At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for presenting the practical guidance for mediators to protect children in situations
of armed conflict, as well as the other speakers for their observations. I also welcome Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians. Their presence confi…
First, we thank the Secretary- General for his presence and his briefing. We also thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his detailed report on the current situation in the region. We welcome President Mahmoud Abbas, to whom we extend the appreciation and consideration of the Dominican peop…
We thank Mr. Voronkov, Under- Secretary-General, United Nations Office of Counter- Terrorism, and Ms. Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, for their briefings on the tenth report of the Secretary- General (S/2020/95). We also thank Ms. Freij for her m…
First of all, we are grateful for the presence of Mr. Edi Rama, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), among us today. We are confident that his experience and leadership will con…
We thank Ambassador Pedersen and Mr. Lowcock for their briefings.
We continue to firmly support all genuine efforts to achieve sustainable peace in Syria for all Syrians. Based on that decision and our confidence in international law as the fundamental framework for achieving peace, we welcome this…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Kingdom of Belgium for assuming the presidency for the month of February and, again, we thank Viet Nam for its excellent presidency in January.
We extend our thanks to the presidency for convening this timely briefing on small arms and light weapons. We also…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2507 (2020). We understand that the adoption of this resolution reaffirms the Security Council’s commitment to the authorities of the Central African Republic to contribute to their struggle to achieve sustainable peace. The Dominican Republic voted in favour of…
We thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency António Guterres, and His Excellency Dato Lim Jock Hoi for the important information they have provided today.
No region is immune to the increasing large-scale challenges that we are currently facing. Inequality, social tension, conflict and vulnerabi…
We would like to begin by applauding the efforts of Special Representative Salamé, given the challenging and commendable work he conducts with his team on the ground to end the crisis in Libya. We also thank the representative of Germany for his briefing on the work of the Committee established purs…
We thank Mr. Lowcock for his briefing.
The Dominican Republic remains concerned about the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. At the outset, we reiterate our regret at having been unable to achieve the complete renewal of the cross- border mechanism whereby millions of people receiv…
We would like to thank Ms. Matar for her briefing. As always, we reiterate the Dominican Republic’s support for the collective efforts to strengthen the long-standing political process in the Syrian Arab Republic — one that opens the door to lasting peace.
This year, 2020, is the fifth anniversary …
We thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and Ms. Ursula Mueller for their briefings. Particular thanks go to Ms. Muller for highlighting some positive aspects, however small, and for inviting us to use them to give new impetus to our collective actions.
The Middle East peace process is a phrase used by world …
We thank Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings this morning, which painted a very full and detailed picture of the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen. We express our gratitude to both of them for the immense efforts made in their respective fields to achieve peace and meet…
At the outset, I would like to express our support for the statement of the representative of France. We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing.
First of all, we would like to express our categorical condemnation of the wave of attacks in the last quarter of last year, w…
We would like to start by showing solidarity with the people of the Niger for the death of over 89 soldiers over the weekend and by expressing our continued solidarity with our brotherly country of Haiti on another anniversary of the tragic earthquake of 2010 that cost over 300,000 lives, including …
The Dominican Republic voted in favour of resolution 2504 (2020), submitted by the co-penholders, for the renewal of the cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism in the Syrian Arab Republic. Despite the fact that we have been able to maintain the mechanism, we cannot fail to highlight a few as…
It is a pleasure to have you here in New York, Mr. President.
We thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his important contribution and Mrs. Robinson for her inspiring words. Similarly, we welcome the many high- level representatives who have honoured us with their presence at today’s meeting.…
First of all, we thank Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas for his briefing.
The Dominican Republic commends the peaceful electoral processes in some countries of West Africa and the Sahel. At the same time, we acknowledge the considerable efforts made by countries of the region and regional and international …
The Dominican Republic voted in favour of draft resolution S/2019/961, presented by the humanitarian co-penholders for the 12-month renewal of the cross-border mechanism in the Syrian Arab Republic, on which millions of Syrians depend for their survival. We were very sorry that the draft resolution …
We thank Ambassador Pedersen for his briefing and renew our full support for his efforts to bring about greater rapprochement, reconciliation and dialogue among the Syrian Government, the opposition and civil society. We recognize the significant obstacles and challenges that have been overcome in o…
