I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address the Council at this very important meeting. Given the late hour, I am going to be very brief. I would like to express my
gratitude to the members of the Council for unanimous vote in favour of resolutions 2213 (2015) and 2214 (2015), which have just…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on France’s accession to the presidency of the Security Council this month. I thank you and the members of the Council for providing me with this opportunity to address the Council.
I thank Mr. Bernardino León, Special Representative of the Secr…
It is a pleasure for me, Mr. President, to congratulate you on China’s accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We have every confidence in your ability to lead the Council and to achieve fruitful results.
The people and Government of Libya once again reiterate their deep…
I am pleased to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this important meeting today, as a brother and colleague representing a brotherly country that is very dear to us and with which we enjoy good-neighbourly relations. We thank you for organizing this meeting and for having invited me to participat…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank you and the other members of the Council for providing my delegation with this opportunity to address the Council at this meeting. I thank His Excellency Am…
As the General Assembly once again considers the question of Palestine today, the tragedy of the Palestinian people continues. Feelings of frustration increase within the international community as it is unable to stand with them. Unfortunately, the international community remains paralysed despite …
At the outset, I would like to commend Ambassador Zahir Tanin, facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform and on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, for the efforts he has made to ac…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you and your delegation every success in that endeavour. I also want to thank Ms. Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her report and her sta…
In its resolution 1970 (2011), the Security Council referred the crimes committed in Libya since 15 February 2011 to the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite the fact that Libya is not a State party to the Rome Statute. Nevertheless, Libya would like to attain positive complementarity between…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports (A/69/161, A/69/162 and A/69/163) on the agenda items under discussion. I would also like to thank His Excellency Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, and
the Chief Executive Officer…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincerest congratulations to Mr. Sam Kutesa on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I am confident that he will steer the work of this session towards the best results. Allow me also to commend the efforts of M…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Madam President, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you and your team every possible success, and I am convinced that you will achieve the best possible results. I would also like to thank Mr. Bernardino Leó…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
I would like to take the opportunity to express to you, Mr. President, and to the co-Chairs of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals our sincere appreciation for your hard work, which enabled all of…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address the Security Council at today’s meeting. I would also like to congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Council this month, and to thank you and the delegation of the United Kingdom for drafting today’s resolution on Li…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of African States. At the outset, the Group thanks you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate in order to take action on the important agenda item before us.
The Group reaffirms its continuing support to the United Nations…
It is a pleasure to see you, Sir, preside over this important meeting. Let me first express our deepest thanks to you and to the members of the Council for giving me the opportunity to address the Council at this critical stage, when developments in Libya are moving quite fast.
Permit me also to th…
At the outset, allow me personally to convey my gratitude and great appreciation to the President for organizing this significant meeting. I would also like to say that we support the statement delivered yesterday by the representative of Bolivia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/68/PV.1…
At the outset, I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for presiding over the Council for the month and to wish you and your delegation every success in carrying out the Council’s affairs.
I also thank Mr. Tarek Mitri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, for his comprehen…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate your delegation, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month, and to wish you and your delegation every success. I also wish to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her comprehensive bri…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for having given us this opportunity to speak during this meeting. I know that the Council has a great deal on its agenda, so I do not wish to take up more than a few minutes of its time.
I wanted to address the Council today to express the thanks of the …
