UN General Assembly
2014

Indigenous Peoples (resolution 69/2) and work to see that the world recognizes the rights of the indigenous peoples as one of the basic platforms of the international legal architecture of human rights. Like many of the heads of delegation who preceded me in speaking, I view with growing concern the deteriorating security landscape facing various parts of the globe. The exceptional cruelty of militant jihadist groups leaves us astonished, and we energetically condemn those crimes. We support all measures to combat them, including in particular the elimination of the root causes that lead many people to those levels of fanaticism. We are also profoundly troubled by the instability in the Middle East, especially by the prolonged conflict in Syria, which has already taken an immense toll in lives and human suffering. We are concerned that in Central Europe principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, such as respect for territorial integrity, are being put to the test. We also remain concerned about tensions in various countries on the African continent and on the Korean peninsula.