I would like to express my deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to your team for your hard work this month and for the professional way in which you led the Security Council deliberations.
Together, we were able to adopt a number of resolutions, presidential statements and press statements,…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his valuable briefing on recent developments in the Middle East peace process.
Our participation in this meeting is of special importance to us because it is the first we are a…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix; the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Ursula Mueller; and the Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Co…
The ongoing use of chemical weapons in Syria represents one of the deplorable elements of this crisis, which has been continuing for seven years. It is all the more deplorable when we see that there is an absence of justice and accountability and that there is impunity for every criminal who has con…
We would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Lacroix for his very useful briefing on recent events in Mali. I would also like to join my colleagues in welcoming Mr. Coulibaly, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali. It goes without saying that the presence amo…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov, for convening today’s important meeting, which demonstrates the importance of establishing effective regional and subregional partnerships in order to strengthen security and development. It…
On behalf of the Government and the people of the State of Kuwait, I should like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and the friendly Republic of Kazakhstan on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The choice of the topic for our debate today at the firs…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the tireless efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Ghassan Salamé, to achieve peace and stability in Libya and secure a prospero…
I would first like to thank Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his valuable briefing, in which he informed us of the most important achievements and challenges facing the peace process and ceasefire i…
At the outset, I welcome the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Lacroix, to the Security Council and thank him for his detailed briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/1113) on phase one of the reconfiguration of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation…
At the outset, and like others who have spoken before me, I thank Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing today. We highly commend the pivotal and important role played by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republi…
It is a great pleasure for me, as I am speaking for the first time in the Security Council, to wish you, Mr. President, and all members a happy New Year and to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January. I wish you every success.
I would also like …
At the outset, we commend Japan’s presidency of the Council this month and Italy’s presidency last month. We highly value the efforts made to convene this meeting to discuss a very important topic that is considered to be an issue of major concern for all Member States, under the theme “Maintenance …
My delegation is pleased to participate in the consideration of the agenda item “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”. On the basis of our firm belief in and appreciation for the work of those w…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President, on behalf of the State of Kuwait, for his skilful work in presiding over the Assembly at its current session. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/72/70), pursuant to paragraph 351 of r…
Today we are discussing, as we do every year, the question of Palestine, 70 years after the General Assembly adopted its first resolution on the issue, resolution 181 (II). Kuwait has a principled stance, and the mainstay of our policies is to support the question of Palestine. That has been proved …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the fraternal country of Italy on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important open debate.
We endorse the statement made by the representative of Ven…
My country is pleased to be participating in the
deliberations on this agenda item, as we firmly believe in the importance of sport in solidly grounding societies and relations among peoples and of educating our youth well in that area. We also reaffirm our support for resolution 67/296, adopted in…
At the outset, I thank you, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation for your letter to Member States dated 30 October 2017, highlighting your eagerness to move forward the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform.
We also welcome the appointment of Mr. Kaha Imnadze, Permanent Rep…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to highlight the support of the Arab Group for your efforts, Mr. President, at the helm of the General Assembly during this session. In that regard, our Group welcomes the appointment of Ambassador Kaha Im…
