I would like to thank the Japanese presidency for organizing this important open debate on addressing complex contemporary challenges to international peace and security. We should also commend you, Mr. President, for the very useful concept note you have made available to help us frame the debate (…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2393 (2017), renewing resolution 2165
(2014) for one year. We express appreciation to all three penholders — Egypt, Japan and Sweden — for their role in facilitating the negotiations on the resolution. The extensive consultation they held with all members and t…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2017/1030). We also commend Ambassador Cardi, as the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for his briefing on the Facilitator’s report (S/2017/1058), and express our appreciation …
Ethiopia is a friend to both Israelis and Palestinians — we are not bashful about that, and we display it quite openly. Our position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been consistent, and, we believe principled. As much as we support the right of Israel to exist in peace and security, w…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on small arms and light weapons (S/2017/1025) issued pursuant to resolution 2220 (2015), which sheds light on the developments and trends with regard to small arms and light weapons…
We thank the Japanese presidency for having organized this timely and important high-level meeting on the issue of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, over which we are pleased to see you presiding, Mr. Minister. Our own Minister would have been here today had it not been for the Intergovernm…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Feltman and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patten for their briefings on the most recent developments in Myanmar as a follow- up to presidential statement S/PRST/2017/22, adopted last month.
The situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the movement…
We thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her briefing and for the efforts she has made under difficult circumstances. Notwithstanding the following remarks, we maintain very high respect for her.
Ethiopia’s position on the issue of the Sudan in the International Criminal Court (ICC) reflects that of …
The human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is indeed a source of serious concern. And we understand the relevant mechanisms established within the Human Rights Council, including the Special Rapporteur about human rights in the Democratic Republic People’s Republic of Ko…
We express our solidarity with the people and the Government of Tanzania and condemn in the strongest terms the attack that caused the deaths of so many Tanzanian peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the wounding of even mo…
I want to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this very important and urgent meeting and to express appreciation to those Council members who took the initiative for the meeting. We thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing.
We appreciate the statement that the Secretary- Gener…
We join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency, and pledge our full support in the effective discharge of your responsibilities. We also express our appreciation to Italy for effectively steering
the work of the Council last month. We would like to thank J…
We thank the Italian presidency for organizing today’s briefing, as well as for championing the protection of cultural heritage in conflict situations. We also thank all the briefers for their respective presentations. I would also like to use this opportunity to welcome Ms. Audrey Azoulay and congr…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Feltman for his briefing on the ballistic- missile test carried out yesterday by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in violation of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
For the past three months, we have been hopeful that the tension on the Kore…
I wish to start by thanking the Italian presidency for organizing this important briefing on the issue of foreign terrorist fighters. I would like to express our appreciation to Under- Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov, Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx, and Ambassador Kairat Umarov for …
We are grateful to the Italian presidency for convening this briefing upon the request of the French delegation, and we wish to thank them both. We also wish to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, and the Director General of the International Organization for…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her briefing.
By mere coincidence, as the Assistant Secretary- General said, even as we are discussing South Sudan, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers is also meeting in Abidjan and discussing the same mat…
We thank the Italian presidency for organizing this very timely and important debate on trafficking in persons in conflict situations. We thank the Secretary-General; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially …
I would like to begin by joining others in thanking the Italian presidency for organizing this timely briefing on the security challenges in the Mediterranean region. I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing and sharing his thoughts on how to address such pressing challenges.
In this bri…
Allow me to say, quite frankly, that we do not feel that what has happened today in this Chamber has been very dignifying for the Council — the organ of the United Nations with great responsibility, the primary responsibility for international peace and security. That is perhaps a signature of the t…
