I welcome your initiative, Madam President, to convene under the presidency of Nigeria this open debate on sexual violence in conflict. The Secretary-General’s presentation and his regular participation in open debates on this topic show the commitment to the fight against sexual violence at the hig…
I, too, thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and Ambassador Colin Keating for their statements.
Twenty years ago, despite numerous warnings, the States Members of the United Nations, and in particular of the Security Council, were not been able to take decisive measures that would have put a…
I thank Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, for his briefing.
The discussions of recent weeks in the Council have shown that not all members have the same assessment of the situation in Ukraine. We have often witnessed here a dialogue of the deaf, while an information …
I too would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing on the developments in the situation in Ukraine. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Ukraine, His Excellency Mr. Yuriy Sergeyev, to the Council.
Luxembourg is deeply conce…
Allow me to welcome the statement made
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by Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak, Permanent Representative of Croatia, whose delegation was the past Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (see A/68/ PV.78). I thank him and his predecessor, Ambassador Ranko Vilović, for their commitment…
I, too, would like to wish a warm welcome to the Security Council to His Excellency Mr. Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. I thank him for his very clear briefing on his priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organizatio…
Luxembourg welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2139 (2014) on the Syrian humanitarian crisis.
The aim of the resolution is simple: it seeks to protect civilians affected by the conflict in Syria. It demands that rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access be authorized across conflict …
I would like to begin by commending the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for having convened this open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security, a topic that is particularly close to our heart. I also thank the S…
I would like to thank Lithuania for having organized this meeting, and you, Mr. Minister, for your presence, which gives it particular prominence.
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I also wish to welcome to the Council Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Un…
I should like to thank Lithuania for having convened this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict at the beginning of 2014, which will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Security Council’s commitment in the area of the protection of civilians since the adoption of resolution …
I, too, welcome Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Farid Zarif and thank him for his briefing. I welcome as well His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime …
Thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize today’s open debate, which comes at a timely moment, at the dawn of the year in which we commemorate the outbreak of the First World War. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Fe…
Allow me to congratulate Jordan on its election to
the Security Council, and on its assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month, at a particularly important juncture for the Middle East. Your presence among us, Mr. President, highlights the significance of this open debate, at the be…
I thank the French presidency of the Security Council for convening this meeting on the fight against drug trafficking and its consequences for peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel — a topic that clearly deserves the full attention of the Council. I also thank the Secretary-General, the …
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his briefing and his work as Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his sta…
I thank France for giving the Sahel pride of place during its presidency of the Security Council. My thanks also go to the Secretary-General, the President of the World Bank, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, the Permanent Observer of the African Union and the Special Represe…
I would first like to thank the Permanent Representative of Australia, Ambassador Gary Quinlan, for his presentation of the quarterly report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and to congratulate him on the way he has run that important Committee with t…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for presenting her eighteenth report on the situation in Darfur. Since the Security Council decided to refer the situation in Darfur to the ICC, the Office of the Prosecutor has informed the Council i…
I would first like to reaffirm Luxembourg’s full support for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Their work shows that international criminal justice can prevail and that
sooner or later the perpetrators of …
Luxembourg associates itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
Like previous speakers, I wish to thank the Chairs of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, the Comm…
