At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. François Louncény Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing, and to commend the efforts and activities of UNOCA in Central Africa in its fulfilment of its …
At the outset, I congratulate your country, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and wish you every success. We also commend Ambassador Karen Pierce and the United Kingdom delegation on its presidency of the Council last month.
We thank Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert, the Spe…
The State of Kuwait attaches special importance to this agenda item, which we take up every year in the General Assembly. Our meeting today coincides with the celebration by the United Nations of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. We reiterate my country’s principled an…
I thank Special Adviser Khan and Mr. Kachi for their briefings; I especially appreciate Mr. Kachi’s courage as he spoke of crimes committed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). We express our full solidarity with the Yazidi community in the face of the heinous crimes committed against the…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States under agenda item 122, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.
It is a great pleasure for me, first and foremost…
Allow me, Madam President, to thank Special Envoy Mr. Pedersen for his valuable briefing on the political process in Syria. We also thank Ms. Al Hallak for her briefing.
We meet today following a major achievement in the Syrian political process, namely, the holding of the first round of the Consti…
At the outset, Madam President, we would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their valuable briefings.
I will focus on two are…
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia. We also wish to thank…
I would like to begin, Mr. President, by welcoming His Excellency Mr. Barry’s among us. We thank him for his briefing and the other briefers for their statements. We were pleased to hear a variety of speakers shedding light on the overall situation in the Sahel, specifically the challenges facing th…
First and foremost, we would like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing on recent developments in the occupied Palestinian territory. We also thank Ms. Hary for her briefing. We reiterate our full support to Mr. Mladenov for his efforts to calm the situation and prevent clashes, particular…
At the outset, we would like to welcome your presiding over this meeting, Sir, and thank you for having organized it. We are also grateful for the concept note (S/2019/871, annex) provided. We also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing, as well as Mr. Özerdem and Ms. Elman for their remarks.
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At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his briefing, and to assure him of our full support. We also thank Ms. Rida Al Tubuly for her briefing and welcome His Excel…
At the outset, we welcome the adoption of resolution 2498 (2019), which renews the sanctions on Somalia for one year. We thank the United Kingdom, the penholder, for its transparent approach and constructive cooperation throughout the negotiations. Renewal reflects the importance of continuing to su…
It has been 55 years since Kuwait became a State member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The State of Kuwait continues to cooperate closely with the Agency in order to benefit from its programmes and build the national institutions and capabilities required to implement vital econom…
We thank Under Secretary-General Lacroix, Ms. Fitah-Kona and the Police Commissioners from the peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Abyei and Mali. I would like to address three issues during our discussion today — the pivotal work of the United Nations Police, their antici…
At the outset, we thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her valuable briefing on her eighteenth report to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We renew our support for the efforts of the ICC to achieve justice and combat impunity und…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Valentine Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his valuable briefing and his latest report (S/2019/843, enclosure) on the implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We fully support him in carrying out his mandate a…
We wish you, Madam President, every success during the course of your presidency of the Council’s work for this month. We also thank Ambassador Matjila and the members of his delegation for their outstanding presidency of the Council last month.
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Moham…
Despite the gross human rights violations being committed in many parts of the world, great efforts are still being made to promote and protect those rights. The international community is still urging States to promote and respect human rights, as reflected in the inclusion of human rights at the h…
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2019/797). We stress our full support for the Special Representative and appreciate the vital role of the United Nations throughout …
