First of all, let join others in thanking you, Mr. President, and the Secretariat for the excellent organization of the joint meeting with the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council and for the warm hospitality offered by your Government in your capital last week. I would also like to thank S…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2375 (2017). We thank the United States for leading the process with an appropriate sense of urgency and for conducting negotiations in a spirit of transparency — that is appreciated given the constraints imposed by the grave situation provoked by …
Italy voted in favour of resolution 2374 (2017) and affirms its support for the peace process in Mali. The rapid and effective implementation of the provisions of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali remains top priority with a view to ensuring peace and security in Mali and the Sahel r…
The latest nuclear test by North Korea represents, in our view, a grave and reckless provocation that violates successive Security Council resolutions. Our Minister for Foreign Affairs immediately condemned this act in the strongest terms.
Since the early hours after the test, Prime Minister Gentil…
Italy voted in favour of resolution 2373 (2017) in order to emphasize its firm and unwavering support for a peacekeeping mission that in our view, in a region plagued by conflicts and division, helps to maintain calm and stability for both Lebanon and Israel to enjoy. Italy is proud to be a member o…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Egypt, for your and your Mission’s able stewardship in the month of August, which was less quiet than expected, and for deciding to convene a formal wrap-up session.
I will focus on two overarching horizontal issues that were featured prominently during…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2372 (2017), which reauthorizes the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
We would like to thank the penholder, the United Kingdom, for its excellent work on the text of the resolution.
AMISOM has been doing a tremendous job i…
I thank the Egyptian presidency for convening today’s open debate, which is in line with the strategic discussion taking place in the Security Council about how the United Nations and its peacekeeping missions can contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security.
At the outset, all…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your very detailed briefing as Chair of the Committee. I would also like to align myself with my colleagues in addressing the families of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán. On behalf of my Government, I would like to once again pledge our sympathy and solidarity as we j…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Tanin, for his briefing, as well as the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, and Ambassador Vlora Çitaku.
Italy’s investment in th…
I would first like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane for his very detailed and focused briefing.
Today the Sahel region is dealing with a number of major security challenges, including terrorism, illegal trafficking and transnational crime, which have effects that extend well beyond its bor…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Egyptian presidency for convening this meeting. It is my special pleasure to welcome Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. I thank her for her comprehensive briefing and the Permanent Observer of the African Union, Ambassador Téte António, for his very use…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2371 (2017). We recognize the leadership role played the United States on this issue and we thank the United States mission for its untiring effort to bring us to reach today’s important result.
Today the Security Council is once again — this is t…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Egyptian presidency for having convened today’s meeting and Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his very considered and illuminating briefing.
As the Council and the whole of the United Nations are reviewing the tools at their disposal to maintain or restore …
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2370 (2017), adopted today, as a substantial step forward in the international community’s commitment to combat the scourge of terrorism. It is a very good way, Sir, to start your presidency, on which we congratulate you and wish you all the best. …
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his precise and clear analysis and briefing.
I would like to begin my statement by reaffirming our extreme concern to the Council about the spiral of te…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2368 (2017), which it co-sponsored. The resolution is aimed at updating and expanding the international legal framework for the sanctions regime against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)/Al-Qaida. Its implementation is now paramount. The …
I, too, would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane and President Mogae for their briefings today.
The situation on the ground continues to be pretty terrible. Half of the population of South Sudan needs food or other aid. The South Sudanese authorities continue to violate the status of fo…
Let me first commend you, Sir, for convening this meeting on such an important theme with the appropriate timing and format. As your concept note (S/2017/574, annex) indicates, there is a continuity of discussions and relevant documents on the issue, and focus should now be placed on implementation.…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Honoré Braithwaite for her substantive briefing and her and her staff’s commendable service.
Italy aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
In recent months, Haiti has continued its path towards conso…
