Twenty-three years ago, I sat behind my Ambassador as the Security Council discussed Rwanda. It was the most horrible experience. As I prepared to come here on my posting this time, I was often asked by my colleagues: What will be your Rwanda moment? I think it has probably arrived. Then, as now, th…
I want to thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her report and briefing. I commend her for the candor of her remarks and for the challenge that she has made to the Security Council.
New Zealand has long supported the need for an effective international accountability framework. Our experience on the …
I thank the Spanish presidency for convening this briefing. I also wish to thank our briefers today.
Promoting cooperation has long been an objective of the Security Council’s counter-terrorism efforts. Today’s resolution 2322 (2016), on international judicial cooperation on counter-terrorism, adva…
New Zealand shares the concerns outlined by Deputy Secretary- General Eliasson and Assistant Secretary-General Gilmour, as well as those expressed by other Council members, about the severity and systematic nature of human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Sadly, we hav…
The humanitarian segment of the General Assembly is usually an opportunity for Member States to reflect on the humanitarian challenges of the preceding year and to express hope for the year to come. Looking back at 2016, it is difficult to be optimistic. As noted by others this morning, the humanita…
New Zealand remains a strong supporter of the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. As someone who worked on the Security Council resolutions that established the ICTY and the International Criminal Tribun…
New Zealand is bitterly disappointed that the Security Council was not able to come together today to adopt the draft resolution contained in document S/2016/1026.
The draft resolution, put forward by Egypt, Spain and New Zealand, represented only a small step. In our view, it was the minimum requi…
There has been no shortage of warnings to the Security Council regarding the risk of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The failure to undertake timely preparations for the electoral list were apparent a year ago. And in July, the Deputy Secretary-General warned the Security Council (…
I thank the Secretary-General for his strong statement today.
New Zealand welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2321 (2016), which strengthens and expands the sanctions in place against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This year has seen the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s…
New Zealand welcomes today’s briefing on the events unfolding in eastern Aleppo. We thank the briefers and commend them and the brave people that have been working with them in such difficult circumstances.
Over the past five years, New Zealand has been highly critical of the Security Council’s fai…
I wish to thank you, Minister Ndiaye, and your delegation for having convened this important and very interesting debate. I also express my appreciation to the Secretary-General and the other briefers.
The subject of today’s debate is somewhat challenging for New Zealand: on the one hand, we are su…
I thank Mr. Stephen O’Brien and Ms.Elizabeth Hoff for their briefings. I commend them and their staff for their courage and determination in persevering in such difficult and dispiriting conditions.
Mr. O’Brien asked the question as to why the Council is holding this meeting. We could have asked th…
I would like to thank Mr. Ndiaye for convening today’s meeting on an important subject and to acknowledge Senegal’s role as one of the most significant contributors to United Nations peacekeeping forces. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane, Ambassador António, Special Representative Menkerios a…
I thank Senegal for organizing this debate and the briefers for their important statements. Presidential statement S/PRST/2013/16 of October 2013, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) provided long overdue recognition of OIC’s growing role in pr…
New Zealand welcomes the forthcoming adoption later today of draft resolution A/71/L.13, which provides a clear reaffirmation of the international community’s ongoing commitment to supporting peace and stability in Afghanistan.
After more than 15 years of international assistance, it is wonderful t…
I would like to begin by thanking Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj for her briefing and service to the United Nations, particularly in South Sudan. I would also like to thank Mr. Adama Dieng for his frank and clear briefing of the risks that we now face in South Sudan, as well as the President, Mr. Fodé Seck…
I, too, welcome First Deputy Prime Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku to the Security Council today, and thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing.
New Zealand strongly supports dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina aimed at normalizing relations, and the European Union’s support for t…
At the outset, I too would like to thank Mr. Ladsous and the four Police Commissioners for their informative and valuable briefings this morning. New Zealand would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge their respective efforts and those of the personnel under their command in working towards …
We thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing.
Our experience on the Council over the past two years has reinforced to us the need for an effective international accountability framework. The International Criminal Court (ICC) plays an important role in that framework. Its existence sends a clear m…
I too welcome High Representative Inzko and the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We are pleased that the Council has today reauthorized the European Union (EU) military presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The EU-led mission continues to play an important role in supporting Bosnia…
