I would like to express our appreciation to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Ethiopia is closely following the situation and is very concerned about the recent incidents that have taken place followi…
We thank the Under Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their respective briefings.
We would also like to add our voice in condemning in the strongest terms the incidents of sexual and gender-based violence agai…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2018/1092) 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
Yamamoto, based o…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. I also welcome the presence of the President of Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, at today’s meeting, and thank him for his remarks. I also thank Mr. Hashim Thaçi for his statemen…
It gives me great pleasure to report on the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Security Council on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. This briefing covers the period from 1 January to 31 December. My predecessor served as Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group from January 2017 unti…
This is the last time that Ethiopia will speak on this subject in the Council, and our position on this issue remains the same. The referral by the Security Council of the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the subsequent developments concerning the President of the Su…
Let me first welcome the new Permanent Representative of Yemen. We wish him every success in his endeavours.
We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for requesting this meeting, and we are most grateful for the briefings by Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowco…
Let me start by welcoming the adoption of resolution 2449 (2018), which we believe will enable the United Nations and its humanitarian partners to deliver essential life-saving assistance to all Syrians, based on their needs. We have always believed that the Council should be united in supporting th…
I would like to thank Mr. François Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing on the political and security situations in the Central African region, including the Lake Chad basin, and the activiti…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Karel van Oosterom and Mr. Serge Christiane for their briefings on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). Let me also join other Council members in welcoming and thanking Secretary of State Pompeo for taking the time …
We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2018/1059) pursuant to resolution 2410 (2018). We are grateful to Special Representative Ms. Helen La Lime for her briefing on the latest situation in Haiti and the activities related to the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJU…
I would like to start by thanking Judge Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for the assessment report on the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and for their briefings today. I would also like to join other speakers in commending Judge Meron for his work as presiding Jud…
Let me begin by once again thanking Côte d’Ivoire for having organized this important open debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional
organizations in maintaining international peace and security. We are glad to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this important…
Let me also join others in expressing our deep condolences to the Government and the people of the United States on the passing away of former President George Herbert Walker Bush. He will be remembered as a great diplomat, who sat in this Chamber, and a courageous statesman who, par excellence, exc…
Let me join other members of the Security Council in congratulating Côte d’Ivoire on its assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, and we assure you, Sir, of Ethiopia’s support and cooperation. We also congratulate China on the successful completion of its work during its presidency fo…
At the outset, Ethiopia would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations (A/73/328), which clearly demonstrates the efforts being made to strengthen the partnership between the United Nations and tho…
Let me first of all thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We have followed the situation around the Sea of Azov and we are concerned by the rapid escalation of the situation in the area. It is vital that all efforts be made to reduce tension. We support today’s call of the Organiz…
We thank Special Envoy Michael Kafando for his briefing on the current political situation in Burundi. We are also grateful to Ambassador Jürg Lauber for his briefing on the socioeconomic cooperation between the Government
of Burundi and its international partners. We have been closely following th…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing, and we reiterate our support for his continued diplomatic endeavours to facilitate a political solution to the Syrian conflict. He has devoted his full energy and decades of experience and knowledge to facilitate a peaceful end to the Syria…
I would like to express our appreciation to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive and valuable briefing on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question.
We have been closely following the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly the Ga…
