I would like to thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office, Mr. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, and Mr. David Scharia, Officer-in-Ch…
I thank Ethiopia for its able leadership this month and for highlighting the importance of aviation security. I also express my appreciation to the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Ms. Fang Liu, and the Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, Ambassador Am…
At the outset, let me congratulate Mr. Lowcock on his first briefing to the Security Council on Syria. He brings more than 30 years of experience to the position, having led and managed responses to humanitarian crises across the globe, and wise strategic leadership in the area of international deve…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Special Representative Shearer and Chair Mogae for their comprehensive and insightful briefings.
My country is concerned about the slow implementation of the South Sudan Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, si…
I join earlier speakers in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto for his briefing. I take
this opportunity to thank him and all members and personnel of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their dedication in carrying out their duties under c…
We wish to express our appreciation to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive and objective update.
On the political track, we have already expressed our position on the expansion-of-settlements issue several times before, and our generic position remains unchanged, balanced and consist…
In his first statement at the United Nations in October 1992 (see A/47/PV.24), the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, endorsed the concept of preventive diplomacy, an idea that is now a very high priority for the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly. That concept h…
I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the determined commitment demonstrated by the Governments of Iraq and the United Kingdom, which resulted in today’s unanimous adoption of the landmark resolution 2379 (2017). The resolution also indicates our wholehearted endorsement of international…
I thank the Ethiopian presidency for providing this platform. I also thank High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu and the previous speaker, Secretary Tillerson, for their very valuable reflections, including on the contribution of my nation to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament…
I congratulate Ethiopia on having assumed the presidency of the Council for this month and echo others in welcoming Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn as President during this important debate. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Guterres; the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, M…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his informative briefing and welcome Director Imam to our deliberations.
The visit of members of the Security Council to the countries of the Lake Chad basin enabled us to learn more about the Multinational Joint Task Force, as well as the humanitarian …
We are grateful to your presidency, Sir, for the excellent organization of the eleventh annual joint United Nations-African Union (AU) consultative meeting, held in Addis Ababa, and for the warm hospitality provided to the Security Council delegation.
I would also like to thank Special Representati…
Kazakhstan welcomes the unanimous resolve of Council members in urging North Korea to stop its nuclear programme by adopting resolution 2375 (2017), which entails a tougher and broader sanctions regime.
We deplore the fact that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continues to tirelessly viola…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia Jean Arnault for his comprehensive briefing and commend his and the United Nations Mission’s contribution to the successful completion of the first stage of the Final Peace Agreem…
We would like to commend the delegation of Egypt for its very able presidency last month, as well as to congratulate our Ethiopian colleagues on taking up the proceedings of the Security Council. We thank the Ethiopian presidency for the prompt convening of this meeting of the Council. I also thank …
My delegation commends the Egyptian presidency for its outstanding leadership with wide coverage of issues on the Council agenda. At today’s wrap-up session, we would like to comment on some important items.
First of all, on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, we express our solidarity with …
We thank the delegation of Egypt for convening today’s debate, which serves to highlight the direct influence of peacekeeping operations on the achievement of the overall goal of maintaining peace, especially in situations where security is fragile or countries are being rebuilt after conflict.
Con…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane, Special Envoy Haysom and His Excellency Mr. Mogae for their comprehensive and insightful briefings. I also commend them for their commitment to bring peace to South Sudan under difficult circumstances. My delegation would like to make the following observat…
Mr. President, we would like to thank you for convening today’s meeting to hear your insightful briefing on the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2017/672/Rev.1).
We are honoured to have his Excellency Mr. Léonard She Okitundu, Minister for Foreign Affa…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tanin, for his detailed briefing on the recent developments in Kosovo. We also thank the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Dačić, and Ms. Çitaku for their statements.
The reporting period unde…
