I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s important meeting at a time when several developments and challenges are increasing in our region. It is an opportunity to hear the various views on the most complex and sensitive
issues with regard to the Middle East. Furthermore, we thank the Special Coordi…
I thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting on sustaining peace, with a view to finding a new approach to achieving peace and increasing our Organization’s effectiveness so that it can keep up with the challenges of today’s world. In that regard, we thank the Secretary-General for…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting on such a vital topic, shedding light on the progress achieved since the adoption of resolution 2550 (2015), the first Security Council resolution to focus on youth in the context of peace, security and sustainable development.
I woul…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate. I also want to thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their valuable briefings …
At the outset, we would like to thank the sisterly State of Kuwait for convening this meeting, and to congratulate it on its non-permanent membership of the Security Council. We wish the delegation of Kuwait every success in assuming the presidency of the Security Council in February. We also thank …
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Fodé Seck, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of Senegal. We would also like to thank all the members of the Committee for their work on document A/72/35 and their unwaverin…
My delegation would first like to thank the Republic of Korea for having submitted draft resolution A/72/L.5, which seeks to build a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal. It is my pleasure to underscore the fact that Bahrain will support the adoption of the draft resolution …
At the outset, I offer my most sincere gratitude to the French delegation for organizing today’s important open debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for the report before us(S/2017/821) and welcome his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba. She can count o…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. It is being held against a backdrop of major developments and challenges in our region.
The Kingdom of Bahrain underscores that achieving just, comprehensive and lasting peace will remain directly related to restoring the legitimate right…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this extremely important high-level meeting.
My delegation welcomes the adoption of the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 72/1). For u…
In response to the statement made by the representative of Iran, the entire world is aware of the actions taken by Iran in the past and the present, including interference in the internal affairs of others, aggression and support for terrorist groups and sectarian hatred. Iran must stop these seriou…
In response to the Qatari allegations, I assert that the Kingdom of Bahrain and its brethren in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt — supported by several other countries — have exercised their sovereign right, in accordance with international law, to impose measures against Qatar, wh…
Madam President, I should like at the outset to thank you for having convened this meeting at a time when the Middle East is witnessing numerous challenges and crises that are having a serious impact not only on the region but also on the entire world.
For a just and lasting peace to prevail in the…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the 24 States members of the Group of Friends United against Trafficking in Persons.
We would like to thank the Spanish presidency for organizing this important open debate and for the opportunity to have a genuine and productive dialogue …
At the outset, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Thomson, and through him to the friendly country of Fiji, my sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I wish him sustained success in the discharge of the noble tasks with which he has…
At the outset, I would like to thank Malaysia for organizing this open debate on the issue of children and armed conflict. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing at the beginning of this debate, as well as his Special Representatiave Leila Zerrougi and Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Direct…
I am very pleased to be able to thank His Excellency Mr. Sameh Shokry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the brotherly Arab Republic of Egypt, and the Egyptian delegation for organizing today’s open debate on combating the narratives and ideologies of terrorism. I also thank the Deputy Secretary…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the International Telecommunication Union on reaching its fiftieth year. I also commend the Union’s many achievements as one of the oldest bodies of the United Nations system.
I also wish to salute the achievements of the co-facilitators, the representati…
I would like to thank the members and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the valuable report before us (A/70/37). I would also like to thank the Department of Public Information for the steps it has taken to raise
public awareness of the P…
I am pleased to transmit to the General Assembly the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, who entrusted me with the honour of representing him at this Summit. He wishes the participants every success.
This Summit coincides with the seventieth anni…
