We thank Mr. Zenenga, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, and Ambassador Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), …
I should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), our colleague Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo, which has highlighted how the use of …
Let me start by expressing appreciation to you, Sir, for organizing this open debate and for being here again to highlight the great significance of the meeting today. I wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Under- Secretary-General Adama Dieng and Ms. Mina Jaf for their insightful …
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2352 (2017), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another six months. As the only troop-contributing country to this unique mission, it should come as no surprise that we attach a lot of importanc…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for convening this meeting, which we find very relevant and useful in the light of the common goal that the three Committees share as important subsidiary organs of the Security Council in countering terrorism.
We express appreciation to all three Chairs …
We join others in welcoming Her Excellency Ms. Federica Mogherini for today’s
annual briefing on strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the European Union (EU). We thank the High Representative for her remarks on the EU’s foreign policy priorities and its perspectives on some …
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also wish to express the readiness of my delegation to fully support you in your endeavours.
Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate the United States of America for its…
We thank the United States presidency for organizing this high-level briefing meeting on an issue that has serious implications for
regional and international peace and security. We express our appreciation to the United States Secretary of State for presiding over this important meeting. We also t…
I wish to thank our colleagues from the United States for the serious efforts they made to ensure consensus was reached on resolution 2351 (2017). We appreciate the readiness they have demonstrated to accommodate all legitimate concerns.
We have all been following developments that have unfolded ov…
Let me thank Under- Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien for his briefing and continued leadership in addressing the humanitarian crisis in Syria and other places, including in our region. We would like to express our gratitude to the United Nations and its partners for the courageous humanitarian serv…
We thank Special Representative David Shearer for his briefing and for the good work he has been doing since assuming his new post a few months ago. We also thank the Deputy Permanent Representative of Senegal for his briefing on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 220…
I would like to thank you, Madam, for organizing this debate today. We shall attempt to respond to what I refer to as key questions in the concept paper (S/2017/305, annex). There are three, and I shall try to address them.
We are also grateful to Mr. Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing on the …
I wish to start by thanking the outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), His Excellency Mr. Macharia Kamau, for his briefing on the work of the Commission in the year 2016. We are grateful for the stewardship he demonstrated in leading the work of the Commission during its tenth session…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Martin Kobler, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Libya and the activities of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. We commend his efforts in the search for a political solution to the …
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing today’s briefing and for the flexibility shown to ensure that members of the Security Council agreed to proceed with today’s debate.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
As our Swedish colleague stated earlier, fro…
We thank Ambassador Kairat Umarov for his briefing on the activities of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, which we found extremely useful and very well balanced. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his assumptio…
There are two points that we have regularly stressed since we joined the Security Council in connection with actions taken by the Security Council on chemical-weapons matters.
The first is the unity of the Council. The rationale for that is that the alternative, namely, division within the Security…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing on the outcome of the latest round of talks in Geneva, and to take this opportunity to once again express our full support for his tireless and dedicated
diplomatic efforts to help bring an end to the Syrian crisis.…
We are very pleased to see our good friend and brother, Ambassador Said Djinnit, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, among us today. He is our encyclopedia for African politics including those of the Horn. We thank him for his comprehensive briefing on the latest d…
Madam President, you spoke on behalf of all of us when you expressed condolences to our colleagues of Egypt on the barbaric terrorist slaughter of innocent Egyptians. On behalf of my Government, I condemn this heinous terrorist attack. We will continue to stand with Egypt in this struggle.
We thank…
