We are pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this meeting of the Council in a demonstration of the importance you attach to the situation in Libya. Let me take this opportunity to thank you for the very humane way your country has been handling the migrant issue, for which we are very ap…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2386 (2017), extending the
mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another six months. We thank the United States, as the penholder, for faciliating the negotiations on the resolution, as well as for the flexibility…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Ambassador Tanin, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. We also welcome the presence of the Serbian First Deputy P…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2385 (2017), renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea for another year. The United Kingdom should be commended for all these efforts in facilitating the resolution and in trying to accommodate as much as possible the comments and input…
We thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for her report and briefing to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
The continued violations of human rights committed by all parties to the conflict in Libya remain a source of concern. The killing and wounding of civ…
I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu and the Head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), Mr. Edmond Mulet, for their respective briefings on the reports presented by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapo…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest report (see S/2017/922, annex) on the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We welcome the unanimous ado…
We express appreciation to the Italian presidency for taking the initiative to organize this briefing meeting on the activities of United Nations police forces. We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean- Pierre Lacroix for his briefing. We are also grateful to the three Police Commissioners — from the U…
I start by vehemently condemning the terrrorist attack in New York and expressing solidarity with the United States.
As this is the first meeting of the month, I would like to congratulate Italy on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to pledge the fullest support of my dele…
We thank France and you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate, which is a demonstration of France’s commitment to this noble cause.
We also wish to express our appreciation to Sweden for its efforts as Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. I want to take this opportuni…
We appreciate the French presidency for organizing this ministerial-level meeting on the situation in the States of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel). We very much appreciate the presence among us of the French Minister and his presiding over the meeting. We also welcome the participation …
We thank the French presidency for organizing today’s open debate. We also thank the briefers for sharing their thoughts and perspectives on the question of women and peace and security.
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Ethiopia welcomes the positive developments that have taken place over the years in advancin…
I want to join you, Sir, and the representative of Italy in expressing our solidarity with Chad and in condemning the terrorist attack in northern Mali. What took place highlights the reason why the mission went to the region. It also highlights the need once again for robust international cooperati…
It is regrettable that the Council could not adopt draft resolution S/2017/884, renewing the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism, which was created based on consensus. The reason why we voted in favour of the draft resolution is because there are still credible allegations of the use of che…
At the outset, let me thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/72/223). Let me also thank the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the Mission of the African Union, the Economic Commission for Africa, NEPAD and the United…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
We are meeting today only a few days after the signing of the intra-Palestinian agreement, an encouragi…
We thank Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing to the Council.
Undoubtedly, we all agree that the situation in South Sudan continues to be of serious concern. Whatever Under-Secretary-General Lacroix has said in this regard is valid. The con…
Today marks the end of an important chapter with the completion of the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the beginning of another significant chapter, with the establishment of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH). We thank Spe…
We thank the Secretary- General for his briefing today on the humanitarian situation in the four areas under discussion and for his personal leadership in the efforts to respond to the crisis. We have been discussing the humanitarian situation in each of these countries separately, but today’s brief…
The major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and environmental fields have resulted in ambitious and transformative global development frameworks. My delegation sees their overarching objective as eradicating poverty and achieving inclusive and sustainable development gro…
