We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock, Executive Director David Beasley and Ms. Rasha Jarhum for their respective briefings, which highlighted how the humanitarian crisis and the fighting in Yemen remain a source of grave concern. We are indeed moved by their …
We thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix, Commissioner Smaïl Chergui and Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for their respective briefings.
The African Union-United Nations joint mission to South Sudan, which took place at the beginning of October, could not have been more timely. It provid…
We wish to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix, Permanent Secretary Maman Sidikou of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), African Union High Representative for Mali and the Sahel Pierre Buyoya, and the Deputy Secretary-General for Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis response at …
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. I also welcome the presence of Mr. Dačić, Serbian First Deputy …
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed Siad Doualeh, Permanent Representative of Djibouti, and Mr. Amanuel Giorgio, Chargé d’affaires of Eritrea.
I welcome unreservedly the adoption of resolution 2444 (2018). We …
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his briefing on the latest developments in Iraq and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Since that was his last briefing, we take this opportunity to express our appreciation to him for all h…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui for her briefing. We also appreciate the statement by Ms. Joséphine Mbela.
As indicated in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2018/882), progress has been made in the implementation of the Democratic Republic of…
We join others in expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for organizing this timely and important high-level debate. We thank the Secretary-General, the Acting President of the General Assembly and the Presidents of the Economic and Social Council and the International Court of Justice f…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé for his comprehensive briefing today. We continue to support his tireless diplomatic endeavours to facilitate a Libyan-led political solution to end the protracted crisis. We also appreciate the visit made by Ambassador Olof Sko…
We express our appreciation to the Chinese presidency for organizing this briefing meeting on the activities of United Nations
police forces in peacekeeping operations. We thank Assistant Secretary-General Alexandre Zouev for his briefing. We are also grateful to all the three Police Commissioners …
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2018/974, annex). We would like to reiterate our support for the soverei…
We thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing.
We appreciate the continued efforts by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to clarify all outstanding issues regarding the initial declaration of the Syrian Government on its che…
Let me join other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month, and assuring you of our full support. We also express our profound appreciation to the delegation of Bolivia for its able leadership of the work of the Council in O…
We wish to thank our colleagues from the United States for their serious efforts to ensure a consensus on resolution 2440 (2018). We also appreciate their efforts in preparing the resolution.
The developments that have unfolded in recent months surrounding the issue of Western Sahara have shown all…
We thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary- General Mueller for their briefings on the latest situation in eastern Ukraine.
We note the recent status report and the daily reports of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in …
We very much welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2439 (2018) on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We are pleased to partner with Sweden in facilitating the negotiation on the resolution. We thank all members for their flexibility and constructive engagement during …
Like others, I would like to start by expressing our sincere condolences to the people and the Government of Indonesia following the plane crash.
We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his briefing. We express our appreciation to the United Nations and its humanitarian part…
We thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his briefing today. We highly appreciate and support his continued and tireless efforts to facilitate a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis.
While he informed us in his most recent briefing (S/PV.8373) of his …
I would like to thank Mr. Darusman for his briefing. We have been following
the situation in Myanmar very closely since we joined the Council. We believe that so far the Council’s constructive engagement has had a positive impact in terms of addressing the humanitarian situation in Rakhine state. W…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Mr. Onanga-Anyanga; the Special Representative of the African Union to the Central African Republic, Mr. Moussa Nébié; and Mr. Koen Vervaeke for their briefings on the latest developments in the Central Af…
