Madame/Mr. President, Delegates, and Distinguished Guests,
The Federal Republic of Germany is honored to partake in this session of the United Nations General Assembly. Germany has been a full member of the United Nations since 1973, and since her admission has been active in promoting the objectives and values of the UN – peace, the protection of human rights, freedom, justice, and development – in order to see them implemented around the world. Germany recognizes the importance of these issues presented before the General Assembly today and is devoted to finding solutions in the hopes of bettering the futures of the nations of the world.
Germany recognizes that kidnapping is a globally pressing issue and therefore must be addressed. In light of situations such as our rescue of 2 nationals vacationing at Azumini Beach in southeastern Nigeria who were kidnapped, Germany has begun a program which trains specialized police units in specific strategies for kidnapping and hostage situations. Germany believes that in order to provide freedom and justice to those kidnapped in accordance with the UN core values, both a committee and task force must be created. The aforementioned committee will investigate kidnappings in all nations of the world, and will be comprised of members of the nations who are directly affected by the kidnapping. The task force will be ready at a moments notice to aid the affected nation’s police force, and will consist of specially trained units from the permanent members of the Security Council. Germany believes that combating kidnapping on an international scale will also help reduce terrorism and thus believes that we must find a viable solution to this most pressing issue.
Germany also expresses the importance of the international problem of immigration. Germany recognizes that standards for the rights of immigrants must be rectified, as well as the fact that there must be another standard for the citizen status of an immigrant.Germany is currently dealing with immigration issues within our own borders; not only have German immigrants not been integrating into German society, but many of our native citizens fear that they will be outnumbered by these immigrants. Germany believes that integration of immigrants into the current society of a nation will allow the immigrants to possess the same basic rights as those native citizens, and considers the implementation of standards on how countries must integrate their immigrants to be a possible solution on the global issue of immigration.
Germany states the utmost importance of the final topic: human trafficking. Germany believes that the issue of human trafficking is directly intertwined with the issues of terrorism and drug trafficking. Thus, the issue of human trafficking can not be ignored. The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of the Philippines cooperate extensively to fight human trafficking worldwide as seen in the Human Rights Council resolution 14/2 (A/HRC/RES/14/2). Germany believes there must be worldwide cooperation in order to combat human trafficking effectively.
The Federal Republic of Germany believes that all issues presented before the General Assembly today are urgent and must be addressed. We hope this session will reflect a great camaraderie and understanding between the various nations assembled here today in tackling such great perils.
Thank you all for your attention.
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