First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing on the current situation in Kosovo. We thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for …
Chile voted in favour of today’s resolution 2220 (2015) in an expression of my country’s ongoing commitment to disarmament in every form and to the fight against the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. We believe the work of the Security Council can be enriched through an ongoing dialogue…
We thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and the President of the Côte d’Ivoire chapter of the West Africa Action Network on Small Arms, Mr. Karamoko Diakité, for their briefings. We also appreciate the initiative of the L…
I thank the Lithuanian delegation for convening today’s meeting. We welcome the presence of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, as well as her presentation of the ninth report of the Court pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
As we have stated on previous oc…
We would like to thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for submitting his report (S/2015/300, annex).
Chile supports the implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, as well as safeguarding the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Bosnia…
I commend Jordan’s leadership of the work of the Security Council during the month of April. We also express our particular gratitude for the compelling and comprehensive briefings by Valerie Amos, António Guterres, Angelina Jolie Pitt and Ertharin Cousin. On behalf of the Chilean Government, I expr…
Peace, stability and intercultural harmony are closely interrelated and key to achieving an environment conducive to promoting universal values and full respect for human dignity.
While we in our region have undertaken the difficult task of bridging the gap between wealth and poverty and are seekin…
I am pleased to have this opportunity to brief Council members in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004), concerning Côte d’Ivoire.
I would like to begin by summarizing the main elements contained in the final report (S/2015/252) of the…
We welcome the presence of Minister Nasser Judeh, and extend our gratitude to the Jordanian presidency of the Security Council for April. We are grateful for the very thorough presentation given by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and greatly appreciate the recent appointment of Mr. Nickolay Mladenov …
Allow me to begin my statement by acknowledging and expressing our appreciation for the work of Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. We also wish Ambassador Olof Skoog success in his work as the new Chair of the Commission in a particularly important…
Chile thanks the presidency of Jordan for convening this debate. We welcome the briefings, in particular by Hamsatu Allamin, which drive us to act more decisively to prevent, eradicate and punish conflict- related sexual violence and the stigma attached thereto and ensure reparation and reintegratio…
It is clear that different interpretations exist of the situation affecting Yemen, but we all agree that the violence is having a serious effect on the civilian population. For that reason, we appreciate the fact that the final version of the resolution we have adopted today (resolution 2216 (2015))…
We congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team
for your balanced and firm conduct of the work of the Security Council this month. We welcome the convening of this public wrap-up session, which we consider to be an indispensable tool of the Security Council that must be maintained. We also commen…
On behalf of Chile, I join Minister García-Margallo y Marfil in warmly welcoming those who have come to the Security Council today speak for the victims — those massacred simply because they were different, because they were practicing their faith and because they did not fit into an insane paradigm…
In the framework of the tenth anniversary of resolution 1612 (2005), next July, we would like to thank France for having convened this open debate. We would also highlight the leadership of Malaysia in the informal Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
We appreciate the briefings by the Sec…
We would like to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for introducing the 90-day report of the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We appreciate Spain’s approach in presiding over the Security Council’s non-proliferation committees, through which it has shown dec…
Chile wishes to express its gratitude to the presidency for convening this meeting on the situation in Haiti and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). This is a priority situation for Latin America and the Caribbean. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ho…
We welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Nicholas Haysom, and thank him for his briefing on the current situation in Afghanistan. We would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
Chil…
We would like to thank the French presidency for convening this meeting to discuss the issue of cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations and arrangements, and Ms. Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union, for her briefing.
As we have indicated in pr…
We thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for keeping us updated on the political situation in Ukraine. We also thank Mr. John Ging and Mr. Ivan Šimonović for their briefings on the humanitarian situation in the country.
I would like to begin by deploring the death of four demonstrators as the result of a remot…