UN General Assembly
2013

(see A/67/PV.9). Today, I take this opportunity to thank the Assembly for having elected my country to a two- year term on the Security Council. That tenure, the first in our history, is not only an honour but a responsibility that we do not take lightly. Each day since 1 January, Luxembourg has worked in concert with its partners to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security and to assume our common responsibility to prevent, to preserve and to protect. No task is more noble. No task is more urgent in the current context.