I want to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I thank Ambassador Olof Skoog, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota for their very insightful perspectives. We are greatly indebted to all the Chairs of the country- specific configurati…
I thank the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) for his presentation of the latest 90-day report of the Committee.
Nigeria takes due cognizance of the fact that there were no new incidents reported to the Committee in the
period covered by the rep…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this very important and timely debate. I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom for his briefing and Ambassador Tanin for a very perceptive outlook on his country’s progress.
Afghanistan continues to make significant progress towards post-conflict recove…
Mr. President, I want to welcome you to the Security Council and to thank you in particular for having convened this seminal debate.
The protection of children is undoubtedly a moral duty and a legal obligation for all States. We thank the Secretary-General for his abiding commitment to the cause o…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this very important briefing. I welcome the briefers, Lieutenant General Tesfamariam, Major General Lollesgaard and Major General Michael Finn. The clarity and incisiveness of their perspectives on the issues under consideration bear out the wisdom an…
I thank Ambassadors Murmokaitė, Van Bohemen and Oyarzun Marchesi for their insightful briefings.
Nigeria notes with appreciation the wide range of actions taken in the past six months by the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter-terrorism, with the support of …
Nigeria associates itself with the statement just delivered on behalf of the African Group by the representative of Rwanda.
We join other delegations in congratulating the President for convening this important meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/69/856), and the Executive…
I would like to thank Mr. Feltman,Under-Secretary-General, and Mr. Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for their very lucid briefings.
The recent escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine is very disturbing, as we have all heard from members…
I thank our briefers, Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow, for their informative briefings.
Nigeria commends the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for the steady process it has made towards completing its work. We note that that Tribunal has concl…
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for organizing this important briefing. We also thank the briefers — the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, the Chair of the Counter-T…
The Nigerian delegation warmly welcomes you, Mr. President, as well as other ministers present here today. We are especially indebted to the delegation of Lithuania for organizing this important debate on the protection of journalists in conflict situations and for the concept note provided to guide…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zarif for his comprehensive update on Kosovo. I also thank His Excellency Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaçi for their statements.
The resumption of high-leve…
I would like to thank you very much, Madam President, for convening this open debate on a subject of profound contemporary significance. I also thank you for the deeply analytical concept note (S/2015/306, annex) that you have provided as a
compass for our deliberations. I would like to express my …
We too thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her presentation of the ninth report of her Office to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
On matters pertaining to cooperation, we are pleased to note that the Libyan Prosecutor-General’s Office has been cooperating with the International Cr…
I want to thank High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Inzko for his briefing and for his forty-seventh report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and
Herzegovina (S/2015/300, annex). We have carefully studied the report and taken due note of the main issues contained the…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and
Special Envoy Angelina Angelina Jolie Pitt for their briefings.
Today’s …
Nigeria welcomes Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II to New York. We also thank the delegation of Jordan for organizing this important and timely debate. We want to acknowledge the presence of participating Ministers and to welcome them to the Security Council. Our appreciation also goes to the …
I would like to lend my voice to those who have welcomed you in our midst today, Mr. President. We believe that your presence at this debate is profoundly indicative of the prominence that Jordan accords the question of the Middle East. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
T…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this debate. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bangura and Ms. Allamin for their very lucid briefings.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/203) presents an operational context for conflict-related sexual …
Nigeria is deeply concerned by the deteriorating political, security and humanitarian situation in Yemen. We have repeatedly stated that the crisis in Yemen cannot be resolved militarily. The only path to sustainable peace and stability in Yemen is through negotiation and dialogue. We call on all pa…
