I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to today’s briefers and to the Peruvian presidency.
It is indeed essential that the interaction between the Council and the troop- and police-contributing countries proceed in the direction of improved mutual understanding on the basis of the provisions…
We thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate, and we thank all the briefers for their informative presentations.
I also welcome our new French colleague, Mr. Nicolas de Rivière. In addition, I congratulate Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu on his new functions and thank him for his exemplary co…
Belgium welcomes the adoption of resolution 2480 (2019), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and better reflects the two main challenges to stability in Mali, that is, the slow implementation of the Agreement on Peace and…
Belgium associates itself with the statements made by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect (see A/73/PV.93).
Belgium welcomes the convening of this formal debate on the responsibility to protect. L…
I would first like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his briefing and commitment.
Since the start of the conflict nine years ago, violence has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of civilians. Syria and its people have witnessed some of the most serious crimes under international law. Mil…
I will now speak in my national capacity.
First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union for their briefings.
As the Secretary-General has pointed out, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a masterpiece of multilateralism.…
I am speaking here in my capacity as Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). That resolution, adopted in July 2015, endorses the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which entered into force in January 2016.
The Plan of Action is the result of the diplo…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. David Shearer for his briefing and for his outstanding work under difficult conditions. I also thank Mr. Andrew Gilmour and Ms. Lydia Minagano for their briefings.
On 9 July it will have been eight years since South Sudan became independent. Five of those ye…
I would first to thank the briefers for their informative and detailed briefings. Today I would like to emphasize three issues — the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, national ownership and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization M…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his detailed briefing and for his and his team’s tireless efforts.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is becoming bogged down, the situation on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, cont…
I should like in turn to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Yamamoto, for his briefing and for his tireless efforts to achieve a lasting peace in Afghanistan. I thank Ms. Sima Samar for her briefing and for her commitment to the promotion of women’s rights in Afghanistan,…
At the outset, I thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her report presented to the Council and the exceptionally informative briefing that she just delivered.
In 2005, following the report of the International Commission of Inquiry on violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law …
I will start by paying tribute to the men and women who serve the flags and the values of the United Nations on the ground. The Security Council owes it to them to continue the work it is doing as part of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative.
Today I would like to raise a few questions and unders…
I would first like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; and Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, for their briefings.
As men…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Mr. Andrew Gilmour for their briefings.
I will divide my statement into two parts: first, on the general situation in the Sudan, and secondly, the impact of that situation on Darfur and on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Mr. Aboul Gheit, for their informative briefings. I also extend a warm welcome to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland.
Regional cooperation is one of the pillars of…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting. I also want to thank the representatives of The Elders, Ms. Mary Robinson and Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for their words of genuine wisdom, which should serve as an inspiration to us. Their words were also candid, and I believe th…
First of all, allow me to thank Mr. Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and his unwavering commitment to peace and reconciliation in Mali, of which we are all aware.
I would also like to welcome Mr. Тiébilé Dramé, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International…
Allow me at the outset to welcome you, Mr. President, to preside over the Security Council today. I would also like to thank you for convening this meeting on the important issue of missing persons in armed conflict.
I wish to thank Ms. Reena Ghelani and Mr. Peter Maurer for their briefings. As the…
We have followed the most recent developments in northern Kosovo with some concern. We fully support the need to combat corruption and organized crime, which is part of Kosovo’s reform agenda. We reiterate the importance of both sides respecting the rule of law in those efforts. It is important that…
