We voted in favour of resolution 2414 (2018). The fact that it could not count on the unanimous support of the Council should not distract us from what is truly important, namely, the relaunching of the political process. This is something that I believe we all support, because it is in the interest…
I join others in thanking Mr. Mladenov for his precise briefing and dedicated work. Listening to him, we can draw one sole conclusion — we cannot allow the peace process to be put on the back burner.
I align myself with the statement to be made later by the observer of the European Union.
I will f…
First of all, let me thank the President for organizing this important debate.
Looking at the current, worrying international developments, it is clear that sustaining peace needs to remain an important priority of the United Nations and its Member States. In fact, the Organization was founded to s…
The work to build peace is never completed. Peace is built before, during and long after conflict. It takes effort every day. Sustaining peace means sustained commitment here at the United Nations and at home, in Member States. We therefore welcome the report of the Secretary- General (S/2018/43) an…
I join others in thanking the three inspiring and courageous young women who briefed us today: Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth; and the youth representatives, Ms. Sophia Pierre-Antoine and Ms. Kessy Ekomo-Soignet. I was very inspired by what they shared with us. I…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands would like to start by thanking the briefers — Assistant Secretary- General Zouev, Ambassador Schoulgin Nyoni and Mr. Liberty — for their very informative briefings. I think that the picture that Mr. Liberty painted before our eyes of the children in their school unifo…
At the outset, on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to express our deep condolences to the family, loved ones and colleagues at the Permanent Mission of Côte d’Ivoire on the sudden passing of Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue. He will be sorely missed as a colleague and friend …
I would like to begin by thanking the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. The Kingdom of the Netherlands welcomes the update provided by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom on the latest developments in the follow-up to the shocking che…
Let me thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Lowcock for his informative briefing.
We welcome the opportunity to address the humanitarian situation in Syria and again call for the immediate implementation of resolution 2401 (2018) throughout the country.
The dire humanitarian needs of those inside Syr…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands would like to start by expressing its sincere thanks to both our briefers, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, for their very clear and comprehensive briefings. I would also like to …
I would like to start by thanking the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, and Ms. Razia Sultana for their pertinent briefings. I also wish to express our sincere gratitude to Peru for or…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands voted against the draft resolution proposed by the Russian Federation
(S/2018/355) because the text does not provide for the urgent action that the Security Council must take in response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. It ignores the very essence of the actio…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing today. Both yesterday and today, he spoke of the litany horrors that the Syrian population has experienced in the past seven years, of which the chemical-weapons attacks are among the most gruesome. The world hardly needs remin…
We thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and insightful briefing. His statement rightly focused on the broader Middle East. However, I will focus on the most pressing issue at hand, the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The Charter of the United Nations starts with the words “We the peo…
First, let me express our gratitude and appreciation to the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), my esteemed colleague from Bolivia, for his briefing on the work of the Committee and for his efforts to achieve the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). We fu…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Annadif, as well as the Chair of the sanctions Committee, Mr. Olof Skoog, for their respective briefings. We are pleased to note the presence among us of His Excellency Minister Coulibaly. As the Minister is aware, there is a d…
We abstained in the voting on the draft resolution (S/2018/322) because we had serious hesitations about the text, as it differed in some crucial aspects from the Swedish text put forward yesterday.
First of all, the text makes it insufficiently clear that the Organization for the Prohibition of Ch…
First of all, let me thank Special Envoy Said Djinnit for his briefing and, above all, his important work. I would also like to thank Ambassador Raymond Serge Balé of the Republic of the Congo for his statement and his personal efforts.
In the light of the fifth anniversary of the Peace, Security a…
In my statement yesterday (see S/PV.8225) I urged the Security Council not to stand idly by and watch as a spectator while chemical weapons were being used in Syria. In our opinion, the Council should act, condemn, protect, and hold to account those responsible. Those elements are all reflected in d…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Deputy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Thomas Markram for their briefings.
Only five days ago, here in this Chamber (see S/PV.8221), we mourned as we remembered the sarin attack at Khan Shaykhun that occurred a year ago. This weekend another…
