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Luxembourg supports the UN in Iraq Statement 25/01/2012

The Government of Luxembourg has made a financial contribution of 850,000 USD to the United Nations in order to support the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, UNAMI. The contribution will be used to strengthen the security arrangements for the Mission, in particular the UN Guard Unit, in the context of the withdrawal of the United States Forces in Iraq.
With this contribution, Luxembourg underscores once again its steadfast support to UN peacekeeping operations and special political missions. The support to UNAMI follows previous contributions to support the UN presence in Iraq. It is part and parcel of a policy promoting effective multilateralism, which has led Luxembourg to support UN operational activities notably in Afghanistan, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Somalia, in Sudan and in South Sudan.
Luxembourg participates in the open debate of the Security Council on the promotion and strengthening of rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security Statement 19/01/2012

In her intervention at the open debate of the Security Council, the Permanent representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations, Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, emphasized the essential role of United Nations action at the service of rule of law, which is indispensable to the maintenance of international peace and security. The Permanent representative highlighted the increasingly active role played by the Security Council in promoting the rule of law, encouraging the Council to continue on this path, and underscored Luxembourg’s continuing commitment to the rule of law, in particular through the engagement with the United Nations ...(read more)
Luxembourg endorses the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States Statement 17/01/12

Luxembourg has joined some thirty countries, 15 of which are fragile states, which have committed to improving the impact of development cooperation in fragile situations.
The States and multilateral organisations endorsing the New Deal, concluded in the margins of the 4th High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in December 2011, note that 1.5 billion people live in conflict-affected and fragile states, that about 70% of fragile states have seen conflict since 1989, that these countries are furthest away from achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and finally that basic governance transformations may take 20-40 years ...(read more)
Luxembourg pledges 4.2 million Euros to the CERF in 2012 Statement 16/12/11

At the annual high-level conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, Ms. Sylvie Lucas, recalled that Luxembourg has supported the Fund from the outset because it constitutes an indispensable tool for implementing humanitarian assistance. In absolute terms, Luxembourg is the 14th largest donor to the CERF. Ambassador Lucas announced that Luxembourg will maintain its contribution to the CERF for the year 2012 at the level of 4.2 million Euros, or approximately 5.5 million US dollars. Through this renewed contribution, Luxembourg wishes to underscore its support to the work of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as well as to the effectiveness and coordination of humanitarian action ...(read more)
Luxembourg participates in the general debate of the 10th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Statement 14/12/11

In his intervention at the general debate of the Assembly, the Head of Delegation, Ambassador of Luxembourg to The Hague Jean-Marc Hoscheit emphasized three necessary parameters conditioning the fulfilment of the Court’s missions, namely good management of leadership and human resources, a budgetary endowment commensurate to the Court’s challenges and sufficient political will, which must be translated in particular into a flawless and proactive cooperation, including as concerns the execution of arrest warrants issued by the Court ...(read more)
Luxembourg and South Sudan establish diplomatic relations Statement 14/12/11

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, and the Chargé d'affaires of the Republic of South Soudan in Brussels, H.E. Dr. Francis Nazario, sign the Joint Communiqué by which Luxembourg and South Sudan establish diplomatic relations as of 14 December 2011. Luxembourg was among the first countries to recognize the Republic of South Sudan on the day of its independence, 9 July 2011 ...(read more)
Statement of Luxembourg in the debate on the follow-up to the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade Statement 12/12/11

During the debate in the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, Mr. Olivier Maes, underlined that Luxembourg fully subscribes to the idea that the human tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade must be duly commemorated in order to draw the right lessons from it, so that it does never happen again. For this reason, Luxembourg contributes regularly to the trust fund which has been set up to ensure the financing of the permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. This memorial is to be erected at the United Nations Headquarters in New York ...(read more)
Deputy Prime Minister Jean Asselborn at the 4th United Nations Alliance of Civilisations Forum in Doha, Qatar (11-12 December 2011) Statement 11/12/11

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, H.E. Mr Jean Asselborn, participated in the 4th United Nations Alliance of Civilisations Forum in Doha, Qatar, on 11 and 12 December 2011. This 4th Global Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations, under the topic of “Intercultural Dialogue to Boost Development”, followed the Forum in Rio de Janeiro of May 2010 ...(read more)
Assistance to the Palestinian refugees: Luxembourg strengthens its partnership with UNRWA further Statement 7/12/2011

In her statement at the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Ms. Marie-Josée Jacobs, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of Luxembourg welcomed the fact that Luxembourg has been invited this year to become a member of the Advisory Commission of UNRWA. The Agency is Luxembourg’s main partner when it comes to assisting the Palestinian people. In order to strengthen this partnership even further, Luxembourghas decided to conclude a multi-year agreement with UNRWA. The Minister finally announced that in 2012, Luxembourg will increase substantially its voluntary contribution to the general budget of UNRWA. This contribution will go up from 2.75 to 3.75 million euro, or approximately 5.1 million dollars, which represents an increase of more than 36%. In the margin of the Ad Hoc Committee meeting, Minister Jacobs had a meeting with Ms. Margot B. Ellis, Deputy Commissioner-General of UNRWA.
Launch of emergency.lu, a global telecommunication platform to benefit the international humanitarian community Statement 7/12/2011

In the presence of officials from the UN and member states, Luxembourg’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Marie-Josée Jacobs, officially launched emergency.lu in New York on 7 December 2011. emergency.lu is a global multi-layer telecommunication platform. It was designed to help the humanitarian and civil protection community in the field to (re-)establish telecommunication services for effective communication and coordination of first responders. ... (read more)