I would like to start by thanking the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, and its Prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, for their
comprehensive progress report and briefing on the work of the Mechanism.
We welcome the measures taken by the Mechanism, inclu…
In my statement today, I would like to address both failed draft resolutions (S/2018/516 and S/2018/520), as each has failed in a different ways. I would like to thank and express our appreciation to Ambassador Joanna Wronecka and her colleagues in the Polish mission for the excellent leadership the…
At the outset, I would like to wish Ambassador Edrees a happy birthday.
The Group of African States wishes to align its statement with that just delivered by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The African Group would like to commend the remarkable efforts of the co…
The situation in South Sudan worries all of us, in particular those of us in the region. We fully understand the gravity of the situation, and we share the pain and suffering of the South Sudanese people. However, we also know that the seemingly unsurmountable multifaceted problems facing the countr…
I would like to thank Mr. Nikolay Mladenov for his briefing.
We have been following reports of escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and of events taking place in Gaza, about which we are very concerned. It has been just two weeks since the emergency Security Council meeting (se…
We are very pleased to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this important meeting. We also wish to welcome the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and of Ukraine. We thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary-General Mueller and Chief Monitor Apakan for their respectiv…
I would like to start by thanking the President for his opening remarks. I would also like to thank Ambassador Cho Tae-yul of the Republic of Korea, the outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for his briefing on the progress of the Commission’s work in 2017. We are grateful for his st…
We thank Special Envoy Michel Kafando for his briefing on the political situation in Burundi. We have always valued the contribution of the Special Envoy. We also commend Mr. Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Burundi configura…
I wish to express my appreciation to Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing. We are indeed very pleased to see Mr. Maman Sidikou in his new capacity and we thank him for sharing the perspective of the States members of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel). We are also grateful to …
I should like to start by joining others in commending Poland for having convened this open debate, and we are glad, Mr. Minister, to see you preside over this meeting. Let me also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the theme based on his comprehensive report on the protection of civili…
We thank Special Representative Ghassan Salamé for his comprehensive briefing. We appreciate the very good work that he is doing and the close working relationship he has established with the African Union. We want to see this continue. Looking back, one can see how useful it is to take into account…
My delegation would like to express its deep appreciation to the Polish presidency for organizing this high-level open debate, and we are pleased that the President of Poland presided over the start of the meeting.
We thank the Chef de Cabinet and Judges Owada and Meron for their informative briefi…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun for his briefing on the latest developments in Guinea-Bissau. We are also grateful to Executive Director Fedotov for his remarks via video-teleconference, and we commend the work that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is doing in th…
I would like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing. We have been following the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and the high number of Palestinians killed and injured in the Gaza protests. Let me join others in expressing our deepest sorrow and sympathy for the …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. I welcome the presence of Serbian First Deputy Prime Min…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and all the Force Commanders for their respective briefings on the main challenges in today’s peacekeeping operations. I wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the brave men and women who are serving in different peacekeeping missions ar…
We thank Ms. Bensouda for her written report in accordance with resolution 1970 (2011), as well as for her briefing.
The continued violation of human rights committed in Libya by all parties remains a source of concern. The cycle of violence has resulted in the death and the injury of civilians, as…
I would like to begin by thanking the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest report concerning the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2018/416, annex…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, for organizing this important high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
The timing of this high-level meeting could not be more appropriate, in the light of the unprecedented…
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, which was, as always, very helpful. We appreciate how difficult it is for Mr. Mladenov to discharge his responsibilities in…
