We thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Prendergast for their briefings. We have listened carefully to both and we agree that corruption erodes the economy, weakens Government institutions and enables other, related crimes, such as money-laundering and international transfers of illegally derived fun…
My delegation would like to thank the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, and the Director of Operations and Advocacy in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Ging, for their briefings. We understand their immense responsibility. Let me reitera…
We have taken note of the information provided today.
Bolivia reiterates its position of categorically rejecting the use of chemical compounds as weapons, since such use is an unjustifiable and criminal act and a serious crime under international law and undermines international peace and security.…
At the outset, we thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing on the latest events in the Republic of Haiti and on the activities of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH). We also welcome the Prime Minister of Sa…
We welcome the briefing of the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu.
My delegation reiterates the importance of the verification carried out by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat with regard to the destruction of the las…
First of all, allow me to join in the expressions of gratitude and congratulations to Ambassador Pierce and her team on their steering of the presidency of the Security Council last month. I also wish you and your delegation, Madam President, the greatest success this month.
It is also a privilege …
We welcome the briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Mr. Ghassan Salamé. We reiterate our full support for his ongoing efforts. We also welcome Ambassador Olof Skoog’s briefing on the activities carried out by the Com…
I wish to join you, Madam President, in congratulating and thanking the delegation of the United Kingdom for its work during its presidency of the Security Council last month. I wish you, Madam President, and your team every success in your work on behalf of the entire Council.
I thank you for your…
We welcome the presence of the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Aristides Gomes, and are grateful for the information provided by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. José Viegas Filho; Ambassador Anatolio Ndong Mba, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established purs…
We thank the United Kingdom presidency for organizing this important informative meeting. We would also like to thank Secretary- General António Guterres for his briefing and take this opportunity to reiterate our strongest support for the conflict prevention agenda he is implementing. Finally, we t…
We thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing, and we take this opportunity to reaffirm our greatest support for his important work. We also appreciate the briefing delivered by the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Tegegnework Gettu, and thank t…
We very much appreciate and take note of the briefing by the Director of Operations and Advocacy of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Ging.
We once again express our dismay that the people of Syria continues to live under siege and in violence, primari…
The Plurinational State of Bolivia is grateful for the briefings by Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Monsignor Marcel Utembi, President of the Conf…
It is a true pleasure to have you, Sir, preside over this Security Council meeting.
My delegation is grateful for the briefings today by Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, and by Ms. Michele Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism
Commit…
We thank Mr. Michel Kafando, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, for his briefing.
Bolivia is pleased that the referendum on 17 May was held in a calm atmosphere with no major incidents and in an inclusive manner, with all political parties participating. We also believe that th…
First and foremost, Madam President, I should like, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and pledge our full support to you. I, too, wish to congratulate the delegation of Sweden for having so successfully and professionally guided the w…
We are grateful for the briefings by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock and by Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, to whom we reiterate our support for the sensitive work that they are carrying out.
We expre…
We would like to express our gratitude for the briefings that we heard from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Ms. Leila Zerrougui; Ambassador Mansour Alotaibi of Kuw…
My delegation would like to echo our colleagues by first of all warmly welcoming the presence here of His Excellency the Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia, Óscar Naranjo, and of the Permanent Representative of Colombia, María Emma Mejía Vélez. They have contributed to writing one of the mos…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for organizing this important debate. I also thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for the information he provided today, and in particular for his urgent efforts on behalf of the United Nations in Gaza.
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the …
