I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing.
Italy is deeply worried by the worsening of the security and humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular in the Kasai provinces. The spillover effect of the situation on the stability of the r…
Italy welcomes the outcome of today’s voting. It testifies once again to the unanimous support of the Security Council to the peace process in Colombia. Italy would like to praise the parties for confirming, with the completion of the laying down of arms and the start of the reintegration process, t…
Italy condemns in the strongest terms the latest missile test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This latest provocation confirms once again that the North Korean regime continues to pursue its nuclear and ballistic
missile programmes in flagrant violation of Security Council r…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for your excellent leadership during the month of June. It has been a very busy month and a very productive presidency. We look forward to China’s presidency in July.
We thank the Bolivian presidency for promoting the adoption of resol…
It is hard to be the next speaker at this emotional moment.
Italy believes that the international community should continue to take every action to ensure that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remains a positive element in the global effort against the proliferation of weapons of mass…
I would like to thank you in particular, Mr. President, for calling today’s meeting. I also offer my thanks to Under-Secretary- General Feltman for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/515), and to Ambassador Vale de Almeida for his briefing on behalf of Ms. Federica Mogherini…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on having convened this timely debate in your capacity both as President of the Security Council for this month and as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Italy aligns itself with the statement to be d…
Italy aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union. I wish to make some remarks in my national capacity.
At the outset, I would like first of all to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Yamamoto, for his presence here today, for his bri…
At the outset I should like, on behalf of my Government, to once again convey our condolences to the families of the two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán. We also extend our sympat…
I would like to thank all the briefers for their contributions to today’s debate.
Before delivering my statement, I wish to condemn in the strongest terms last Friday’s terror attack in Jerusalem and the murder of the Israeli police officer Hadas Malka. We wish to extend our sympathy to the victims…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this very timely and opportune briefing. I also want to thank Mr. Chergui, Mr. Kaberuka and Chef de Cabinet, Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, for their briefings.
The joint United Nations-African Union framework signed on 19 April, the report of the Secreta…
At the outset, let me thank Bolivia for bringing this important topic to the attention of the Council. We look forward to the discussion on the draft resolution, which will provide a possible outcome for our debate. As has been mentioned, the indiscriminate harm caused to civilians as well as to pea…
First of all, I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Onanga-Anyanga for his comprehensive briefing. We commend the United Nations Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic for its tireless efforts in halting violence and protect…
Italy welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption today of resolution 2357 (2017), which extends the legal framework in place for inspecting vessels suspected of violating the arms embargo on the high seas off the coast of Libya. In speaking with one voice today, the Council has once again hi…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for the twenty-fifth report on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the situation in
Darfur, as well as her briefing today and her tireless efforts that we see each time she is in the Chamber.
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At the outset, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his clear and exhaustive report (S/2017/467) and Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman for his comprehensive briefing. Some issues are worth highlighting for today’s discussion.
Daily brutal violent acts affecting civilians continue…
I would like to thank the Presidents of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Carmel Agius, and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, as well as Prosecutor Brammertz, for their briefings today in this Chamber.
As far as the ICTY is…
I would like to thank the presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for having convened today’s briefing, which will contribute in increasing the attention paid to the links between natural resources, climate and security.
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I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for hi…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Mindaoudou, for her briefing. We commend the progress made in preparing for the closure of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI). I take this opportunity to thank Ms. Mindaoudou for her effo…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2356 (2017). The Security Council has today sent another message of unity and determination against the repeated provocation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and a serious thr…
