I thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
Ukraine has a democratic Constitution and is implementing a process of reform. Ukraine made a decisive contribution to nuclear non-proliferation when it decided in 1994 to renounce nuc…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
Often in the corridors of this Organization, there is talk of being weary of the issue of Ukraine because of the many meetings that have been held on the subject, both in the Secur…
It is an honour to participate in this high-level open debate. This is my first statement to the Security Council since Spain joined the Council as a non-permanent member on 1 January. I am doubly pleased that it coincides with the presidency of our Chilean friends and that President Bachelet is her…
I thank you, Sir, for presiding over this meeting. I also thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his briefing.
I align myself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
Spain joined the Security Council on 1 January 2015. That very day, its representative, the Spanish …
I thank the mission of Chile for organizing this debate and Minister for Foreign Affairs Heraldo Muñoz for presiding over this meeting. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and Ambassador Patriota, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings.
The reasons for which the P…
Mr. President, I wish to begin by thanking your country, Chad, and your Foreign Minister for convening this open debate on terrorism and transnational organized crime. In particular, we wish to thank you for the initiative of submitting an important and very comprehensive resolution — the first on t…
Like the Ambassador of Japan, I will deliver a shortened statement, for which the full text will be posted on the Mission’s web page.
I would like to thank Mr. Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and my good friend Ambassador Tanin for their statements.
I also fully associate …
At the outset, allow me to express my delegation’s appreciation to Ambassador Tanin and to align myself with the statement made by the delegation of the European Union.
Over the past 13 years, the international community, in conjunction with Afghanistan, has undertaken a massive economic and human …
We are meeting at a crucial moment in the fight against terrorism, Al-Qaida, the Al Nusra Front, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and related terrorist organizations. In that context, the United Nations and the Security Council have acted decisively with resolutions 2170 (2014) and 21…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for the interest you have shown in working closely with all the States Members of the United Nations on the issue of Security Council reform.
We congratulate Ambassador Rattray warmly on his appointment and wish him every success in his important task…
I wish to begin by acknowledging the very positive work done by Judge Song as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at a very complex juncture. His contribution has been decisive in consolidating the role of the Court in fighting impunity for the most serious international crimes. We a…
I would like to thank Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women; Mr. Chaloka Beyani, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; and Ms. Suaad Allami, Director of the Sadr City Women’s Centre and Legal Clinic, who gave us the perspective of civil society.…
I would like at the outset to thank the United States for the opportunity to participate in this timely and necessary meeting.
Contemporary terrorism, including in its jihadist form, from which Spain has long and painfully suffered, is a multifaceted and mutable phenomenon. However, it has one defi…
First of all, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate and for the invitation to participate to address the grave threats currently faced by Iraq — and not only Iraq.
Jihadist terrorism poses a threat to the entire international community. Spain knows that well through its ow…
The Ebola crisis has clearly become more than just a serious epidemic. Given its exponential growth and its impact on public order, the economy and the political situation in affected countries, it has now become a threat to the stability and security in West Africa, with a potential global impact. …
The Security Council is meeting again to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The situation is slightly different than the one we considered three months ago (see S/PV.7208), as we can see from the briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General.
Spain is a friend of Afghanistan. T…
I thank the President for convening this debate. I would like to begin by thanking Ambassador Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her presentation of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2014/617), as well as for her work as Head of the United Nations Stabilization Missi…
As the text of my statement will be distributed, I will deliver a summary of it, highlighting the most salient points.
First, I would like to express Spain’s gratitude for the organization of this debate.
Secondly, I would like to say that Spain fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by …
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for organizing this open debate. I would also like to endorse the statement made by the observer of the European Union. To save time, I would like to briefly summarize my statement, which will be circulated in writing to delegations when I fini…
I wish first to express the gratitude of the Spanish delegation to the Rwandan presidency for having convened this open debate, which allows us to address an issue of increasing importance, that is, the cooperation of regional and subregional organizations in the crucial work that peacekeeping opera…
