I thank members for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the ongoing work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED).
CTED is mandated until 31 December 2017 to assist Member States, on behalf of the CTC, to achieve the full implementation of Security…
On behalf of the Chairs of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism; the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated indiv…
At the outset, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the
European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for her comprehensive briefing on the European Union’s future priorities. I would also like to congratulate Ms. Mogherini and her del…
I would first like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today on the thirteenth report of the Prosecutor of the ICC to the Security Council in accordance with resolution 1970 (2011).
Egypt welcomes the Court’s efforts to ensure Saif Al-…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his valuable briefing before the Council today and especially for his vision, which takes into consideration in a balanced manner all the dimensions of the issue under discussion today.
The current situation on the Kor…
The Security Council is holding monthly meetings on the situation in Syria to reaffirm members’ positions vis-à-vis the unprecedented suffering of the Syrian
people. We reiterate our words of condemnation and regret to the media and our peoples. We have grown used to it; the Syrian people has grown…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Senegal for their briefings.
The Security Council has been meeting intensively since July 2016 to discuss the situation in South Sudan following the armed…
The Middle East is shaken by upheavals that are unprecedented in modern history. There are long-standing and escalating disputes.
We have spoken at length about the possibility of preventing the slide towards widespread chaos in the region. We have often warned of injustice against Arabs caused by …
This debate on the two annual reports of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/71/768) and on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/71/792) are different from those we have had in previous years. Indeed, the adoption of the two identical resolutions, General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution …
I would like to thank Ambassador Skoog, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, and Mr. Martin Kobler for their valuable briefings today. I would also like to thank Mr. Kobler for his tireless efforts, along with those of the United Nations Support Mis…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing.
It has been 70 years since the United Nations was established and its Charter adopted, laying a firm foundation for international cooperation in the Organization’s three main areas of work: the maintenance of…
At the outset, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. I would also like to express our appreciation t…
We wecome the adoption of resolution 2350 (2017), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for a period of six months, concluding in October. It has been 13 years since we first established the MINUSTAH mandate. We welcome the fact that responsibilities wi…
At the outset, allow me to express my appreciation for the valuable briefing given by Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, and for his relentless efforts to develop cooperation among the States of the region.
The Great Lakes region is in the heart of …
Egypt supported the draft resolution (S/2017/315) submitted by the United Kingdom, France and the United States owing to our interest in the Security Council carrying out its responsibilities with regard to the crimes committed against the Syrian people, particularly given the fact that our Syrian b…
We meet once again to discuss a crisis that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of innocent victims, displaced millions of families and contributed to establishing a safe haven for tens of thousands of mercenaries and terrorists whose presence is a threat to the region and the world. Despite the f…
At the outset, allow me to thank everyone for their condolences and support, which have demonstrated their solidarity with Egypt during this very stressful time. The crimes that have claimed the lives of many innocent people in Egypt and countless other places in the world show how important it is f…
We have been following with great concern events following the Khan Shaykhun incident, which claimed the lives of dozens of innocent Syrian civilians. Numerous reports have confirmed that the incident was once again the result of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. We have also been following the …
First, let me extend our thanks to the American presidency of the Security Council for holding today’s important debate.
The changing security environment and the complex nature of conflicts make it imperative that we reconsider the effectiveness and utility of tools available for the Security Coun…
Allow me, at the outset, to welcome His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and African Integration of the Republic of Mali. I would also like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing and congratulate him on taking over the leadership of th…
