We thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Mr. Thomas Markram, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for their briefings.
We are deeply concerned about the reported use of chemical weapons in the city of Douma. Bolivia reiterates its …
As we stated at the previous meeting on this topic (see S/PV.8203), Bolivia categorically rejects the use of chemical agents as weapons as an unjustifiable and criminal act because it is considered a serious crime against international law, peace and security. We express our concern about the challe…
First of all, we express our gratitude for the briefing by Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Thomas Markram, and to the presidency of Peru for convening this meeting.
We underscore the Syrian Government’s cooperation in initiating the last phase of destroying the remaining facilitie…
At the outset, we thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his insightful briefing on the latest developments in the Republic of Haiti with respect to the activities of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).
Bolivia reaffirms its commitment to th…
We are grateful for the information provided by Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun. We are also grateful to the Permanent Mission of Kuwait for requesting this important meeting, and to the presidency for convening it in such a timely manner.
Today we woke up to the alarming news that,…
We welcome the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr. Mark Rutte, to today’s meeting and thank the presidency for convening today’s important meeting. We also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres; the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat; a…
We welcome your presence, Sir, and the fact that you are presiding over the work of the Security Council today. We would also like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his briefing. We support him in the difficult work with which he is entrusted.
We must …
We join the Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea in welcoming the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom. We wish her every success in her new post. We would also like to thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
The Plurinational State of Bolivia attends th…
We welcome today’s presence of Her Excellency Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands. Likewise, we express our gratitude for the briefings by Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and …
We thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for the
information that she has provided us with today. We also express our gratitude for the briefings by Ms. Chitra Nagarajan, Senior Conflict Adviser of Adelphi, and by Mr. Mohammed Bila, representative of the Lake Chad Basin Commission. We would…
We express our gratitude for the briefing by Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, and take this opportunity to reiterate our unwavering support
for the work that he continues to do. Likewise, we are grateful for…
We thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock,
for his briefing and commend him on his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. We also thank the Coordinator of the Encadrement des Femmes Indigènes et des Ménages Vu…
We have taken note of the
information we received today about the events that took place on 4 March. Bolivia would once again like to express its firm and absolute condemnation of the use of chemicals as weapons, which is an unjustifiable and criminal act, regardless of where, when or by whom it is…
We thank the Joint Special Representative for Darfur and Head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Mr. Jeremiah Mamabolo, for his comprehensive introduction of the Secretary-General’s bimonthly report Organization (S/2018/154). Through him, we also commend the wor…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the implementation of resolution 2401 (2018).
Once again we take this opportunity to pay tribute to humanitarian workers who risk their lives daily as they carry out their duties. We join other colleagues in congratulating …
I would first like to welcome Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to the Security Council, in her role presiding over today’s important debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Af…
It is an honour for me to address you, Mr. President, and all members of the Security Council on behalf of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. We thank His Excellency Mr. Angelino Alfano, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic, for his briefing on the situ…
At the outset, we welcome the presence of Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and and Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Léonard She Okitundu. We also appreciate the briefing by Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations…
We thank Mr. Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for their respective briefings.
Once again, we would like to say how appalled we are at the terrible situation suffered by the Syrian people, as the past t…
At the outset, we would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for his briefing. We thank and commend him for his hard work. We would also like to affirm our support to the new Special Envoy, Mr. Martin Griffiths, whose task will be focused…
