We would also like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock and Under-Secretary-General Virginia Gamba for their briefings.
The humanitarian situation in different parts of Syria remains dire due to military operations, including in the south-west. Civilian casualties, destru…
We thank Special Representative Arnault for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2018/723). We are pleased that the Vice-President of Colombia, His Excellency Mr. Óscar Naranjo, is here with us today.
The first and second roun…
We would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui for her comprehensive briefing and her dedicated efforts on the ground. We also thank Ambassador Mansour for his briefing on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concernin…
I would like to express appreciation to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Here we are again, discussing the situation in Middle East and Palestine, but there does not seem to be reason for hope. The d…
I would also like to join others in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and the progress made in the past six months in the implementation of the United N…
I want to more formally welcome my brother the Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire.
We are at a very critical juncture in the peace process in South Sudan. The High-Level Revitalization Forum has made notable progress and for the first time in a long while there is some hope for a possible br…
We once again thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for her briefing. I would like to express our appreciation to her and to the President of the Council and the Chairperson the African Union for the very important mission they conducted very recently to two African countries that are among …
We are grateful to Sweden for convening this open debate and for its leadership of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We are very glad to see you, Mr. Prime Minister, as you preside over this debate, which demonstrates the significance you attach to this important topic. We are gratef…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive
report on a comprehensive approach to mine action (S/2018/623) and Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zouev for his briefing.
We note from the report of the Secretary-General that mines, explosive remnants of war and …
We welcome the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2423 (2018), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for another 12 months. We thank France, as the penholder, for facilitating the negotiations on the text, and we apprec…
We wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her useful briefing. I express our appreciation to her for her commitment to carrying out her heavy responsibilities since she took over her Office.
The past couple of weeks have witnessed intensive engagement on South Sudan within the f…
I wish to thank both Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Director Ging for their comprehensive briefings.
We all agree that only a comprehensive intra-Syrian dialogue facilitated by the United Nations, pursuant to resolution 2254 (2015), can end the Syrian crisis. In that regard, we reiterate our …
I should like to start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Karel van Oosterom and Ambassador Vale de Almeida for their briefings on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I wish also to acknowledge the presence here with us of our colleague the Permanent Represent…
We too would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2018/539) on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We appreciate the briefings of Special Representative of the Secretary- General Yamamoto, Vla…
We thank the Russian presidency for organizing this important debate to allow us to discuss the situation in the Middle East and North Africa in a comprehensive manner. We are pleased to see you, Mr. Deputy Minister, presiding over this debate. We appreciate the concept paper (S/2018/524, annex) mad…
I wish to start by expressing our appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the African Union (AU) to the Central African Republic Moussa Nébié and Brigadier General Herminio Teodoro Maio for their respective briefings.
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I would like to add a few words to what I said earlier.
First, let us not kid ourselves. There are many double standards with regard to ensuring international justice and fighting impunity. We strongly believe that the original referral was absolutely wrong. We in the region knew that was the case.…
We thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her briefing, although we take strong exception to the way she has been rather flippant in setting the tone for others to follow, in that regard, when she addresses one of the most respected African leaders in our region, whose role in bringing about peace and …
I am very pleased to be able to greet and welcome His Excellency Mr. Coulibaly, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali. I would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the United Nations Multidimensional Inte…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Fall, for his briefing on the activities of his Office and his assessment of key trends with regard to developments in the political and security situation of the Central African region. We recognize the important work carried out by …
