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A/73/PV.12 General Assembly United Nations A/73/ PV.12 General Assembly Official Records Seventy-third session 12th plenary meeting Friday, 28 September 2018, 9 a.m. New York President: Ms. Espinosa Garcés.................................... (Ecuador) In the absence of the President, Mrs. Gueguen as a multilateral instrument through which peaceful (France), Vice-President, took the Chair. international order is safeguarded. The United Nations was created in a concert of The meeting was called to order at 9.05 a.m. sovereign wills that produced a corpus of rules and good practices to guide our efforts to find global Address by Mr. Ilir Meta, President of the Republic solutions to global problems. The United Nations has of Albania no life of its own outside the will of its Members, nor The Acting President (spoke in French): The is it immune to evolving changes and developments. Assembly will now hear an address by the President of The United Nations has grown as the world has become the Republic of Albania. more global. The issues of democracy, human rights, security, development, technological advances and Mr. Ilir Meta, President of the Republic of Albania, the worldwide web, the environment and many more was escorted into the General Assembly Hall. increasingly feature on the United Nations agenda, just The Acting President (spoke in French): On behalf as they dominate our domestic policies. of the General Assembly, I have the honour to welcome Albania takes seriously its responsibility to be to the United Nations His Excellency Mr. Ilir Meta, active in this debate and thereby add relevance to our President of the Republic of Albania, and to invite him part of the world. It is in that spirit that we fully support to address the Assembly. the vision of Secretary-General Guterres for reform and President Meta: Let me first join all the other the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals speakers in congratulating and wishing success to at the national, regional and international levels. We President Espinosa Garcés. Albania wishes to assure strongly believe that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable her of our full support in her tasks and mission. Development is universal, because it is relevant and applicable to all the countries of the world. Albania has The theme of this general debate, “Making the taken a clear stance through a unanimous resolution United Nations relevant to all people”, takes us to adopted by the Albanian Parliament that expresses the heart of multilateralism, the kind that our nations our firm commitment to implementing and achieving have built through global leadership and shared those Goals. responsibilities for the benefit of peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies. While we share the belief Albania presented its national voluntary report in in the need for the constant pursuit of reform, we July, incorporating a combination of its European agenda remain faithful to the fundamental principles of the objectives with those of sustainable development. I Organization. We continue to see the United Nations would like to emphasize that those strategic documents This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the translation of speeches delivered in other languages. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-0506 ([email protected]). Corrected records will be reissued electronically on the Official Document System of the United Nations (http://documents.un.org). 18-30104 (E) *1830104* A /73/PV.12 28/09/2018 are fully compatible and in line with our national Let us bear in mind that for the Balkans, the strategic project for European integration. Albania’s past is notoriously linked to border changes, ethnic national strategy for development and integration cleansing and violent massive displacements. However, enshrines the same strategic vision and objectives for over the past two decades, the region has undergone development — good governance, the rule of law, a a tremendous transformation, thanks to the support competitive and sustainable economy and the promotion and involvement of the United Nations and the serious of, and respect for, human rights and fundamental political, social and economic investments of the United freedoms. As we look forward to a future decision to States of America and the EU. We call on and welcome open accession negotiations with the European Union every effort on the part of the States Members of the (EU), we remain committed to progress, with domestic United Nations to promote the international recognition reforms in key areas. of Kosovo and further support its membership in regional and international organizations. Based on the We also consider the EU prerogative of open stability and positive developments in Kosovo, Albania regional cooperation to be an indispensable policy. supports a reduction in the number of meetings held With ongoing processes aimed at maintaining peace by the Security Council on the reports on the United and integration in the Balkans, we believe that every Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. bilateral achievement among our countries contributes directly to greater peace, security, stability and Albania fully supports a more effective United economic development. We consider that the recently Nations agenda through a more integrated peace and reached agreement between Greece and Macedonia security architecture, with peacekeeping operations has the opportunity to become a historic achievement. as vital instruments and a flagship activity of the We have called on all political actors in Macedonia, United Nations. We support the recent Action for including local Albanian leaders, to be actively engaged Peacekeeping initiative of the Secretary-General, and in ensuring the success of the referendum to be held we have endorsed the declaration on that initiative. on 30 September and to support a vote in favour of Albania fully supports Security Council resolution the agreement. 2242 (2015) and the substantively similar resolutions that were adopted by the General Assembly and the NATO’s open-door policy towards the Western Security Council on the review of the peacebuilding Balkans remains vital and will be decisive in anchoring architecture (resolutions 70/262 and 2282 (2016)). We the region to the NATO security umbrella and ensuring remain confident that Secretary-General Guterres responsible local ownership. In that context, I strongly will keep up the momentum for a revitalized role for welcome the recent messages that our strategic partners the United Nations, with a special focus on peace and sent to Macedonian citizens. Those messages echo security in the world. His platform for the revitalization their determination to uphold the immense investment of the United Nations is promising, and we support it. over the past two decades in establishing stability and Allow me to note that more than 6,500 members of the security in the Balkans. The combined commitment of Albanian armed forces and civilians have participated both NATO and the EU is the best guarantor for all the in international peacekeeping operations since 1996. countries and citizens in our region. They have contributed to operations in Bosnia and That positive momentum can also nurture further Herzegovina, Chad, South Sudan, Afghanistan and progress in the EU-led dialogue between Kosovo and other countries. We have pledged to continue our Serbia. The dialogue has entered its final stage and modest but steady contribution. is expected to be concluded with a legally binding Albania has been aligned with all of the United agreement on the comprehensive normalization of Nations initiatives aimed at fighting terrorism and has relations between the two States. It is of paramount ratified 12 of the 19 related United Nations conventions importance that the expected agreement should embody and protocols. Albania joined the immediate response positive energy while fostering the European values of as part of the global struggle against violent extremism inter-ethnic coexistence and harmony. It is extremely and, notably, the Global Coalition against Daesh. As important that the agreement mark a breaking away a NATO member, we tripled our troop contribution to from history and the past and improve the daily lives of Afghanistan last year. Our contribution is a significant the peoples in both States. part of the collective efforts to fight illegal migration 2/61 18-30104 28/09/2018 A /73/PV.12 in the Mediterranean Sea. We are part of the NATO World Drug Problem, initiated by the United States. maritime mission in the Aegean Sea and assist the We all need to take bold action and work together to European Border and Coast Guard Agency in stopping eliminate drugs from the lives of our young people and migrant smuggling. Albania believes that the protection children and save our societies and our national security of civilians, women and children is of crucial importance and public health. For that reason, we must strengthen in peacekeeping operations, because the life of every international cooperation and build a common basis person is precious. of understanding of the problem, including taking We welcome the growing attention to the role effective measures against it. In that context, I would of regional organizations in security issues. In that also like to underline that Albania enjoys
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