It is always a pleasure for Equatorial Guinea to listen to the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, and above all a source of great satisfaction to hear of the important advances being made in the political process in Syria. We reiterate our thanks for his admirable …
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Ursula Mueller, for the valuable information they provided.
Equatorial Guinea has been closely following the…
I would first like to express our delegation’s appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his informative briefing and for his and his team’s laudable and tireless efforts in the Middle East. We also commend the valuable and constructive contributions of Ms. Tania Hary, Executive Direct…
At the outset, I wish to welcome the Minister of State for the Commonwealth, the United Nations and South Asia, His Excellency Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, and thank the presidency of the United Kingdom for the excellent initiative to convene this important debate. I also wish to thank the Secreta…
I am speaking on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and my own country, Equatorial Guinea.
At the outset, we would like to express our thanks to Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations S…
This morning the Security Council has just adopted resolution 2498 (2019), by which it renews the sanctions on Somalia. My delegation supports the
Panel of Experts on Somalia and welcomes its hard work in helping to improve the security situation in Somalia and the Horn of Africa. We encourage it t…
My delegation joins others in thanking Mr. Mark Lowcock for his detailed and useful update. We reiterate our full support for him and his work.
As Mr. Lowcock described, the overall picture of the humanitarian and security situation in Syria remains troubling, given that the civilian population in …
I would first like to commend Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his comprehensive and excellent
briefing to the Security Council, which has once again given us detailed information on the current evolution of peacekeeping operations through the reforms intr…
Before I begin my statement, I would like to express the Republic of Equatorial Guinea’s full support for the brotherly Libyan people. We also welcome the presence of Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is deeply concerned about the …
As this is the first time in November that I am taking the floor at a Council meeting, allow me to begin by congratulating the United Kingdom on its assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. I would also like to commend South Africa, one of the three African members of the Security Cou…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate South Africa on its successful presidency in October and on the Council’s adoption of resolution 2439 (2019), on women and peace and security. We wish the delegation of the United Kingdom a productive presidency and would like to assure it of Equatorial Gu…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his informative briefing on the progress made in recent months in Kosovo. I would also like to extend my thanks to Mr. Ivica …
I would first like to thank Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, for his admirable briefing on the work of the Court, which has provided us with a succinct and clear overview of the developments in its judicial activities.
My delegation aligns itself with th…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United States, as penholder for resolution 2494 (2019), for introducing the draft text and ensuring that it took into account the range of views expressed by Council members as well as those of the parties involved.
Equatorial Guinea decided to vote in favou…
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea would like to thank Mr. Michel Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, for his detailed report on recent
developments in Burundi. We also thank Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his informative …
I would first like to thank Mrs. Naledi Pandor, Minister for International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, and Ms. Michelle Müntefering, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, for honouring us with their presence at this importa…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mrs. Naledi Pandor, Minister for International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, to the Security Council today. I take this opportunity to congratulate her and her delegation for the success of their presidency of the Council this month. We also welcom…
At the outset, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to express our thanks to Ms. Mueller, Mr. Khiari and Ms. Marcaillou for their respective detailed and useful briefings.
The overall outlook for the humanitarian and security situation in Syria, widely described in the statements of the represe…
My delegation wishes to thank Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, for their informative briefings.
Equatorial Guinea would like to express its gratitude to the United N…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their insightful briefings.
Having carefully followed the briefing by the Secretary-Gener…
