We thank High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Assistant Secretary- General Miroslav Jenča for their briefings on the most recent developments in Myanmar and the situation of the Rohingya.
The situation of the Rohingya refugees continues to be a source of grave concern. The complexity of the challen…
I would like to express appreciation to Ambassador Meza-Cuadra for his briefing on the implementation of resolution 2341 (2017), on the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks, one year after its adoption. We found the briefing to be very comprehensive and informative.
With the…
I should like to express appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Voronkov for his briefing on the sixth report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Mem…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo.
We welcome His Excellency Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Mi…
We would like to express our appreciation to the Kuwaiti presidency for organizing today’s open debate on the working methods of the Council. We thank Mr. Ian Martin for his briefing on the progress that has been made in improving those working methods, and we commend Security Council Report for the…
We are very pleased to see you, Mr. President, assuming responsibility for the
presidency. I wish to thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing, which, as always, we found to be balanced, and therefore useful. We are in need of that kind of approach. Frankly speaking, we need that v…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your team on the successful completion of your presidency. This month we welcomed the six newly elected members of the Security Council, and the important initiative that you took to organize a flag installation ceremony for the first time is …
We are grateful to Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which was very helpful, as always.
The peace and security situation in the Middle East remains a matter of serious concern for international peace and sec…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary- General Ursula Mueller for their briefings. We are also pleased to have President Festus Mogae and, as always, we appreciate his briefing on the recent developments in South Sudan, particularly those relating to the high-…
I wish to start by expressing our appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Jean-
Pierre Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Mali and on the activities of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). We continue to appreciate all of th…
We once again express appreciation to the Kazakh presidency for having convened this important debate on building regional partnership in Afghanistan and Central Asia as a model to link security and development.
Coming as it does on the heels of the recent Security Council mission to Afghanistan, t…
We express our appreciation to the Kazakh presidency for organzing this high-level briefing on a very important issue, which has been at the top of the Security Council agenda for the past year. We were very pleased to see the President of Kazakhstan presiding over this meeting as the leader of a co…
We express appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé for his briefing as well as for his continued diplomatic endeavours to bring about lasting peace and stability in Libya. We also Sweden’s leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to res…
We are very pleased to see Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas and we want to thank him for his comprehensive briefing on the situation on the situation in West Africa, the Sahel region and the Lake Chad basin, as well as the activities of the United Nations Office for West Afric…
Let me join others in expressing our thanks to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Arnault for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2017/1117).
I am pleased to welcome the Vice-President of a country that is, despi…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing, which, as usual, has been very useful. We also thank the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary-General for their assessment report (S/2018/12) on phase one of the reconfiguration of the Afric…
At the outset, I wish to say how pleased I am to see you, Sir, assume the responsibility of the Security Council presidency. I know we can count on your wisdom.
I should also like to welcome the new members of the Council and to assure them of our readiness to work with them closely, as we did with…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2397 (2017) in response to the ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 28 November, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.
As has been repeatedly stated here in the Council, only a peaceful and diplomat…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2017/1056) on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We appreciate the briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamot…
We thank the Japanese presidency for organizing this important briefing on strategic force-generation capability and training for United Nations peacekeeping. That is indeed a very important issue that needs to be seriously considered by the Council as part of the efforts to reform United Nations pe…
