At the outset, I would like to congratulate Italy on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish Italy every success.
I would also like to thank Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for his comprehensive briefing to the Council. I also like t…
We gather here every year in the Security Council to discuss the ongoing suffering of children in armed conflict. They are the group most affected by conflicts, and we have yet to find a radical solution to ending their suffering and supporting the children who are its victims.
This year’s report o…
At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank the Secretary- General for his valuable briefing, his comprehensive and excellent report (S/2017/869) and the various and ambitious options he has put forward. I would also like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali in his capacity as Chair …
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, for her valuable briefing, and I also thank the other briefers.
Over the past two decades, the experience of the Security Council has demonstrated that women’s participation in peacemaking and peacebui…
Egypt voted in favour of the draft resolution (S/2017/884) that was submitted today, because of our keen interest in ensuring that those involved in the use of chemical weapons in Syria are identified. That requires the continued mandate of the United Nations-Organization for the Prohibition of Chem…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of African States in this important debate on issues of great importance to Africa’s peace, security and development. I would like in that connection to thank President Lajčák for his opening remarks.
At the outset, I wish to …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing. I thank also Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, who is absent from today’s mee…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the international efforts to avert famine and to respond to its appearance in conflict- affected areas in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and north-eastern Nigeria. I also commend the efforts of the United Nations and the int…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Sandra Honoré for her briefing. I would also like to express our deep gratitude to her and her team and, through her, to all the personnel of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), whose mandate is ending in a few days. I especially tha…
I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his comprehensive briefing and the efforts of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to reform and improve United Nations peacekeeping operations. I also thank the Ambassador of Bangladesh and…
At the outset, I would like to express my deep thanks to the Secretary-General for being present with us at today’s important meeting and for his comprehensive briefing.
We meet this afternoon to discuss the repercussions of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, which, with all its religious, ethnic, pol…
In my capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism (CTC), I have the honour to brief the Council on the topic of threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
I wish to thank the Ethiopian presidency and the R…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking, which comprises Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Ecuador, Eritrea, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Libya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, the Philippines, Qatar, the Ru…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Ethiopian presidency of the Security Council for holding today’s important meeting in response to paragraph 11 of resolution 2309 (2016). I should also like to extend my appreciation to Ms. Fang Liu, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organ…
In my capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, I have the honour to brief the Council, together with Ms. Fang Liu, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), on the outcomes of the Committee’s spec…
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and to welcome His Excellency Mr. Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and thank him for his valuable briefing.
The Secretary-General’s re…
I would like to exercise our right of reply in response to the
statement made by the representative of the State of Qatar.
We do not find it odd that the delegation of the State of Qatar is making allegations in order to defend its position after Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and B…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Ethiopia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month of September. I would like to thank the United Kingdom for its initiative and efforts throughout the past month, which led to resolution 2379 (2017), which we have just adopted…
Mr. President, at the outset, I should like to express my sincere joy at seeing you preside over the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary- General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her valuable briefing. We can conclude from that briefing that…
At the outset, allow me to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly.
My delegation takes the floor in explanation of vote after the voting. We regret that the matter of including an agenda item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prev…
