I thank you, Sir, for giving me the floor and for organizing this open debate, which gives us an opportunity to reflect on our shared history and the principles that guide our work for international peace and security. My statement is based on that made of the European Union and that to be delivered…
Belgium fully associates itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union, as well as with the statement delivered by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians.
We also thank the Chilean presidency of the Security Cou…
Belgium would like to associate itself with the statement delivered by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union and would like to add a few comments in its national capacity.
Belgium is one of the countries that has been most affected by the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon. It has also…
I have the pleasure to speak on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium.
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this annual debate on Security Council reform. I thank you also for your letter of 10 November, in which you announced the appointment of Ambassador Courten…
Belgium fully associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and would like add the following remarks in a national capacity.
My delegation thanks the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka; the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displace…
Myriam Riva, Emmanuel Riva, Dominique Sabrier, Alexandre Strens — these are the names of the four people brutally murdered on 24 May in Brussels. Four people were killed just because they were in a Jewish
museum, an institution dedicated to culture, knowledge and intelligence. I named these four vi…
At the outset, I would like to thank President Obama and all the members of the Security Council.
My country, Belgium, grasped very early on the scope of the threat posed by the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters and the need to have a collective response to it. That is why my Government bega…
I would first like to thank the United States for its very timely convening of today’s meeting.
Belgium is extremely concerned about the presence in Iraq and Syria of a terrorist group such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has been responsible for kidnappings, heinous massa…
Belgium aligns itself fully with the statements by the observer of the European Union and the representative of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. I would like make the following observations in my national capacity.
My country welcomes the annual report of the Secretary-General (…
Mr. President, I thank you for giving me the floor and for allowing me to explain the position of the Belgian Government with regard to resolution 2166 (20140, which was adopted today and which Belgium decided to co-sponsor. Last Friday, before the Security Council, Belgium supported the Australian …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to participate in this meeting. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
On behalf of the Government and the people of Belgium, I would like first to express my most heartfelt condolences to …
At the outset, I should like in my national capacity to thank the delegations that have condemned the terrorist attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels for their expressions of sympathy.
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I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Like-Minded States on Targeted Sanc…
My delegation first would like to thank Nigeria for convening this debate and for providing Belgium with an opportunity to take part in it. Combating sexual violence in conflict is indeed a priority for Belgium. My country would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2014/181) and Ms.…
Belgium wishes to associate itself with the statement made earlier today by the observer of the European Union and congratulates Luxembourg for its commitment to the issue under discussion.
The past few years have been marked by significant progress in the field of protection of the rights of the c…
We would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for convening today’s debate. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/341).
Belgium fully endorses the statement just made by the observer of the European Union.
There can be no lasting peace …
Belgium fully aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union, as well as the statement by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
We thank the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Mlambo- Ngcuka; the representative of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, Ms. Balipou; and Ms. Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, for their contributions to this debate.
We fully alig…
It was in my country, in Ypres, during the First World War, that chemical weapons were used in a conflict for the first time. We can all recall the dreadful suffering of thousands of those soldiers. Almost 100 years later, that same suffering is being inflicted on thousands of Syrians. Despite the i…
Belgium associates itself fully with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and the statement delivered by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Com…
At the outset, I should like to echo the strong condemnation and condolences that others have expressed in this Chamber in connection with the attack that took place in Mogadishu.
Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on having convened this debate on natural resources and on the
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