Let me start by thanking Cote d’Ivoire for its excellent partnership on resolution 2447 (2018), as well as on resolution 2417 (2018), on conflict and hunger, which was adopted earlier this year, and on the draft resolution on improving peacekeeping mandates, which is still being negotiated. I would …
I will now speak in my national capacity.
At the outset, I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and the Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Delegation of the European Union, Mr. Christiane, for their briefings. We also welcome the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2018/1089) and o…
I would first like to thank Special
Representative Helen La Lime for her efforts on behalf of Haiti and for her first briefing to the Council.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
We are following the situation in H…
Let me begin by thanking United States Secretary of State Pompeo for gracing us with his presence in the Chamber today. We welcome him to the Security Council.
I speak in my capacity as Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015).
In July 2015, the Security Counci…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, let me express our sincere thanks to the President and the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Theodor Meron and Mr. Serge Brammertz, respectively, for their progress reports and briefings here this morning. Le…
We express our sincere thanks to you, Sir, for presiding over today’s important debate. We congratulate Côte d’Ivoire on a successful presidency thus far, and are honoured by your presence.
We thank Secretary-General Guterres, African Union Chairperson Faki Mahamat and the President of the Commissi…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands reiterates its condolences on the death
of former President of the United States of America George Herbert Walker Bush.
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At the outset, allow me to thank the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Alassane Ouattara, for having convened thi…
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your team on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December. You can count on my full support and that of my entire delegation. I would also like to thank the Chinese delegation for its professional steering of the work of the …
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her update on the situation in and around the Sea of Azov.
At the outset, I would like to support the procedural point that was put forward by the United Kingdom and Poland. In line with General Assembly resolution 68/262, adopted by an o…
(spoke in French): The Kingdom of the Netherlands would like to thank Special Envoy Michel Kafando and Ambassador Jürg Lauber for their informed advice on the situation in Burundi. We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2018/1028) and welcome his announcement that he will present the Coun…
We thank China for convening this important debate at a crucial moment. In addition, we would like to thank Secretary- General Guterres and Commissioner Smaїl Chergui for their informative briefings.
As the concept note (S/2018/1004, annex) states, the African Union (AU) remains an important partne…
Let me first thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his clear and comprehensive briefing. We very much appreciate Mr. De Mistura’s unwavering commitment in the remainder of his term in office. I would like to focus on the following three points today: the urgent need to convene the constitutional commit…
Allow me first to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his informative briefing and for his tireless efforts and those of his team, working sometimes under very difficult circumstances.
Today, I will address three points: first, the situation in Gaza: secondly, the developments in the West Bank: and thi…
We thank Martin Griffiths, Mark Lowcock, David Beasley and Rasha Jarhum for their impressive and convincing briefings. They presented us with a grave description of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Their strong words underline the urgency of the Security Council’s action and decision-making. They m…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to start by thanking all three briefers for the valuable joint visit to South Sudan last month, and for their briefings today in the Council. I would like to also thank them for emphasizing the need for tangible action to ensure the meaningfu…
First and foremost, allow me to thank the briefers for their excellent statements, which give a clear picture of the cooperation of the United Nations, the African Union and the European Union with the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel). Given the current situation, such cooperation is critical…
We would like to thank France for its leadership in facilitating the negotiations for the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). In recent weeks we have had extensive and important discussions on the s…
We thank Ambassador Tanin for his briefing just now; we also thank High Representative Mogherini and the European Union for facilitating the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Those efforts should, in turn, be rewarded with the strong commitment from Serbia and Kosovo, in good faith, towards th…
I would first like to welcome our colleagues from Djibouti, Somalia and Eritrea to the Council.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has a long-standing and strong commitment to peace and development in the Horn of Africa. That is why we voted in favour of resolution 2444 (2018) today. We see our decisio…
There are only 39 days left before the elections — the first in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo leading to a democratic handover of power. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui and her team for their good offices and excellent briefing. We also thank Ms. …
