Allow me to make this statement on behalf of the three African States members of the Security Council, namely, Angola,
Chad and Nigeria. The African group also associates itself with the contents of the present resolution and vote.
Let me begin by acknowledging the efforts deployed by the Lithuani…
I would like first of all to congratulate you, Madam, on your presidency and to thank you for organizing this debate on an issue of the utmost importance, given its harmful consequences to the lives of so many people.
We thank the Secretary-General for his insightful and detailed report on this iss…
We welcome and thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, for introducing the report on the implementation of the peace agreement (S/2015/300, annex), and for the work being accomplished by his Office in ensuring steady progress in the consolidation of …
We thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for her briefing and for presenting the ninth report on the implementation of resolution 1970 (2011). We commend and encourage the work of her team in a difficult environment, characterized by the continuing deterioration of the political and security situation in Libya. …
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 2218 (2015), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. I am speaking in explanation of vote in my capacity as coordinator of the African State Members of the Security Council, that is, Angola, Chad a…
We thank Jordan for convening this meeting. We are grateful to Ms. Valerie Amos,
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programm…
Allow me, on behalf of the Republic of Angola, to extend a warm welcome to your Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and to express our appreciation to the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for organizing this very important debate. We would also like to reiterate our s…
We would like to extend a warm welcome to you, Sir, and express our gratitude to you for presiding over this very important debate. We thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, and we shall concentrate our attention on the Palestinian question.
There is an international consensus that a…
The delegation of Angola aligns itself with the statements to be delivered by the Permanent Observer of the African Union and by the Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
We commend the presidency of Jordan for convening this open debat…
My delegation voted in favour and fully supports resolution 2216 (2015), whose necessity was dictated by the Houthis’ unilateral actions that jeopardized what seemed to be a promising transitional political process in Yemen. It is our hope that the resolution contributes to a meaningful peace proces…
I would like to begin by congratulating you personally, Mr. President, and your delegation for your efficient guidance of the Council’s work and for the productive month of March under your presidency.
One of the highlights of the monthly programme was the Security Council’s mission to Africa — whi…
The delegation of Angola congratulates the French presidency of the Security Council for holding this debate on attacks and abuses against ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East. We welcome and thank Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, for presiding over this deba…
Mr. President, allow me to commend you for holding this timely open debate on the critical issue of children in armed
conflict, with particular emphasis on child victims of non-State armed groups.
We welcome and thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, and we equally thank the Special Represen…
We thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for presenting the quarterly report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We congratulate the Spanish delegation and the Panel of Experts on the work done thus far.
We are pleased that no incidents have been reported over the pas…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Honoré for her briefing to the Council. I am glad to see her again after our visit to Haiti, and I take this opportunity to thank her for the hospitality
afforded to the Security Council mission, as well as for her c…
I should like to once again express my great appreciation for the conduct of this mission of the Security Council, which, again, as you, Mr. President, just mentioned, visited the Central African Republic and then the African Union in Addis Ababa. I should like to report on the African Union segment…
We welcome and thank Special Representative, Nicholas Haysom, for introducing the Secretary-General’s report on Afghanistan (S/2015/151*) and for the work that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is doing in carrying out its important mandate, which was entrusted to it by th…
My delegation commends, with thanks, the French presidency for convening this briefing on the cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union (EU). We thank the Secretary-General for his remarks this morning. Let me warmly welcome Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman, Director John Ging of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Šimonović for their briefings illustrating the political and diplomatic developments aimed at putting an end to the conflict
in Ukrai…
I would like to start by thanking Ms. Kyung-wha Kang and Mr. António Guterres for their very comprehensive briefings about the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, and also for their tireless efforts to ease the suffering of the many civilians affected by this civil war. Angola highly…
