June 1996, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) I am taking the floor briefly to express Iceland's continuing support for the rebuilding of Afghanistan.

Iceland joined the CBSS in 1995.

Action against corruption assistance to States in capacity building with a view to facilitating the entry into force and subsequent implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) Iceland welcomes the Security Council's decision to deliberate on the important issue of children and armed conflict.

Subsequently, Iceland joined in sponsoring the draft resolution.

The next speaker on my list is the representative of Iceland, to whom I give the floor.

His Excellency Mr. Halldór Ásgrimsson, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iceland

Iceland intends to continue to play its role in that respect.

Unfortunately, Iceland's ideas about GMA, including, in particular, as regards its scope, and those of States that have ambitions for GMA well beyond what Iceland considers appropriate, have so far not been reconcilable.

Some states (Iceland and Hungary) are clearly bankrupt.

In contrast to Latvia, Iceland let its currency, the krona, devalue massively.

Nor is Iceland a poster child for the claim that avoiding austerity works.

Geir H. Haarde, the Foreign Minister of Iceland, succeeded him on 15 June 2006.

For many years, Iceland has advocated a more representative and legitimate Council.

Iceland actually has repeatedly stated that those changes are long overdue.

Iceland s superior economic performance should thus not be attributed to the devaluation of the krona, but rather to global warming, which pushed the herring farther North, into Icelandic waters.

It does end eventually, as it has just for starters in Iceland, Ireland, and Greece.

Iceland has also participated in the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

The President The next speaker on my list is the representative of Iceland, to whom I give the floor.

In addition, the Icelandic people as a whole have shown solidarity with the victims of the tsunami.

Welcoming Cape Verde, Iceland, Luxembourg, Madagascar and Qatar to membership in the Committee on Information,

(For Iceland in the fall of 2008, for example, the only alternative to IMF financing was to eat locally obtained goods, which mostly means fish.)

The couple moved to Iceland in 1968, and Ashkenazy became an Icelandic citizen in 1972.

Albania, Cameroon, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Nicaragua, Solomon Islands.

Iceland therefore stands fully behind the Secretary General in his efforts to modernize the management and to strengthen the Organization.

In the view of Iceland, the effectiveness of the Agreement depends primarily on its broad ratification and implementation.

In the second sentence, add Iceland to the list of additional sponsors of the draft resolution

Iceland has actively encouraged an open discussion on marine pollution, an issue of international concern.

Consider Iceland, which suffered bitterly following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.

Since the 1995 world championship in Iceland, the competition has been every two years.

Iceland has taken seriously the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention.

Iceland fully subscribes to such an approach, which forms the basis of our own marine strategy, issued last year.

This proposition was recently tested anew on Icelandic data and performed well.

By contrast, Iceland s debt has become so large that it is likely to constrain future growth.

Iceland is therefore a sponsor of draft resolution A 59 L.64, and urges other countries to support it.

The Icelandic authorities are now preparing a similar campaign against driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, which will be applied year round.

Iceland aims to double its development aid by 2009 and has concentrated the bulk of its bilateral development efforts on Africa.

For a number of years, the Government of Iceland has operated a programme for the rapid deployment of civilian personnel to peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions.

Thirteen thousand kilometres of roads stretch across Iceland, which has a population of 300,000.

Iceland fully supports the strong emphasis on the role of human dignity comprising human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Mr. Aspelund (Iceland) First, I would like to join all my colleagues in expressing our deepest condolences to the victims of the tsunami tragedy.

Iceland would like to commend the rapid action taken by the United Nations humanitarian agencies and by many non governmental organizations (NGOs).

Two years ago, in this very forum, Iceland drew attention to the relevance of the Arctic marine environment.

Unlike many other countries, in Iceland the large majority of road accident fatalities do not occur in the city.