Mr. President, I thank you for having convened this open debate, almost 17 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. I should like also to thank the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; Michaëlle Jean, of the International Organizatio…
I thank France and you personally, Madam Ambassador, for having convened this meeting, which marks the official closure of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after 13 long years.
We have mixed feelings today, because now we can say that it is possible to have United Nation…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on steering the work
of the Security Council this month and for convening today’s meeting.
I would also like to congratulate the members of the Security Council on their vote of confidence in Colombia and in its efforts to build peace, through their unanimous ado…
Colombia is grateful for the report of the Secretary- General (A/72/1), which lays out a valuable road map for the reforms that he has proposed and takes us on a geopolitical and strategic journey through the true role of multilateralism, led by the United Nations, at one of the most critical times …
We welcome the renewed support for the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons and the fight against this terrible scourge, which affects almost all of us, in particular women and girls, as was illustrated by the heart-wrenching testimony that we heard yesterday (see A/…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Council for convening this meeting.
The Council’s unanimous co-sponsorhip and adoption of resolution 2377 (2017), containing the Secretary-General’s recommendations, is a new demonstration of support to Colombia and will be important …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting, and in particular Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and his entire team, for their report (S/2017/745).
On behalf of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, we would like to express our apprecia…
I would first like commend and thank Ambassadors Drobnjak, of Croatia, and Nusseibeh, of the United Arab Emirates, for their leadership and the commitment with which they guided the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly. Their guidance was unquestionably esse…
I thank you, Sir, for inviting us to today’s open debate, and for the concept paper (S/2017/692, annex), which provides the background for today’s important discussion.
My country shares the vision surrounding the need to adjust the structure of peacekeeping missions to ensure that they are effecti…
I would first like to express my thanks for the presentation of the report (A/71/2) on the past 17 months of the work of the Security Council, which from now on will become an actual annual report that I believe will provide us with a more in-depth analysis of its content. The report that the Egypti…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to speak in today’s debate at a crucial time for Haiti when, with the support of the Security Council and the Group of Friends of Haiti of the Organization of American States, of which Colombia is part, Haitians are taking a new step in th…
I thank the Permanent Missions of Mexico and Jamaica for the leadership demonstrated throughout the consultations leading to the adoption of the very important resolution 71/161 B, on the new United Nations approach to cholera in Haiti, which is certainly
a new step in the right direction that allo…
At the outset, I thank you, Mr. President, the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China, for having convened this meeting. I wish you every success in your work.
With regard to the work and preparations on today’s resolution 2366 (2017), I would like to express our particular grat…
As Mr. Arnault stated — and I would like to reiterate — the visit to our country by the members of the Security Council was of the utmost importance. For the very first time, we witnessed both supporters and detractors of the peace process engaging in dialogue, gleaning additional information and tr…
I thank you, Sir, for convening and organizing today’s meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/71/864) and the very valuable recommendations it contains.
Today’s meeting is taking place one year after the adoption of a political declaration aimed at stepping up the response to…
First, let me congratulate you, Madam President, on the excellent conduct of the work of the Security Council during Uruguay’s presidency. We welcome the convening of today’s open debate and the presidency’s concept note (S/2017/365, annex) on the first anniversary of the adoption of resolution 2286…
I thank the President, the United Kingdom Ambassador, who co-led the mission, and all the members of the Security Council. On behalf of my Government and on my own behalf, I thank the Council for having gone to my country to see first hand what is taking place, to be informed by the “prime movers of…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate and for the great commitment of your country and all Council members in their recent visit to Colombia. I am sure that, after the Council’s visit to my country, delegations were able to see first-hand how important the gender issue has been…
I thank the President for convening this very timely joint debate. I wish to also express thanks for the presentation of both reports (A/71/768 and A/71/792).
Colombia, as a member of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund, endorses the statement made by Mr. Cho Tae-yul, Chair of t…
We are grateful for today’s debate on the situation in Haiti.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement that will be made by the Ambassador of Peru on behalf of the Group of Friends of Haiti.
I thank, in particular, Special Representative Honoré for her briefing on the report of the Secretary…
