I would like to express my gratitude to you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. I very much appreciate that you
yourself are presiding during lunch-time. I would also like to thank Ms. Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Alla…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for your initiative in convening today’s meeting.
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Extremists such as those of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been deliberately persecuting ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East. The convening of today’s meeting i…
Allow me, first of all, to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the other speakers for their briefings. The problems of children today will become the problems of adults in 10 years. Not only do armed conflicts deprive children of an opportunity to grow in a balanced manner, with access…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. I would also like to express my appreciation and thanks to Ms. Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her very important briefing. I would like to thank the personnel of the United Nati…
I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to France for having convened today’s important meeting.
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I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his detailed briefing and Ambassador Tanin for his remarks.
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This year we commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Seventy years ago, the United Nations was created for the purposes and principles enumerated in the Charter. As such, it is important for us to reaffirm that all the purposes and principles are of equal importanc…
Seventy years ago, the United Nations was created for the purposes and principles enumerated in the Charter: the maintenance of peace and security, the rule of law, respect for human rights and the self-determination of peoples. Upholding these purposes and principles of the Charter, the world body …
At the outset, I should like to express my appreciation for the holding of this open debate.
Japan concurs and associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. I should like to foc…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for Chile’s initiative in convening today’s open debate on this important topic. I am also grateful to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ms. Leymah Gbowee for their briefing…
Japan welcomes the adoption of the decision entitled “Modalities for the process of intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda”. I thank the co-facilitators and their staff for their tireless efforts and commend the constructive engagement of all Member States involved. I wou…
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the situation in the Middle East. As this is the first time that I address the Security Council this year, I would like to congratulate the five newly elected members on their membership in the Counc…
Mr. President, at the outset I would like to express my appreciation to you for holding today’s open debate on terrorism and cross- border crime and the impact it has on international peace and security, with a special focus on Africa. I am also grateful for the detailed concept paper (S/2014/869, a…
To save time, I will give an abbreviated version of my statement, the full text of which will be circulated by the Secretariat.
First, however, I would like to express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Sec…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your leadership in convening today’s open debate. I would also like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing.
Let me begin my statement by underlining the importance of African ownership in resolving c…
Japan would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report on the promotion of a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (A/69/413). We also wish to express our thanks to the representative of Bangladesh f…
At the outset, let me extend my gratitude to the co-Chairs of the Preparatory Committee, Ambassador Phansourivong, Permanent Representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Ambassador Per Thöresson, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden, who also worked as a facilitator of the Commit…
The international community faces an unprecedented series of crises, and the United Nations humanitarian mechanisms are awfully overstretched. We face four level-3 crises — in South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Syria and Iraq. In addition to those emergencies, the system must make every effo…
I should like to thank the President for convening today’s debate.
Let me begin by expressing our deep appreciation to every member of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development. Without their contributions, dedication and spirit of professionalism, we would not have rece…
I am very pleased to see you, Madam, presiding over today’s meeting on some very important agenda items. I wish to address both agenda item 35, “The situation in the Middle East”, and agenda item 36, “Question of Palestine”. I would also like to pay tribute to Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Obs…
I should like to express my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Harald Braun of Germany and his colleagues for guiding consultations on draft resolution A/69/L.20 on Afghanistan. I should also like to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin of
Afghanistan for his comprehensive statement at the beginning of thi…
