I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for coming here this morning to brief the Council. I would like to begin by welcoming the outstanding work undertaken by the International Criminal Court and the Prosecutor against very complex circumstances, particularly given the lack of cooperation on the part of the Su…
I have the honour to present the report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of the same resolution. The present report covers the period from 15 September to 14 December, during which time the Committee held an informal meeting on 24 No…
We are very grateful for the information provided to the Council by Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson; Mr. Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights; Ambassador Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine…
As the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights just stated, any massive and systematic violation of human rights constitutes a threat to international peace and security. Spain energetically and unreservedly supports the idea that such matters should be taken up by the Security Council.
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I too would like to thank the Judges and Prosecutors representing the two International Tribunals and the Residual Mechanism. I begin by paying tribute to the outstanding work done over the past two years in the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals under the helm of Ambassador Cristián …
At the outset, I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation to Ambassador Saikal for his intervention on the occasion of his first participation in this annual debate as Permanent Representative of Afghanistan. I wish him every success in fulfilling his important role and assure him that he can al…
The Sahel is a priority region for Spain. This morning on my way to the office, I was reviewing the statements of my Minister for Foreign Affairs, and today he said once again that the Sahel is a priority region for Spain. Why is that? It is because we share four types of threats.
First, there is t…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and the British presidency for having organized today’s meeting. By way of general comment, I would like to
say that Spain fully supports the report of the Secretary- General (S/2015/682) and all its recommendations.
The report comes at a particularly…
Today we are all French. We are all Malian.
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And, dear colleagues, we are also Russian and Arab.
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It is time to react, and to do so with a French heart — with a Russian, Malian and Arab heart. Terrorists in Beirut, Ankara, Sinai, Paris and Bamako have sworn the…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ambassador Zahir Tanin as he makes his first briefing to the Security Council as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I assure Mr. Tanin of our full support in his e…
I wish to thank and congratulate you, Madam President, for presiding over this open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and Ms. Bouchamaoui for their briefings.
I will focus on four points: first, security and sustainable development; secondly, the …
Before beginning my statement, I reiterate my delegation’s solidarity with the French people and Government during these days of mourning. More than ever, they can count on Spain as a neighbour, an ally and a friend.
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I would like to express my thanks to the President for conveni…
I welcome the briefings by Mr. Hervé Ladsous and the Police Commissioners from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Mission in Liberia. I thank you, Sir, for taking the initiati…
Let me at the outset welcome and thank High Representative Valentin Ink for his presence here, and
express the support of the Government of Spain for his work and for his Office. We wish also to welcome the new Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miloš Vukašinović, to whom we express the full rea…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at such a crucial time for Somalia, and to thank Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke and the key actors in the region, such as the African Union, as represented by Ambassador António, for their presence. I would also like …
I would like, at the outset, to thank you, Sir, and through you to thank all our colleagues for their very kind words regarding Spain’s recent presidency of the Council. I wish to assure you and your entire team, Mr. President, of our full support during your mandate. You know you can count on our f…
At the outset, I wish to express my appreciation to the President for the interest he is showing on the issue of reforming the Security Council, in close collaboration with all States Members of the United Nations.
We warmly congratulate Ambassador Sylvie Lucas on her appointment to her important p…
There is a famous etching by Goya called “The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters”. Goya taught us that when reason deserts us, when it literally falls asleep, it leaves space free for the worst demons of our nature to take hold. Seventy years ago humankind awoke not from a dream, but from a nightmare…
I would like to begin by highlighting the timeliness and relevance of convening this meeting at a particularly complex moment. I would also like to underscore that, in combating the phenomenon of terrorism, it is crucial that there be leadership, perseverance, determination and, above all, unity. Wi…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General Mr. Haysom; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at Vienna, Mr. Fedotov; and the Ambassador of Afghanistan.
Spain fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the Europe…
