I would first like to thank our briefers, Mr. Kafando and Ambassadors Mohammed and Lauber, for their excellent and comprehensive presentations. I have five points that I would like to make.
First of all, Burundi’s unresolved political crisis and volatile security situation, and the consequent regio…
I heard the pleas from both the Ukrainian Ambassador and our Russian colleague — at length — to consider the 4 million people in Donbas. To hark back to what some of our briefers, particularly on humanitarian issues, said earlier, why is it not possible to do something practical and, after this meet…
Listening to Ambassador Nebenzia, I was left with the impression that it was Ukraine that had invaded Russia, not Russia that invaded Ukraine.
At the outset, I would like to thank all the briefers — Mr. Jenča, Ms. Mueller, Ambassador Apakan and Ambassador Sajdik. I would particularly like to thank …
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Executive Director Michèle Coninsx for their excellent briefings and for their leadership and demonstration of cooperation, which we appreciate very much.
I would like to make three remarks today.
First, with regard …
As we sat around the table to discuss the programme of work on Monday, I wondered why you, Sir, were so insistent about convening today’s debate on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We have already heard 46 minutes worth of statements. It has been very repetitious;…
First of all, I would like to thank Equatorial Guinea for organizing this debate and Mr. Esono Angue for presiding over it. We would also like to thank Mr. Fedotov and Mrs. Ukonga for their excellent briefings.
Piracy, armed robbery at sea and other illicit and illegal activities in the Gulf of Gui…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. I wish you and your team good luck in the coming months. Let me also commend you, Sir, on the initial statement that you delivered and the very concrete example of your own country and how mercenaries have threate…
I do not want to prolong the meeting. I would just like to respond to my Russian colleague. Unfortunately, in his intervention he did not respond to any of my comments on the serious human rights violations. He mentioned that 22,000 demonstrators took to the streets in France, but not that more than…
Germany very much appreciates the fact that this item is on the agenda today. With respect to what my Russian colleague said at the beginning of this meeting — that this item was put on the agenda by the United States — I want to remind him that this item was put on the agenda by the South American …
Conflicts are part and parcel of the Security Council’s day-to-day business, but we do not often have the opportunity to take a step back and consider the causes of those conflicts. I would therefore like to thank you, Mr. President, for inviting us to do that today.
I would like to tell members of…
Let me start by conveying to the representative of Colombia the condolences of the German Government and people for the injured and the families of those killed. There is no justification for this heinous attack on innocent people.
Of course, we all understand that the Colombian Government has said…
I thank you, Mr. President, for putting this topic on the agenda. I would also like to thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his very impressive and, at the same time, worrisome statement.
Mr. Mladenov spoke clearly of the dangerous dynamic that he is observing and stated there is no stat…
First of all, I should like to thank Mr. Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his excellent briefing. Once again, I underline the full support of my delegation for the way ahead that he has outlined. I…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 6 September 2018 to 18 January 2019.
At the outset, since this i…
I would also like to thank Ambassador Joanna Wronecka, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan, for her excellent work. We thank her for her briefing and would have been interested to receive an even longer and more detailed report…
For Germany, Mali is very important. We have been deeply involved in the peace process and supporting it and the country since the crisis erupted in 2012. Today, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) includes the biggest deployment of German soldiers …
I sincerely thank the President of the Commission électorale nationale indépendante for his clarifications, which lead me to the following question. According to the information that I have, the election results have to be published. In the President’s explanation, I understand that he said that the…
I would also like to add my voice to those of all who thanked all the briefers.
I want to start by underlining what my French colleague said, which is that the elections represent
a historic moment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also want to echo Ms. Zerrougui’s point about the fact t…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas for his excellent briefing.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/1175) covers a broad and impressive array of issues. We would like to comment on a few that are of particular importance from our point of view.
Fir…
At the outset, I too would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths for his work and what he achieved in Stockholm. In addition, I would like to thank not only Mr. Mark Lowcock for his briefing on what he has done, but also, through him, all the humanitarian aid workers on the ground, as we must not forge…
