I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to welcome Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Deputy…
Today we lament the passing of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a wise leader and king who devoted his life to the service of his nation and country. He defended the causes of the Arab and Islamic nations and humankind with true authenticity.
The death of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud is …
I should like at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your work as President of the Council for this month. I wish you every success in your work. I also thank all speakers for their very interesting contributions.
I wish to begin by stressing the importance of today’s debate concerning the protection…
At the outset, I would like to thank your delegation, Sir, for its successful leadership of the Security Council over the past month. In that regard, we welcome the initiatives of your presidency focusing on international peace and security and peacebuilding.
I would like to recall in particular th…
I would like to sincerely thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his informative briefing.
Jordan regrets certain parties’ disregard of the several calls made for a ceasefire either by the Security Council or the international community as a whole. We also…
I have the honour to brief the members of the Security Council in my capacity as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In my statement, I intend to briefly highlight some of the findings and recomm…
I should like to extend our thanks to the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his comprehensive briefing.
Jordan expresses its concern vis-à-vis the accelerating deterioration of the situation in Ukraine. The crisis has reached dangerous proportions, and the Sec…
Allow me to begin by welcoming Her Excellency Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, and by thanking the briefers for their valuable.
Many examples in modern history demonstrate the relationship between development and security, and in particular the relationship between development and armed c…
As we meet here, there are millions of displaced persons and refugees across the Middle East, in particular children, who have spent the past few weeks in the bitter cold under heavy rain and snow. The international community must respond to calls to address the causes that led to their displacement…
At the outset, I would like to warmly thank Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson and Mr. Antonio Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their thorough briefings. I would also like to welcome Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chi…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council.
Jordan submitted, on behalf of the Group of Arab States, the text of a special Arab draft resolution (S/2014/916), setting a deadline for ending the Israeli occupation and the establishment of the Pa…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this important meeting. Our thanks and appreciation also go to the Assistant Secretary- General of the Department of Political Affairs and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights for their briefings on the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Kor…
Allow me at the outset to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to you, Sir, and your team, for the excellent manner in which you have managed the work of the Security Council throughout this month.
We commend the initiative of Chad to organize the open debate on the theme “Threats to inte…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this very important debate, which focuses on the nexus between terrorism and transnational organized crime. We express our deep appreciation for the efforts of Chad in drafting resolution 2195 (2014), which we have just adopted on the subject.
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I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his briefing. I also wish to thank the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for their commitment and devotion. I also thank the Executive Director of the Unit…
At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Gary Quinlan for his very comprehensive briefing and for his efforts and leadership as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We would also like to thank the Panel of Experts for their efforts in…
At the outset, I would like to align myself with previous speakers in extending my condolences to the victims of the horrible attack in Pakistan. To the people and the Government of Pakistan, we emphasize the need for solidarity between the international community and Pakistan in confronting this ho…
I shall begin by thanking Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing today and for presenting the twentieth report to the Council pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005).
Jordan reiterates its continued support for the ICC, based on its belief in the princi…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting on peace and security in the Sahel region. I am also grateful to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel region for her tireless efforts in mobilizing support to implement the United Nations i…
We welcome Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR);
Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecu…
