At the outset, allow me to welcome you, Madam President, and thank you for your comprehensive and excellent statement. I also extend my appreciation Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Olof Skoog and Nobel Laureate Ouided Bouchamaoui. We congratulate her, for it is truly a great honour and distincti…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Her Excellency the Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, and to express our thanks and appreciation to the United Kingdom for convening this meeting. Our thanks and appreciation also go to the Under-Secretary-General for Humani…
I am the daughter of a military man. I therefore promise that I will be very organized.
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Let me begin by thanking all of the police commissioners in the various United Nations peacekeeping operations for their efforts and continued sacrifice. We know the challenges and problems th…
I wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the High- Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing and for his report (S/2015/841, annex) on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for the positive developments set out in his reoprt with reg…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Philip Hammond for having convened this important meeting, which is geared to shedding light on what is happening in the Federal Republic of Somalia in all of its aspects. I would also like to thank the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmark…
I would like to extend my thanks to Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing and for the tenth report submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). Jordan reiterates its support for the ICC, which is a critical pillar in the p…
This quarterly meeting of the Security Council on the situation in
the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, is being held at a time when the entire Middle East region is grappling with increasing and unprecedented tensions, upheavals and challenges that seriously not only threaten inter…
I should like to express my deep gratitude to the President of the Council for agreeing to organize this special meeting.
Jordan called for this urgent meeting, in light of the pressing need to address the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, and in particular in occupied Jerusalem. …
I would like to thank the presidency of Spain for convening today’s important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, the Director of Fonds pour les femmes congolaises, Ms. Julienne Lusenge, the Pres…
Jordan voted in favour of resolution 2240 (2015) because it reflects our position. We believe that it is very important to help the Libyan Government to fight organized crime and to protect vulnerable people and refugees in view of the dangers caused by trafficking in the Mediterranean. That phenome…
At the outset, I thanks Ms. Sandra Honoré for her comprehensive briefing and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) staff, the troop- and police-contribution countries, and the United Nations country team and their partners. I thank them all for their efforts to support Haiti a…
Allow us, Mr. President, to express our profound gratitude for your initiative in convening this important meeting on the settlements of disputes in North Africa and the Middle East and on facing terrorist threats in the region.
By virtue of our geographic location, we — in the Hashemite Kingdom of…
We are gathered here today to start a new global development phase, while reiterating our commitment to a renewed and more ambitious framework for development — the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1), with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core — charting a new c…
I too wish to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for their briefings. We also thank the representative of Afghanistan for his statement and wish him every success in his…
I would like first to extend my thanks to the Permanent Representative of Spain for his valuable briefing and for his leadership in the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I would also like to thank the Panel of Experts for their efforts and the pre…
Allow me to join others in expressing our condolences over the passing away of the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
I thank you, Madam President, and your team for your successful conduct of the work of the Security Council during the month of August. Allow me t…
I too wish to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his in-depth briefing and for all his efforts over the past few years. We wish him every success in his future endeavours.
I welcome Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affair…
I would like to thank all the briefers: Mr. Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions; Ms. Nikamitsu, Assistant Secretary- General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and Ms. Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gene…
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his valuable briefing. I would also like to thank the presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important meeting.
At present, the world faces great changes and transformations in the structure of the interna…
