We thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane for his insightful briefing.
First of all, I would like to express our deepest condolences and solidarity to the people and the Government of Burkina Faso and to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) followin…
I would like to first thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for her comprehensive briefing on her visit to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I commend her for her inspirational leadership. I would also like to thanks Ambassador Téte António for his briefing.
Following the 19…
We support the adoption of resolution 2371 (2017), which envisages tough sanctions as a means to persuade Pyongyang to change its course in favour of a nuclear-weapon-free
future. The resolution also leaves room for the resumption of dialogue or a six-party mechanism for negotiations.
Kazakhstan s…
At the outset, let me thank Egypt for having organized this timely meeting on sanctions, which are an important tool under the United Nations Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security.
The Security Council has a long-standing history and practice of applying sanctions. However…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Egypt on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of August. It has laid out a very comprehensive coverage of key items on our agenda. Likewise, I offer our most sincere appreciation
to the Chinese presidency for its very capable and outstandi…
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson, Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations bodies for their tireless commitment to preventing and bringing an end to terrorism and violent extremism.
Kazakhstan es…
I would like to thank our briefers, Special Envoy Kafando and Ambassador Lauber, for their insights and efforts made so far to continue negotiations between the Government of Burundi and all stakeholders in the country.
We welcome the recent appointment of Mr Kafando and believe that he will do eve…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, Mr. Nikolay Mladenov, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I also express appreciation to the Chinese presidency for convening today’s open debate which highlights the crisis in …
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Assistant Secretary- General Wane and President Mogae for their comprehensive, insightful briefings. My delegation would like to make the following observations and recommendations.
We are gravely concerned that, despite the unilateral ceasefire de…
Kazakhstan expresses its appreciation to the presidency of China for convening this debate, as well as to Secretary-General António Guterres and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Ambassador Smail Chergui, for their thoughtful and insightful briefings on enhancing African …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Honoré Braithwaite for her comprehensive briefing. We warmly
recall our visit to Haiti last month and appreciate her help in facilitating it.
We acknowledge the very timely mission of the Security Council to Haiti, which provided us the uniqu…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas for his insightful briefing on the semi-annual report (S/2017/563) of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and recent developments in West Africa and the Sahel.
Since the beginning of the year, we have witne…
Let me thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for the presentation of a very insightful report of the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2017/565).
Since our previous meeting in March (see S/PV.7903), the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has remained fragi…
Kazakhstan voted today in favour of resolution 2366 (2017), which establishes the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia for an initial period of 12 months. This new mission is designed to be the second political mission in the country.
The unanimous adoption of the resolution demonstrates…
First of all, let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing, as well as the United States and Japan for calling for consultations on yet another flagrant violation by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Kazakhstan strongly condemns North Korea’s irresponsible and d…
At the outset, we thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia, Mr. Jean Arnault, for his briefing and commend him on his great contribution and that of the Mission to the peace process in Colombia. We warmly recall our visit to Colombi…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman, Ambassador Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the
European Union, and Ambassador Cardi, Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for their briefings.
My country fully supports and strictly implements resolution 223…
We would like to thank Bolivia, as President of the Council and Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for convening today’s vital debate. I would also like to commend Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu and Mr. Ballard for their insights and to pay tribute to their com…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. De Mistura, for his insightful update and commend him for his exceptional commitment and determination to pursue peace in Syria. My delegation would like to share the following observations and recommendations.
On the purely politic…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamato, for his substantive briefing and for his commitment to the personnel of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which seeks to restore peace and security in Afghanistan, and for UNAM…
