I would first like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for his comprehensive briefing, and to warmly welcome Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaç…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing and his report (S/2015/289), of which we take note. I would also like to thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights and commend the work of his Office. I thank Mr. Diakité for his briefing.
The growing illic…
I wish to start by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing. Jordan has taken note of the conclusions contained in the High Representative’s forty-seventh report on implementation of the Bosnia
and Herzegovina peace agreement (see S/2015/300, annex). The report i…
I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today and for introducing the ninth report submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
Jordan stresses its continued support for the International Criminal Cour…
At the outset, allow me to express my thanks and appreciation to you and your team, Sir, for your excellent stewardship of the work of the Council this month. There have been many developments in the international arena on issues related to the work of the Council. Our work culminated at the end of …
I thank the delegation of France for having organized this debate.
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Allow me to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein; the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Mr. Louis Raphaël I Sako; and member of the I…
We thank the members of the Security Council who voted in favour of resolution 2214 (2015), presented by Jordan in conjunction with Egypt and Libya and in application of the Ministerial decision of the League of Arab States.
The threat represented by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and …
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting. Our thanks also go to the Secretary- General and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Zerrougui, as well as to Ms. Yoka Brandt, Ms. Julie Bodin and Mr. Junior Nzita.
I would like to emphas…
I should like at the outset to thank the Permanent Representative of Spain for his interesting statement and for all his
efforts in leading the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I also thank the Panel of Experts for their work in preparing the relevant reports.
Jordan is de…
First, may I join colleagues in thanking Ms. Sandra Honoré for her briefing. We are very pleased to see her here again.
The Security Council meets every six months to assess the situation in Haiti, a country that has seen instability and uncertainty with regard to its future. We must therefore cond…
I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing. I thank him and the team of the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their efforts.
Afghanistan is now moving into the transformation decade, which …
At the outset, I would like to welcome the High Representative of the European Union (EU), Ms. Federica Mogherini, to the Security Council and to thank her for her first — and valuable — briefing since her assumption of her duties, which we hope will signal continued cooperation and interaction betw…
Allow me to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Mr. John Ging, Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for…
Jordan voted in favor of resolution 2209 (2015), introduced by the United States, related to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The resolution prohibits the use of chemical weapons in Syria. We voted based on our conviction that the Security Council must deal with the issue in accordance with its…
I should like at the outset to thank you for having facilitated the taking up of this item at an open meeting in order to shed light on the various dimensions of the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the largest humanitarian crisis in the world today. It is important that the international community be …
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and I congratulate him on assuming his role as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for th…
At the outset, I should like to welcome you, Sir, and to thank China for convening this important meeting on maintaining international peace and security and the commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations . I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on th…
Jordan voted in support of resolution 2202 (2015) because we believe that a political solution is the right way to achieve peace and security and to help Ukraine regain stability. We call on the parties to fully implement the provisions of the September Minsk agreement in accordance with the specifi…
Jordan welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2201 (2015), which we submitted along with the United Kingdom and which reflects our eagerness to restore security and stability in Yemen as soon as possible.
The development of events in Yemen has created a massive political and se…
Jordan welcomes the adoption of resolution 2199 (2015),
which will help to cut off the sources of funding for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and affiliated terrorist groups. We must fight ISIL with all tools available under international law. Resolution 2199 (2015) is one such tool…
