Summary: May 6, 2004: Statement to the General Assembly of the United Nations by Ambassador Richard Ryan, Permanent Representative of Ireland, on behalf of the European Union. Integrated and co-ordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields; follow up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: Draft resolution (A/58/l.8/Rev.1) (New York)
Mr. President,
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Candidate Countries, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Liechtenstein, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this statement.
The EU supports the draft Resolution before us today. The text represents months of hard work since the first draft was presented by Morocco as the then chair of the G77. Since January, Qatar has assumed the chair of the G 77 and as the promoter of the draft Resolution.
We consider that the adoption of the draft Resolution represents a small but important point on the road to the Major Event at the commencement of 60th session of the General Assembly in 2005.
Our goal is the effective implementation of the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits, in particular the Millennium Declaration which for the EU constitutes the overarching policy framework for the UN in the economic and social fields. The MDG's and the other internationally agreed goals provide us with clear objectives in the economic and environmental areas on which the international community needs to focus its attention and, above all, its action.
The EU stands ready to make a substantive contribution to the Major Event where the UN will undertake a stocktaking of the progress made in implementing the Millennium Declaration and towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. On 27 April, EU Development Ministers invited the European Commission to take forward work on the preparation and coordination of a consolidated EU contribution to the international stocktaking of the MDG's. It is expected that a synthesis report
prepared by the European Commission would be submitted to EU Development Ministers no later than April 2005.
We look forward to and will constructively engage in the open ended consultations to be carried out by the President of the General Assembly.
Thank You.
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