We would like at the outset to thank the Nigerian presidency for having convened this debate and the Secretary- General for his very thorough and detailed briefing.
We have said repeatedly that the vision and contributions of regional organizations are crucial and irreplaceable in preventing confli…
We thank the Nigerian presidency for convening this meeting on the global response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. We also thank the briefers for their statements.
The recent outbreak of Ebola produced important lessons learned and best practices, foremost the importance of having a coordi…
We thank New Zealand for this initiative to discuss issues affecting the promotion of international peace and security.
The vulnerabilities of small island developing States (SIDS) arise from their inability to address emerging challenges and situations with global implications that can jeopardize …
Allow me to welcome your presence, Sir, and that of all of the other Ministers who are here today. One year after the tragedy, we reiterate our condolences to all of the families affected.
My delegation would have liked the Council to have sent a unified message to all of the families of the victim…
First, I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. We are also grateful for the briefing by Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General.
The status quo must be overturned. Reactivating the negotiations is an unavoidable challenge, and the Cou…
We express our satisfaction at the adoption of resolution 2231 (2015), by which the Security Council endorses the agreement reached between Iran and the E3/EU+3 on the Iranian nuclear programme. We voted in favour of the resolution because we value the agreement, as it contributes to resolving diffe…
We would like to begin by thanking New Zealand for having organized this meeting as part of the activities to commemorate the shame and the pain of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. We also grateful for the briefings made by the Deputy Secretary- General and the United Nations…
We would like to thank the Malaysian presidency for its successful leadership of the Council and for this wrap-up session, which is of imperative importance to the elected members of the Council in promoting transparent working methods for the benefit of all States Members of the United Nations.
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We would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing. The climate of violence and impunity continues in Darfur. That is why we believe that the Council should adopt a more active stance with regard to follow-up of that situation in the…
We would like to thank the former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, and of course the current Chair, Ambassador Olof Skoog, for their presentations. We value their assessment of the work and progress of the Commission and the challenges facing it.
We have…
We thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for introducing the quarterly report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We also thank the Panel of Experts and its Coordinator for the presentation to the Committee on 1 June of its final report (S/…
We are grateful for the briefings given by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Nicholas Haysom, and by Ambassador Tanin.
Chile deplores and strongly condemns the attack committed today against the Parliame…
I thank the Malaysian presidency and Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman for convening this open debate and commend Malaysia’s excellent leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We value the Secretary-General’s leadership in that area and the work of his Special Rep…
We thank the presidency for convening this informative meeting. We also welcome the briefings by the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mi…
We thank the Chairs of the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Non-Proliferation Committee for their respective briefings.
Since the last joint briefing (see S/PV.7184) of those Committees to the Council in May 2014, the emergence of the terrorist group calling its…
We thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman and Mr. Alexander Hug for their briefings on the situation in Ukraine.
We reiterate our support for the ongoing steps taken by the Secretary-General and the United Nations to bring an end to the situation in Ukraine, and we support the vital work of the Organization for…
Chile is grateful for the support of all delegations in the process of negotiations on resolution 69/284, which we just adopted, and urges all countries to continue to work on following up the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. I would like to again thank the delegation of Japan and all d…
Since this is the first time I am taking the floor in the Chamber this month, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to assure you of Chile’s full support this month. Moreover, I would like to congratulate the delegation of Lithuania…
The fight against terrorism is a matter of principle in which collective action is essential. That is why we are especially grateful to Lithuania for having convened this meeting on foreign terrorist fighters, thereby providing an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences and best practices on t…
We welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and thank the Lithuanian delegation for convening today’s debate and the concept note (S/2015/307, annex). We also welcome the briefings by Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson, Director-General of Reporters Without Borders Christophe Del…
