My delegation is pleased to take part in this debate under the French presidency on the situation in the Sahel, a situation which is at the heart of the agenda of the Security Council. We welcome the participation of Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the President of the World Bank, Mr Jim Yong Kim…
I would first like to welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda and thank her for her presentation of the eighteenth report of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005). Since her last report (see S/PV.6974), the situation in Darfur has continued to develop, with some positi…
After submitting my final report to the Council a few days ago in my capacity as Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), more commonly known as the Counter- Terrorism Committee, it is now incumbent upon me to report to the Council one last time on t…
At the outset, I must convey the condolences of the Kingdom of Morocco to South Africa and the entire African continent upon the loss of the giant of Africa, Nelson Mandela.
I wish to thank the Presidents of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Theodor Meron, and of th…
I should like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also pay tribute to your predecessor, the Ambassador of China, for a successful presidency.
Morocco welcomes the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2127 (2013), concering t…
It gives me great pleasure to brief the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) since the previous briefing, held in May (see S/PV.6964). The Committee continues to be guided in its work by the relevant resolutions, especially resolutions 1373 (20…
I, too, wish to thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I welcome Ambassador Madeira, Special Envoy of the African Union (AU) on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) issue. We applaud the efforts of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2013/631) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and on recent developments in Kosovo during the pe…
We regret the absence of consensus on the draft resolution before us, which should have brought us together rather than divide us. We wish to underscore that the meeting of the African ministerial delegation with the members of the Security Council on 31 October allowed for sincere and frank discuss…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her comprehensive briefing and the sixth report on the activities of her Office persuant to the relevant Security Council resolutions on the situation in Libya.
Since the referral of this si…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Valentine Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his tenth report covering the period from 20 April to
21 October. One cannot help but notice the contrast between the dynamic of regional integration at the European level and the persistent…
My delegation wishes to exercise its right of reply in response to the statement made by the representative of Algeria (see A/68/PV.47). The representative of Algeria, whose country continues to claim that it is not party to the conflict, finds a way to mention the situation concerning Moroccan Saha…
I would like to join my other colleagues in thanking you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on a topic that is of particular importance to all States, members and non-members of the Security Council alike, given the mission entrusted to the Council by the Charter of the United Nations as the main…
At the outset, I thank the delegation of Azerbaijan for having organized this debate on cooperation between the United Nations and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). We thank Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu for their effective action in strengthening and giving renew…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate, and Under-Secretary- General Feltman for his briefing, in which he gave us a detailed explanation of the recent developments in the Middle East. We are meeting in this Chamber once again to discuss the situ…
I have the honour to brief the Council on the Security Council’s mission to investigate the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Great Lakes region between 4 and 6 October, headed jointly by the Deputy Permanent Representative of France, Mr. Alexis Lamek, and myself. I would like…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, on behalf of the Moroccan delegation, our gratitude for the convening of this debate. I thank for their briefings Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon; Ms. Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Directo…
First of all, I would like to commend the President for having convened this second High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. It offers the international community a precious opportunity to take
stock of the past seven years, when there has been an unprecedented mobilization o…
I would first like to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, and to renew our support for and highlight the efforts that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made at every level to enable our Organization to fulfil its role …
At last, the Security Council has been able to agree on resolution 2118 (2013), a very important resolution on the situation in Syria that reflects determination and a genuine willingness to bring an end to the Syrian conflict and paves the way for a political settlement of the crisis. We are very a…
