The Kingdom of the Netherlands supports the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom. I wish to make three points.
First, the chemical-weapon attack in Salisbury is unacceptable. Secondly, we fully support the investigation led by the United Kingdom. Thirdly, we call on …
In honour of Peru’s presidency, Mr. President, let me thank you in Spanish: Muchas gracias, Señor Presidente. I also extend my warm thanks to the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Thomas Markram, for his briefing.
This year, we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your kind words for our presidency, which I will convey with great pleasure to Ambassador Van Oosterom and the entire team. Allow me in turn to congratulate you, sir, on assuming the presidency for the month of April. I wish you every success.
My thanks…
We thank Côte d’Ivoire for its arduous work in trying to ensure the support of the Security Council for the efforts of the West African region to resolve the deadlock in Guinea-Bissau. We continue to support and endorse the mediation efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …
First, let me thank Under-Secretaries-General Lowcock and Feltman for their briefings.
In my statement I will address three points: implementation, implementation and implementation.
First, I will speak about the implementation of the cessation of hostilities. Since the Council adopted resolution …
Before I start, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of the members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Parliament. Their attendance today is a great honour for my delegation.
I would like to convey our particular gratitude to Special Envoy Ismael Ould…
We regret that draft resolution S/2018/156, submitted by the United Kingdom, was not adopted. We voted in favour of resolution 2402 (2018) because the sanctions regime and the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen needed to be renewed. We strongly support the Panel and the sanctions regime in que…
On Wednesday, during the high-level debate on the Charter of the United Nations, I quoted one of the founding fathers of the United Nations, Ambassador Stettinius (see S/PV.8185). He said that the members of the Security Council had the obligation to agree so that the Council may be able to act and …
We thank the presidency for convening this meeting, and I thank Mark Lowcock for his sobering briefing. I will address the following three points: first, the escalation of violence in eastern Ghouta, secondly, international humanitarian law, and, thirdly, action by the Security Council.
First, with…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to express our sincere thanks to Kuwait for convening this meeting, 27 years after its liberation. I would particularly like to thank the Kuwaiti presidency for supplying my delegation with a number of copies of the Charter of the United Nati…
First let me welcome the presence earlier of President Abbas here in the Council, and let me thank Mr. Mladenov for his detailed briefing and certainly for his efforts for peace.
The facts on the ground speak for themselves and leave little room for optimism. We face a growing
humanitarian and eco…
I would like first of all to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Modibo Touré, and the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Mr. Mauro Vieira, who spoke in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea- Bissau country configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for their brie…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Peru, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning Counter-Terrorism, for his briefing on terrorism and critical infrastructure.
Today marks exactly one year si…
I thank you, Mr. President, for putting this very serious issue on our agenda. Allow me to express my appreciation to Mr. Jenča and Mr. Grandi for their excellent briefings.
Today, I will focus on three issues: first, the current situation in Myanmar; secondly, how to ensure the safe, dignified and…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands thanks the Secretary- General and Under-Secretary-General Voronkov for their leadership. We would also like to thank their staff, as well as the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the Monitoring Team for their work in composing the most recent…
First, let me thank Ambassador Tanin, as well as his staff, for their work, the detailed report (S/2018/76) and the briefing. I should like to add that it is also a great personal pleasure to see Ambassador Tanin in person today.
We welcome the close cooperation of Ambassador Tanin with High Repres…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, let me commend Kuwait for convening this open debate. Let me also thank Mr. Ian Martinfor his excellent briefing earlier today.
Discussing working methods is not a mere exercise in style or in process. The way the Council operates influences our impact i…
As this is the first time that I take the floor under the Kuwaiti presidency of the Security Council, I would like to congratulate and honour Kuwait’s assumption of the presidency by trying to offer my thanks in Arabic:
(spoke in Arabic)
Thank you, Mr. President.
(spoke in English)
I would also …
Let me first thank Kazakhstan for a very successful presidency.
January 2018 has been our first month on the Security Council, as part of our split term with Italy. I welcome this opportunity to reflect on what we, as a Council, have accomplished and also where we have made too little progress, or …
The Kingdom of the Netherlands welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2399 (2018). While the Central African Republic remains engulfed in crisis, the Security Council today has sent a strong message to those violating human rights and international humanitarian law that the world is watching …
