Thank you, Madam President, for convening this important debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/203). It is appalling to note that the year under review was marked by an increased incidence and severity of conflict-related sexual violence. In this regard, we …
I thank you, Sir, for bringing this important issue to the Council’s attention today. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their insightful briefings, and welcome the Secretary- General’s announcement of a United Nations plan of action on pr…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his commitment to the plight of children caught in conflict and our briefers for their tireless efforts to protect the world’s most vulnerable.
Australia reaffirms its commitment to the P…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom for his briefing and for his leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Allow me also to acknowledge Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative, Zahir Tanin, for his continued important contribution.
Austral…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate today. As we approach the seventieth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, it is timely to focus on the issues that lie at the heart at the system of collective security, a system that has allowed us to avoid global conflict…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation and for bringing the Council’s dedicated attention to the critical issue of the protection needs and challenges faced by some of the most vulnerable and, potentially, most powerfully transformative members of conflict-affected societies — women and girl…
Australia remains committed to a future where Israeli and a Palestinian State exist side by side in peace and security within internationally recognized borders. As such, our efforts must be focused on constructively encouraging the parties to return to direct negotiations towards that goal. Regrett…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this session and for guiding us so effectively as President this month. We welcome the fact that you have focused the Council’s attention on issues of crucial importance to Africa, including the lethal
threat from the alliance of terrorism and transnational…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun and Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Šimonović for their briefings.
Today’s meeting is an historic step forward in the international community’s efforts to consider the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its broader imp…
I shall make only a few brief remarks. I would like to start by reading the letter that a group of 10 Council members addressed to you, Mr President, in your capacity as President of the Council on 5 December. The letter stated:
“We the undersigned members of the Security Council — Australia, Chile…
The links between terrorism and transnational crime and the dramatic impact they have on contemporary conflict is a subject that this Council has not adequately addressed before. I therefore thank you, Mr. President, personally for being here and for Chad’s leadership in convening this debate. I als…
I thank Nicholas Haysom for his first briefing to the Council as Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and I welcome him to the role. I also thank Mr. Yury Fedotov for his briefing and acknowledge Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative, Zahir Tanin, for his central and always very persuas…
I have the honour to present the report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of the same resolution. The present report covers the period from 13 September to 17 December 2014, during which time the Committee held two informal meetings,…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate, for your own presence and for the contribution of Chad to peacekeeping.
I know we all share both shock and repugnance at the terrible murders in Pakistan, and the empathy of all Australians is naturally with the people of Pakistan.
I thank…
We thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her frank briefing this morning. We could not agree more with her analysis. We are grateful that the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to do all that it can in difficult circumstances to investigate Rome Statute crimes commi…
Australia warmly thanks the People’s Republic of China for its leadership as Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2014, and we are pleased to sponsor the draft resolution (A/69/L.39) it is putting forward today. We also congratulate Angola as it takes the Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2015.
Austra…
Australia supports the adoption of this year’s draft resolution on strengthening the coordination of United Nations humanitarian assistance (A/69/L.40).
Effective and coordinated international assistance is essential at a time when the humanitarian system is confronted by unprecedented political, o…
As itself a Sahel country, Mr. President, I particularly welcome Chad’s leadership in organizing this briefing. I would like to thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Hiroute Guebre Sellassie for her update on the efforts and response of the United Nations to implement the integrated strategy …
I would like to thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their comprehensive briefings. We commend the Tribunals for the progress made in relation to their respective mandates over the past six months. As we mark the twentieth anniversary of the International Crimi…
I have been assured that, on this very special occasion of the outgoing Chairs of the subsidiary bodies being able to reflect on their chairmanships, I can speak for one or two minutes longer than usual. With your agreement, Mr. President, I intend to indulge myself in that way.
Of all the Council’…
