Liechtenstein

Chairman Christian Wenaweser (Liechtenstein)

I call on the representative of Liechtenstein.

Abstaining Chile, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Switzerland, Tonga, Tunisia

Abstaining Armenia, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland

Abstaining Fiji, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Switzerland, Tonga, Vanuatu

Ambassadors Paulette Bethel (Bahamas) and Christian Wenaweser (Liechtenstein) served as Vice Chairpersons.

Joining the United Nations on 18 September 1990 was a historic step for Liechtenstein.

The next speaker is the representative of Liechtenstein, to whom I give the floor.

It found that it had no jurisdiction to entertain the Application filed by Liechtenstein.

Liechtenstein has supported the Court from the beginning and will continue to do so wherever possible.

Mr. Ritter (Liechtenstein) I would like at the outset to apologize for the fact that Ambassador Wenaweser, the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein, is unable to be here because he is attending a briefing being given by the Secretary General at this very moment.

In this regard, I would like to express support for the paper presented by Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Abstaining Australia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Nauru, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Switzerland, Tonga, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu

Ms. Hoch (Liechtenstein) said that security issues were fast becoming one of the major challenges to humanitarian operations.

We welcome the efforts to that end by the delegations of Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland.

The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Christian Wenaweser (Liechtenstein), opened the session of the Ad Hoc Committee.

In the Court's view, the dispute brought before it could only relate to the events that transpired in the 1990s if, as argued by Liechtenstein, in that period, Germany either departed from a previous common position that the Settlement Convention did not apply to Liechtenstein property, or if German courts, by applying their earlier case law under the Settlement Convention for the first time to Liechtenstein property, applied that Convention to a new situation after the critical date.

The Council heard statements by the representatives of Norway, Qatar, Slovakia, Pakistan, Liechtenstein, the Republic of Korea, Spain and Rwanda.

The observers for the Syrian Arab Republic, Burkina Faso, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Liechtenstein, Uganda and Qatar also made statements.

Palau notes with approval and admiration the excellent work of the delegations of Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland.

Albania, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay subsequently joined the sponsors.

In 1945 Czechoslovakia confiscated certain properties belonging to Liechtenstein nationals, including to Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein, pursuant to the Beneš Decrees , which authorized the confiscation of agricultural property including buildings, installations and movable property of all persons belonging to the German and Hungarian people, regardless of their nationality.

Mr. Hasler (Liechtenstein) The sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of our membership in the Organization.

Bethel, was appointed Vice Chairperson, and the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein, Christian Wenaweser, was reappointed Vice Chairperson of the Working Group.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) The Assembly will now hear an address by Mr. Otmar Hasler, Prime Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Guatemala, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania subsequently joined the sponsors.

Six of them Azerbaijan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Poland and Singapore had also paid in full peacekeeping assessments issued on 15 December 2004.

Liechtenstein has fully implemented the arms embargo, travel restrictions and asset freeze provided by Security Council resolutions 1556 (2004) and 1591 (2005).

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Letter dated 18 August 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly

Subsequently, Albania, Andorra, Brazil, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Nicaragua, the Republic of Korea and Singapore joined in sponsoring the revised draft resolution.

Note verbale dated 21 July 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations addressed to the Chairman of the Committee

Mr. Wenaweser (Liechtenstein) Six weeks ago, the world's leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the full and effective implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000).

To that end, 14 women Foreign Ministers, including the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein, have signed a letter on the issue of the Peacebuilding Commission.

Liechtenstein has consistently joined the international community in strongly condemning all acts of terrorism, irrespective of their motivation and wherever and by whomever committed.

The President (spoke in French) I thank the representative of Liechtenstein for the kind words he addressed to me and to my country, Benin.

The Acting President (spoke in French) I now call on Her Excellency Mrs. Rita Kieber Beck, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Statements were made by the representatives of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union), Liechtenstein, Argentina, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Algeria.

In addition to practical measures, Liechtenstein would particularly welcome increased recourse to the advisory function of the Court, including through referrals by the Secretary General.

Another important development is the circulation by Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland of a proposal on the working methods of the Security Council.

In that respect, my delegation feels that the initiative proposed by Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland is a step in the right direction.

The European Union would like to thank again Ambassador Wenaweser of Liechtenstein for his skilful and tireless efforts in bringing this Protocol to a conclusion.

The Court, rejecting Germany's first objection, found that there existed a legal dispute between the parties and that it was whether, by applying article 3, chapter six, of the Settlement Convention to Liechtenstein property that had been confiscated by Czechoslovakia in 1945, Germany was in breach of the international obligations it owed to Liechtenstein and, if so, what was Germany's international responsibility.

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