The Security Council has just adopted resolution 2285 (2016) to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Angola abstained in the voting for a number of reasons that we would like to outline, the first of which was a desire to reaffirm the expres…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, the Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperso…
Today, the General Assembly has adopted resolution 70/262 on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. A similar resolution was just adopted unanimously by the Security Council (resolution 2282 (2016)) this morning.
It was a great honour for my country, Angola, and for myself to …
Angola is very honoured to co-sponsor, with China and Senegal, this open debate on piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea. The insights provided by Assistant Secretary- General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun were most valuable in outlining the subject matter we are considering in this important …
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for organizing today’s meeting on Somalia. I wish to welcome the President of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and thank him for honoring us with his presence and sharing his views on the situation in Somalia and his hope for the future of his country. I w…
First of all, we would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, a deeply destabilized region where conflicts rage and where finding solutions to the conflicts has been a tragic, failed endeavour. We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of …
We thank you, Mr. President, and the Chinese presidency of the Council for convening this important meeting and for the concept note (S/2016/306, annex) to guide this open debate, which offers the entire United Nations membership an opportunity to renew its commitment to the fight against terrorism …
We welcome His Excellency Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, and thank him for the very clear and comprehensive briefing delivered to the Security Council this morning in his role as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (…
We thank Special Representative Zahir Tanin for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/99) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We welcome the participation of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the…
At the outset, we would like to say that we endorse the statements made by the representatives of Egypt and Senegal, and that we will uphold African solidarity in this matter. Angola will therefore abstain in the voting on the draft resolution on the appointment of the Prosecutor of the Internationa…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for being
steadfast and maintaining the hope that we could arrive at the point we have reached today.
Angola supports today’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 (2016), on a cessation of hostilities in Syria. It is a positive and long-await…
I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Venezuela, on the way in which you have conducted the work of the Council in February. It has been a very busy and productive month. You have already discussed the Council’s activities this month in detail, Mr. President, s…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Venezuela for convening this timely and important debate on the theme “Post-conflict peacebuilding: review of the peacebuilding architecture”, as we are in the final stages of the intergovernmental process to which we, Angola and Australia…
We thank Ambassador Ramírez Carreño, Permanent Representative of Venezuela, for his briefing on the activities of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea.
We commend the activities of the Committee. The debate organized recently (see S/PV.7620…
At the outset, let me welcome Her Excellency Ms. Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela, and to thank her for presiding over this open debate on the critical issue of respect for the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes and principles. …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this plenary meeting to consider agenda item 9, “Report of the Economic and Social Council”, and to take action on resolution 70/253, regarding Angola’s graduation from the leastdeveloped country category. It is indeed a great honour for me to…
Mr. President, I wish to thank you for having organized this debate on the working methods of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council, addressing and improving transparency and efficiency in the work of these bodies, in particular the sanctions committees.
Since this is also the first time th…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Uruguay on your guidance of the work of the Council this month.
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In our view, more than these formal wrap-up sessions by Security Council members — in which we repeat much of what was said in consultations, briefings, deba…
At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa for presiding over this important and timely debate. We commend the delegation of Uruguay for its excellent work in presiding over the Security Council. We also seize this opportunity to welcome the five new members of the Council, …
We welcome and support the peace process in Colombia between the Government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP). We praise the decision and commitment of the parties to put their differences aside and to engage in fruitful negotiations aimed at putting…
