I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this meeting on the visit to Iraq and Kuwait.
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On 28 and 29 June, the members of the Security Council visited the State of Kuwait and, for the first time, the Republic of Iraq, in a mission co-led by the State of Kuwait and th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. I also thank all the briefers: Mr. Lacroix, Lieutenant General Gyllensporre and Ms. Novosseloff.
I would like to address the topic of today’s meeting, which is strengthening triangular cooperation, by highlighting three bas…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council. You may rest assured of the support of the State of Kuwait for you and your team.
I also want to congratulate Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière of France on his appointment as Pe…
At the outset, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
Madam President, it is a pleasure for me to express our sincere appreciation to you on behalf of the Arab Group and our support for your wise leadership of the negotiations process at the current sessi…
Kuwait voted in favour of resolution 2471 (2019), on extending the sanctions regime as provided for in resolution 2206 (2015), although we would have liked to see its unanimous adoption.
We call upon South Sudan to continue the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Co…
I would like to begin, Madam President, by thanking your Excellency and the Government of friendly Indonesia for convening this important debate. I would also like
to express our gratitude to His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Mr. Peter Mauer and Mr. Federico Borello for their valuable briefings …
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Raisedon Zenenga, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), for his important briefing on the efforts of the United Nations represented by UNSOM to achieve stability…
At the outset, we congratulate you, Madam President, on the holy month of Ramadan. We welcome the fact that you are presiding over this important meeting in which we are discussing the Palestinian question. This question is an important, central and sensitive one for both the Arab and Muslim nations…
At the outset, I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for her informative and comprehensive briefing at the beginning of this meeting.
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2470 (2019), on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for I…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, as well as the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Mr. Smaïl Chergui, for their briefings, which come at a time of diff…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting and for the three briefings you delivered at the beginning of our work, which have clarified the great burdens and responsibilities that you shoulder in addition to the responsibilities of the presidency this month. …
A few moments ago, the Permanent Representative of Belgium made a statement, on behalf of the co-penholders, regarding the humanitarian situation in Idlib and the neighbouring areas. I would now like to address a few points concerning the political process of the Syrian crisis.
The co-penholders — …
At the outset, we welcome the presence here today of His Excellency. Mr. Alpha Barry, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Burkina Faso. We would also like to express our thanks to all the briefers for their valuable remarks. It is pleasing to listen to the diverse group of speakers today…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Mr. Mark Lowcock and Ms. Henrietta Fore for their valuable and comprehensive briefings. I also thank the Ambassador of Peru in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014). I will focus on two topics:…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his informative statement and his most recent report (S/2019/364, annex) on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina. He can be assured that he has our full support in carrying o…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her valuable briefing on the seventeenth report of the Court to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We welcome once again the efforts of the ICC to lay the foundations for ensur…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Islamic world on the blessed month of Ramadan and to thank Indonesia for choosing the topic for today’s debate. I also want to thank Secretary-General António Guterres
for his informative and important statement, and the Force Commander of the United …
Kuwait voted in favour of resolution 2468 (2019), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara until 31 October. We had hoped for a unanimous renewal by the Security Council for one year. We stress the importance of the role of the Mission and of ensur…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for their briefings.
I will focus today on three issues: the situation in the area of operations of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), the development of the mission an…
At the outset, we would like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his informative briefing and for his tireless efforts since he assumed his post. The State of Kuwait reiterates its full support for his efforts to revive the Syrian political process in order to arrive at an equitable political S…
