At the outset, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea would like to welcome to the Security Council the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Mr. Angelino Alfano. We also thank him f…
As this is the first time you are presiding over a meeting in the Chamber, Mr. President, allow me to sincerely congratulate you. Equatorial Guinea remains firmly committed to cooperating with you as you conduct your challenging work.
I welcome Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs a…
As usual, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock and Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman just gave us detailed briefings on the humanitarian and political situation in Syria. Those were the first briefings to be delivered to the Security Council foll…
After several weeks of discussions and negotiations, the members of the Council have decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for another year, thereby expressing the commitment of the United Nations to continuing to participate …
We would like to begin this statement by thanking the Secretary-General for his report, which we were briefed on this morning by Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who for almost three years has spared no effort in working to find a solution to the serious and devastating crisis in Yemen. We th…
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea expresses its gratitude to the presidency of the Security Council for convening this meeting and for the briefings we just heard by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bintou Keita and the Special Envoy for the Sudan of the Intergovernmental Auth…
First of all, on behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, let me express my gratitude to the President of the Security Council for organizing this meeting on Burundi and for the report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/89) on the situation in the country, presented by His Excellency Mr. Kafando, …
Following the unanimous adoption of resolution 2401 (2018), I take the floor on behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, whose Government closely followed the whole process leading up to its successful conclusion with the unanimous adoption of this humanitarian resolution.
At the outset, I pay …
Equatorial Guinea thanks the Russian Federation for convening this meeting of the Security Council and hopes to contribute to the adoption of a decision aimed at alleviating the enormous suffering and regrettable loss of human life in eastern Ghouta and other parts of Syria. We thank the representat…
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is grateful for the report of the Secretary-General presented by Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (S/201…
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is grateful to the State of Kuwait for having convened this debate, which affords the States Members of the United Nations a chance to consider and reiterate the importance of the principles of the Charter. This event coincides with the twenty-seventh anniversary of…
First of all, allow me to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting in order to hear the briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, by Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-Gen…
The Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mr. Ján Kubiš, has just provided a succinct briefing to update us on the situation in Iraq and the latest developments there. We thank him for his briefing and excellent work in I…
At the outset, on behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, let me thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Guinea- Bissau and Head of Mission for the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS), Mr. Modibo Touré, and his team for the detailed an…
I would first like to commend the efforts of the United Nations, and particularly those of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, who has just provided us with a detailed description of current events in Syria. His briefing was very alarming and worrying — 1,00…
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea thanks Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča for their briefings, which, unfortunately, continue to illustrate the very troubling humanitarian situation of the Rohingya…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, established by resolution 1373 (2001), for his informative briefing, which shed light on the current status of the implementation of resolution 2341 (2017), on the protection of critical in…
It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, I take the floor at this meeting on the presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/80) on the threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. I would like to begin my statement by e…
At the outset, 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 excellent and comprehensive briefing, which provides greater clarity and a better understanding of the questi…
Mr. President, I would like to begin by expressing to you the gratitude of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea for having convened this important open debate on the methods of work of the Security Council less than a week after
having assumed the presidency of the Council. I would also like to thank …
