We are grateful for the briefing on small arms and light weapons presented by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu.
Bolivia is a pacifist State that does not produce, store or export weapons of any kind. We therefore firmly believe that mitigating the use, trade and …
We thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation of the fourth and final report of the year on the implementation of the provisions of resolution 2334 (2016).
We would mention that, among…
We would like to begin by welcoming the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Taro Kono, to the Security Council today to preside over our work. We would also like to thank Secretary- General Guterres for his briefing
Bolivia, as a pacifist country, promotes the culture of dialogue and the rig…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Francois Louncény Fall, for his informative briefing. Bolivia recognizes the work being carried out by the Office in the areas of preventive …
Bolivia thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for presenting the informative twenty-sixth report, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005).
We have taken note of the progress in the investigations, as well as the difficulties that the Office of the Prosecut…
We thank Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Pramila Patten for their reports on the situation in Rakhine state in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Bolivia reiterates its vigorous condemnation of the ser…
The Political Constitution of the State of Bolivia enshrines a broad catalogue of rights under various regional and universal instruments as they relate to the protection of human rights. In that regard, the Constitution provides that international human rights treaties and instruments have been sig…
In view of the announcements made by the President of the United States concerning his unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his decision to start taking steps to move the United States Embassy to that city, eight Security Council delegations requested the Council’s presid…
We thank the Japanese presidency of the Security Council for convening this meeting, and Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for presenting the quarterly report of the Secretary- General on the situation in South Sudan (S/2017/1011). We also welcome a…
Bolivia congratulates you, Sir, and the delegation of Japan on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I also commend Italy and Ambassador Cardi and his entire team for having led the Council’s work in an exemplary manner throughout November.
Bolivia welcomes the presence …
We are grateful for the briefings that we heard this morning from Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executiv…
As my first order of business, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his informative briefing today. I also thank Ambassador Cardi, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), for his work.
Bolivia once again strongly condemns the launch yesterd…
Bolivia appreciates the briefing provided by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, and we wish to assure him of our full support in the tasks entrusted to him.
Bolivia commends the joint declaration that was issued after the latest …
Bolivia would like to thank the Italian presidency and your delegation, Mr. President, as well as the delegation of France for taking the initiative to convene this morning’s briefing. We also appreciate the briefings by Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and of Mr. W…
Bolivia is grateful for the briefings presented today by the Under-Secretary- General for the Office of Counter-Terrorism, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, and the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, Ms. Michèle Coninsx. We are also grateful for the activity report pre…
My delegation wishes to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, for the informative briefing that she delivered to the Security Council today.
Once again, we must voice our concern regarding the precariousness of the situation in South Sudan. The humanit…
Bolivia thanks the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing. We once again reiterate to him our support and gratitude for the work he is undertaking.
My delegation recognizes the efforts that the people and the Government of Syria are carrying out i…
My delegation would like to thank Mr. Ján Kubiš, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI). We reiterate our support for his important work. We would also especially like to thank Major Anna Patrono for her briefing…
Bolivia wishes to thank the Italian presidency not only for the initiative to convene this debate, but also for its leadership in the negotiations on resolution 2388 (2017) and for all of its work on the topic that brings us together today. We also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and fo…
Bolivia would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Michael Kafando, and Ambassador of Switzerland, Mr. Jürg Lauber, in his capacity as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings.
Bolivia values and supports the efforts of the Spe…
