First, I would like to thank the Special Envoy for his very clear and comprehensive briefing. I also wish to convey our deep appreciation for his persistence and resilience and for his continuous efforts in the last years to bring us closer to a political solution. We welcome his commitment to going…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands voted in favour of resolution 73/5, on the Palestinian leadership of the Group of 77, in order to enable the Palestinian delegation to carry out its responsibilities as Chair of the Group of 77. We welcome the fact that the resolution is limited in time to the duration…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands would like to express its sincere thanks to Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing. We thank the Bolivian presidency for convening this briefing on a critical topic, which the Security Council has discussed only once since 2013 (see S/PV.6982).
Over the decades, …
Last week’s visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo made possible a better analysis of the challenges facing the country in the run-up to the elections. I would like to thank the representatives of France, Bolivia and Equatorial Guinea for their preparatory work and their very thorough briefin…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Jean Arnault for his comprehensive briefing and for the tireless efforts for peace by him and his team. Let me also welcome to the Security Council Colombia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, as…
Let me to congratulate you, Sir, on your country’s presidency of the Security Council. We wish you and your team good luck. You can count on our full support for your work in the weeks ahead. Let me also thank Ambassador Nikki Haley and Ambassador Jonathan Cohen and their teams for their excellent a…
I thank the presidency for organizing today’s meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a subject that is at the top of our agenda. It is an issue of vital importance to peace and security in the region and to the world at large. We have come a long way in the past year. As Henry Ford on…
In 1999, in his message for the New Millennium, the late Kofi Annan spoke words that still ring true almost two decades later:
“More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.”
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There have been several occasions this year when weapons of mass destruction have endangered our security, undermined international stability and caused terrible suffering. The year 2018 has made the importance of non-proliferation
abundantly clear. I agree with you, Mr. President, that, as politic…
Today I am truly grateful on this occasion to participate in this Peace Summit devoted to one of the most prominent revolutionary figures of our time, Nelson Mandela. Dedicating the 2019-2028 period to Nelson Mandela as
affirmed in the political declaration (resolution 73/1) adopted today has great…
Let me first join others in congratulating you, Madam President, on your election, and we assure you of our full support for your work in the coming year.
Together with Afghanistan, Denmark, Guatemala, Japan, Romania, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uruguay, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has requested the inc…
First, let me thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his sobering briefing today. I would also like to thank the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the entire international community for their ongoing efforts in Yemen to save lives on a daily basis, under increasi…
Today the Security Council is sending a strong and clear message in support of wider efforts to improve and strengthen United Nations peacekeeping. Last week’s debate on peacekeeping (see S/PV.8349) provided
ample evidence for the timely nature and necessity of resolution 2436 (2018). We all know t…
I would like to start by thanking Mr. Mladenov for his overview of recent developments. It is a sobering list that underlines the urgent need for positive steps. We commend him and his team for their persistent efforts for peace. We also thank him for his briefing on the implementation of resolution…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Haysom for their excellent briefings.
There are three issues that I will raise today that are of key concern for the Kingdom of the Netherlands: first, the progress on the implementation of the benchmarks, and I was glad tha…
I would like to thank both Under-Secretary-General Lowcock and Special Envoy De Mistura for their respective briefings. Let me also express our thanks
to all those United Nations and other humanitarian aid workers who are providing life-saving aid to those most in need. We salute their selfless and…
First, let me express our thanks to Mr. Lacroix, Mr. Haysom, Mr. Wais and Ms. John for their informative briefings.
I would like to take a moment to thank Nicholas Haysom for his service as Special Envoy for the Sudan and South Sudan and congratulate him on his new position as Special Representativ…
I would first like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this
important meeting. We also thank Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Let me repeat the words of condolence expressed by our Kuwaiti colleague to you, Madam President, and to our colleagues from China and the Philippines.
I will f…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative Yamamoto for his briefing and Ambassador Saikal for his statement.
We also warmly welcome Ramiz Bakhtiar as the first youth representative for Afghanistan, and thank the United States presidency for inviting him. Ramiz was elected in June as …
I would like to thank Mr. Keating, Ambassador Madeira and Executive Director Mlambo-Ngcuka of UN-Women for their briefings. Their briefings clearly affirmed that Somalia remains volatile and that many challenges persist for its people, in particular for women and girls. I was especially touched by t…
