see A/65/PV.4).

At a moment when the presence and activities of

the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees are increasingly needed and increasingly

dangerous, the cause of refugees and displaced persons

must more than ever be placed in our policies and be

backed unconditionally by the international

community. Here we wish to express our recognition of

the devotion of the thousands of people who labour

under the banner of the United Nations, at times

risking their lives, both in humanitarian emergency

situations and in peacekeeping operations.

The role of women in driving development is

now clear to all. I wish to pay tribute to the Secretary-

General and the Deputy Secretary-General for having

strengthened the role of women within the United

Nations. Monaco welcomes the appointment of Ms.

Michelle Bachelet to head up UN Women and assures

her of our full support.

The Principality has also endorsed the conviction

that investing in the health of women and children is

indispensable for building societies that are more

stable, more peaceful and more productive, for

reducing poverty and for stimulating economic growth.

In that vein, we support the Global Strategy for

Women’s and Children’s Health, which represents an

additional step towards the full empowerment of

women.

As atrocities continue to be perpetrated against

civilians, especially the cowardly crimes of sexual

violence, we pay tribute to the courage of Special

Representative Ms. Margot Wallström and her

commitment to making the international community

aware of its responsibility and to ensuring the effective

implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) as we

approach the tenth anniversary of its adoption.

With your leadership, Mr. President, and our

common will, the General Assembly has the means to

demonstrate its central role in the major themes for our

future at a moment when we are all aware of the

shameful damage caused to the planet by the

overexploitation of its wealth and biodiversity. We

therefore attach the greatest importance to the

preparation of the Rio+20 Conference and hope that

the green economy and the opportunities it affords will

become a major vehicle for sustainable development.

You can also count on the support of our

delegation, Sir, with regard to the upcoming summit on

non-communicable diseases and the consultative

process on revision of the statute of the Human Rights

Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, which

must take into account the presidential statement

adopted at the ministerial-level meeting of the Security

Council on 23 September (S/PRST/2010/18).

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, our

deliberations must contribute to bringing together and

harmonizing our actions. Only our Organization

possesses both the means and the legitimacy to

successfully establish effective global governance, and

we must all show pragmatism and work in a

constructive spirit to achieve our goals.

The interdependence of the global challenges

which all of us are facing requires us to define together

a set of rules aimed at coordinating our policies and

managing relations between Governments, the private

sector and civil society. We share your belief,

Mr. President, that our Organization should be at the

heart of that new multilateralism, which should be

founded on integration and solidarity.