At the outset, I would like to welcome your presence, Mr. Minister, among us today to preside over this meeting, which, given its importance, Peru decided to include in the programme of its presidency. We also welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, Minister for For…
Allow me to begin by expressing our thanks to the Peruvian presidency for convening this important meeting. I also extend a warm welcome to the Ministers who have honoured us with their presence today in the Security Council and to the representatives of such relevant institutions, including the Wor…
We have listened very carefully to the briefings just delivered by Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs; and Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme. We thank them for the …
First of all, I would like to welcome Judge Carmel Agius and congratulate him on his appointment as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals on 19 January 2019, bearing in mind that this is the first time that he has appeared to brief the Security Council. We also wel…
I am delivering this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council: Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and Equatorial Guinea.
At the outset, we express our gratitude to the Peruvian presidency for convening this important debate on the implementation of resolutions 2250 (2015) a…
We join other members in expressing our thanks to Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and Mr. Lamberto Zannier for the detailed briefings they have just delivered and of which we have taken careful note.
My delegation pays close attention to the situation in Ukraine, especially the complex crisis in the eastern p…
At the outset, we would like to join previous speakers in commending and thanking Mr. Karim Ahmad Khan, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD), for the comprehensive and …
Given that this is the first formal meeting being convened in the Chamber since Peru assumed the presidency of the Security Council, our delegation congratulates His Excellency Ambassador Meza- Cuadra and his entire team. We similarly commend Kuwait for the outstanding work it carried out during its…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for the updated and very useful information he has given us.
The worsening humanitarian situation, exacerbated by the renewed hostilities bet…
My delegation warmly thanks Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. João Vale de Almeida,
Ambassador of the European Union to the United Nations; and Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, in his capacity as Security…
Equatorial Guinea welcomes the holding of this meeting and reiterates its thanks to Mr. Mark Lowcock, Major General Alexey Bakin and Mr. David Lillie for the very useful information they have provided us.
As has been described in detail, the situation in Syria, particularly in the north-western par…
First and foremost, I would like to thank the briefers, Mr. David Shearer, Mr. Andrew Gilmour and Ms. Lydia Minagano, for their informative briefings. It is also always a pleasure to see my brother Mr. Akuei Malwal, Permanent Representative of South Sudan, in the Chamber.
The Government of Equatori…
Having come this far in the month, we are pleased with the excellent way in which you and your team are steering the work of the presidency, Mr. President. We congratulate you and encourage you to maintain that momentum throughout the month. We also thank Special Coordinator Mladenov and his team fo…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Matias Bertino Matondo, African Union Special Representative and Head of the African Union Office in the Central African Republic, Mr. Koen Vervaeke, Managing Director for Africa of the European External Action Service, and Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye,
Sp…
We thank Mr. Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and Ms. Sima Samar for their briefings and personal contributions to the achievement of peace and prosperity in Afghanistan.
Despite ongoi…
At the outset, my delegation thanks Ms. Fatou Bensouda for her briefing on her twenty- ninth report pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005).
In taking the floor on behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, I must say that we condemn the horrific attacks in Khartoum on 3 June. We extend our condolence…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Lacroix, Lieutenant General Ngondi and Major General Pearce for their briefings. I will not read out a statement, since it would be very similar to what we have already heard. I will focus on some specific African-related issues.
We underline the significance o…
We thank the delegations of Germany, Kuwait and Belgium for calling for the convening of this meeting, as well as Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and Mr. Mark Lowcock for their enlightening briefings.
Having listened to both of our briefers and given careful consideration of the daily reports we receive, it i…
We would first like to express our gratitude to Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary- General Mark Lowcock and the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Mr. Beasley, for the very detailed briefings they just delivered and the ongoing efforts of their teams in Yemen. Equatorial G…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary- General Andrew Gilmour for their pertinent briefings.
The Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea is extremely concerned about development of events in the Sudan — a historic land to which we can wi…
