I would like to thank Mr. Zerihoun and Mr. Sidikou for their briefings on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Angola welcomed the signing on 18 October of a comprehensive political agreement on organizing peaceful, credible and transparent elections in the Democratic Republic of …
We express appreciation for the efforts of China and the United States in drafting resolution 2321 (2016), which we have just adopted.
Angola joined the consensus of the Security Council by voting in favour of resolution 2321 (2016). The text of the resolution is self-explanatory, and the statement…
We thank Mr. De Mistura, Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Cappelaere for their briefings and commend their tireless efforts to assist Syria and Syrians in securing a better present and brighter future.
We acknowledge our regret to be involved in this acrimonious debate over the unbearable fate of the Syrian peo…
I would like to start by joining my colleague, the Permanent Representative of France, Mr. François Delattre, in thanking, first, the presidency of the Security Council and, next, all colleagues who joined us in the mission to both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
I am very honoured…
I would like to start by saying that, having listened to what you, Mr. President, had to convey to and share with the Council on the experience of Senegal and the exemplary role that you have been playing in the management of water resources in that region, I can understand why the topic is importan…
We thank Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs O’Brien and Ms. Hoff for their briefings.
Unfortunately, we have to accommodate the inability of the Security Council and the international community to make progress regarding Syria. The ongoing situation in the city of Aleppo is most dist…
It is quite a pleasure to have the Foreign Minister of Senegal here to preside over this meeting of the Security Council to guide and shape our discussions on a matter that occupies a unique place within the deliberations of the Council and is, of course, a matter of great importance to Africa.
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I thank all briefers for their briefings, and in particular I commend Ms. Ellen Løj for her service and efforts in the very difficult and challenging conditions to support the people of South Sudan in reaching sustainable peace after years of conflict. We wish her the best in her future endeavours.
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We would like to start by thanking the Senegalese delegation for convening this meeting. We are equally grateful to the briefers for their insightful presentations.
Considering the importance that we place on strengthening United Nations cooperation with regional, subregional and intergovernmental …
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his briefing and insightful analysis of the situation prevailing in Kosovo. We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr.…
We thank Senegal for organizing this annual briefing and this very useful interaction between Security Council members and the heads of police components of selected United Nations peacekeeping missions. We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, for p…
Today, the Security Council has adopted resolution 2317 (2016), renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. Angola supports the Monitoring Group and welcomes its tireless efforts to engage with all the parties and contribute to the improvement of the security situation in th…
We thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her presentation of the twelfth report, as mandated by resolution 1970 (2011).
The political and security situation in Libya remained critical during the reporting period despite the efforts of the Presidential C…
We welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for the fiftieth report (S/2016/911, annex) of the High Representative to the Security Council. We commend his work in support of the implementation of the Genera…
Allow me to first congratulate Senegal on assuming the presidency of the
Council and to commend the Senegalese delegation for organizing this very timely debate on asymmetric threats faced by United Nations peacekeeping or peacebuilding operations — an issue of crucial importance to the performance…
At the outset, I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, and the Russian delegation on your successful steering of the work of the Security Council during the month of October. We are grateful to Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Under-Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien and the Regio…
The Angolan delegation commends the Russian presidency of the Security Council for convening this debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations. We thank the Secretary- General for his insightful opening remarks and welcome and thank Mr. Nikolai Bordyuzh…
We thank under Under- Secretary-General Mr. Stephen O’Brien for his briefing and commend him once again for his tireless efforts to facilitate access for humanitarian agencies and to contribute to reaching a sustainable solution to the humanitarian needs of the millions of civilians in Syria. In the…
The Angolan delegation aligns itself with the statements of the representatives of the Niger, Thailand and Venezuela on behalf, respectively, of the Group of African States, the Group of 77 and China and the Non-Aligned Movement (see A/71/ PV.32).
Allow me to begin by extending a warm welcome to M…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his opening remarks and to UN- Women Executive Director Ms. Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2016/822), and we welcome Ms. Rita Lopidia of South Sudan, who spoke on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Pe…
