I want to pay tribute to Ambassador Matjila. October was a very intensive month, with a week in Africa. I think I spent more time with Mr. Matjila than I spent with my wife last month.
I wish good luck to the United Kingdom, which is starting its presidency on a gorgeous day. I would have loved to …
I would first like to subscribe to what my French colleague said earlier. Considering that our time is limited in the Council, I find these long initial interventions lasting 20 minutes or half an hour unacceptable. My advice to future Presidents is that they either obtain a commitment from the spea…
I will be short in echoing what my British colleague just said and thanking the
United Kingdom for the good close cooperation on our path. I also thank all delegations that worked very constructively in support of resolution 2495 (2019), for which we were co-penholder. We are also very thankful for…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Michel Kafando for his work and express deep appreciation for his efforts, including his latest consultations with leaders of the region in an effort to revitalize the inter-Burundian dialogue led by the East African Communi…
We welcome the Council’s adoption today of resolution 2494 (2019), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 October 2020. The Mission’s work is vital to ensuring stability on the ground and thereby providing space for the political pr…
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and the most important guardian of international law. Designated in the Charter of the United Nations itself and equipped with a truly universal composition, the Court plays a vital role in the peaceful settleme…
It is a pleasure to speak before you today, Madam President, and I thank you for presiding over today’s meeting. I also thank the briefers, whose presence here sitting alongside us and each other I see as a symbol, not only of the close cooperation between the African Union (AU) and the United Natio…
Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights. That is what we are fighting for and that is why we are here today. This is also at the centre of my Government’s foreign policy.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka for their comprehensive briefings…
We thank South Africa for highlighting the importance of the women and peace and security agenda with today’s resolution 2493 (2019). With its adoption, the Security Council has once more underlined the crucial role it attaches to the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in prevention, …
Germany is firmly committed to a rules-based international order and multilateral cooperation, which is why Germany, together with France and other States, hosted a ministerial event during the high-level week here in New York under the auspices of the Alliance for Multilateralism, with the particip…
I thank the Belgian Ambassador for his briefing as Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia.
I can only echo and underline what the representative of the United Kingdom has just said. Germany continues to fully support the Panel of Experts and its…
I will be brief. I am not predisposed to get into discussions with our Russian colleague, but I am predisposed to defend international humanitarian law and human rights, and I am doing that in implementation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It may n…
You have just reminded me, Mr. President, that the representative of Kuwait already spoke on behalf of the three co-penholders on the humanitarian situation in Syria. I promise to keep my remarks very brief, but I would like to add a couple of points.
We are of course extremely worried about the hu…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Special Envoy Parfait Onanga-Anyanga for their briefings. Like the briefers, I would also like to address the overall political situation before discussing the United Nations
Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the current situatio…
First of all, let me thank our briefers, Martin Griffiths and Mark Lowcock, for their comprehensive briefings.
We very much welcome the encouraging signs of hope for the political process referred to by Martin Griffiths, while we recognize that these signs are still extremely fragile. We welcome th…
Let me first of all thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and extend a special welcome to the Ambassador of the Sudan. Needless to say, we will listen very carefully to how the Government of the Sudan wants to take forward the issue under discussion today.
Like many among us, the German…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to extend a particularly warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru.
Today’s withdrawal of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support i…
I would first like to thank the Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and to extend a very warm welcome to
His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García.
Germany is in full agreement with the thrust of the Secretary-General’s r…
I wish to thank all the briefers for their interesting presentations. We welcome the Secretary-General’s strong commitment to conflict prevention and resolution, including mediation. We greatly appreciate the work of the United Nations through its good offices, special political missions and mediati…
At the outset, Germany welcomes the new Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Mr. Huang Xia, to the Council and pledges its support for his work. We share his conclusions and those of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2019/783), especially with respect to the improvement…
