At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your brotherly country’s successful presidency of the Council this month. I also want to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefi…
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the observer of the Observer State of Palestine, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the representative of Zambia, on behalf of the Group of African States.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s report (A/74/193) and express our appreciat…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Russian presidency of the Security Council for this month, which has been very busy with important issues. I would also like to express our appreciation to Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his informative and invaluable…
I would like, at the outset, to thank the Russian presidency of the Security Council for the month of September for having convened this important meeting on the topic “Peace and security in Africa: partnership to strengthen regional peace and security”. I would also express our appreciation for hav…
Like others before me, we congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency.
A few days ago (see A/73/PV.107), my delegation took the floor to reject the request to include an agenda item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing …
My delegation takes the floor regarding the request to include on the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the
prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity”. Yet again, we are left perpl…
I wish to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and the Russian Federation for having convened this meeting. I also wish to convey my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Russian Federation for inviting my country to participate in this important debate, held pursuant to paragraph 10 of resolution 2378 (2017), which calls upon the Secretary-General to provide an annual briefing on peacekeeping reform with a view to increasing …
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of Poland
for organizing this debate to discuss the challenges to peace and security in the Middle East. We thank you, Madam President, for inviting the countries of the region to participate in this important discussion.
The Middle East is suffe…
(spoke in Arabic): At the outset, let me congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month by wishing you every success. I also join others in commending you on choosing this topic for today’s open debate, and I thank the briefers for their statemen…
I would like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, whose tireless efforts are facilitating the Middle East peace process, containing the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and fostering Palestinian reconciliation efforts.
The Palestinian cause has existed since the creation of the Security Coun…
The world came together 25 years ago in a historic gathering to boldly declare that enough was enough. The 179 Governments that met in Cairo in 1994 recognized the enormity of the duties that lay ahead to reach our common goals of equality, prosperity and development. What is required of us today is…
I would like first of all to thank Peru for convening this important debate on the issue of tripartite cooperation among the Security Council, the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries (TCCs/PCCs) in peacekeeping operations, as well as for inviting Egypt to participate as one of t…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Peru on assuming the Council presidency for the month of July. I also
express my appreciation for Kuwait’s presidency of the Council over the past month.
My country appreciates your selection, Sir, of the important topic of linkages between international…
The delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt would like to explain its vote before the voting on draft resolution A/73/L.94, entitled “Towards torture-free trade: examining the feasibility, scope and parameters for possible common international standards”.
Egypt stresses its firm belief that the pr…
It is my honour to address the Council today on my own behalf and on behalf of my colleague, the Permanent Representative of Canada, as co-facilitators for draft resolution A/73/L.95, entitled “Commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Developmen…
At the outset, I should like to thank the President for her wise stewardship in convening this meeting. My delegation takes note of the report of the Secretary-General (A/73/898) entitled “The responsibility to protect: lessons learned for prevention”.
Contemporary history has taught us harsh lesso…
At the outset, allow me to express my pleasure at participating in this meeting of the General Assembly under the presidency of Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés in order to debate an item of high priority and importance
to all States Members of the United Nations, that is, “Sexual exploitation an…
At the outset. I would like to thank the Kuwaiti presidency of the Security Council for the month of June for organizing today’s open debate on this important topic. The aim is to hear the views and proposals of countries, which is considered in itself a practical way to improve the working methods …
At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence of His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland. I also thank Poland very much and other countries for their valuable contributions in preparing resolution 73/296, adopted today.
There has been an unprecedented worldwide rise in acts …
