At the outset, I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and welcome the presence of Foreign Minister Trujillo García among us today.
We acknowledge the progress made in the implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace over the past th…
I would like to begin by greeting and thanking South Africa for having taken the initiative of organizing this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Mulamula, Ms. Vilakazi and Ms. Maite for their introductory remarks.
Belgium believes that regional and subregional organizations play a cru…
First of all, I would like to thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his first briefing to the Security Council.
I would like to focus on three key points.
First, I will focus on economic development as a key factor. As the Special Envoy rightly underscored, development and economic cooperation are imp…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you every success. I would also like to congratulate the delegation of the Russian Federation on its successful presidency last month.
Belgium supports the Silencing …
I would like at the outset to thank the Special Envoy, Mr. Geir Pedersen, for his briefing and for his tireless efforts.
The Council is meeting today, after eight years of violence, with a glimmer of hope. A fragile glimmer of hope, to be sure, but hope nonetheless. We cannot overestimate the impor…
The African continent will have 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050. One in four people will be African. The cradle of humankind has also become its future. It is a young continent, endowed with extraordinary economic dynamism and a civil society bursting with energy. But that future continues to be thw…
As others have done, I would like, on behalf of Belgium, to
thank the Secretary-General and the other speakers for their briefings.
We welcome the constructive cooperation between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Collective Security Treaty Organ…
I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his detailed briefing and the work that
he is carrying out with his team. I also welcome the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Jordan and Palestine.
We are deeply concerned over what is no longer a status quo but a continuo…
We fully subscribe to the statement made by the representative of Germany on behalf of the three penholders. Let me to make a few remarks in my national capacity.
First, we deeply regret the fact that certain members of the Council were not able to support draft resolution S/2019/ 756, on the human…
I thank Special Representative David Shearer for his briefing and for his exceptional work under particularly difficult conditions.
Last week’s meeting in Juba between President Kiir and Riek Machar is an important step in the right direction, a step that was long overdue. Trust between political l…
Belgium today voted in favour of the compromise resolution 2489 (2019), on extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The language of the resolution provides UNAMA with a significant mandate, as well as the necessary political guidance to carry out its mis…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings.
We strongly condemn the serious drone and missile attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia, including this weekend’s attacks on oil installations, which were claimed …
First of all, I, too, would like to welcome our colleague from the United States.
Belgium welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2488 (2019), through which the Security Council notes the progress made by the Central African Republic in reforming its security sector. Its authorities now benefit fro…
Belgium aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto for his briefing, as well as Mr. Fedotov and Ambassador Djani.
We remain convinced of the need for peace talks. Unfortunately, we can…
I would like to start by thanking the Assistant Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Ambassador Vieira for their comprehensive and detailed briefings on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.
We wish to focus on two points today: first, the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, and, secondly, the futu…
We welcome the efforts made to reform the Organization in general, and peacekeeping in particular. I thank Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his informative remarks on the impressive steps taken over the past several months.
The Action for Peacekeeping initiative is now the collective road map for all of us …
I deliver this statement on the humanitarian situation in Syria on behalf of the three co-penholders, namely, Kuwait, Germany and Belgium.
We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his important briefing today on the humanitarian situation in Syria.
The Secretary-General stat…
Let me begin by thanking Ms. Hennis- Plasschaert for her briefing.
Iraq is at a crossroads in its history. Much progress has been made, but many challenges remain. Belgium welcomes the establishment of the federal Government, now nearly complete. To meet the many challenges, Iraq needs a strong and…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Coninsx and Mr. Voronkov for their interesting briefings.
We take note of the fact that, even after its military defeat and the territorial end of its self-proclaimed State, Da’esh continues to seek a global role, in particular through its affiliates and iso…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
Once again, we note that the situation is deteriorating, and tensions are mounting. The settlement-building policy and related measures of eviction and demolition are continuing unabated in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. T…
