New Zealand voted in favour of resolution 2303 (2016). The situation in Burundi and the risk of further escalation continues to be of major concern to New Zealand. The resolution meets our expectations for a credible and appropriate response. We would stress that the resolution is not the end of the…
I thank you, Sir, for presiding over this important debate today. I also wish to acknowledge the presence of the other Ministers.
The Secretary-General, Cabinet Secretary Mohamed and Commissioner Chergui have each thoughtfully laid out important issues that we must address as we seek to give life t…
I thank Under-Secretaries General Feltman and O’Brien for their first-hand engagement and insights on the Lake Chad Basin.
As we have heard, the region faces a range of very serious challenges, including the environmental and economic effects of climate change, lack of development, youth populatio…
I thank Stephen O’Brien for his briefing. As Stephen O’Brien has described, the humanitarian situation in Syria is devastating. The numbers verge on incomprehensible, although we know that for Syrians, their ordeal is all too real. And as Mr. O’Brien has confirmed, despite the improvements that had …
New Zealand welcomes today’s open debate. As Matthew Rycroft has just said, Security Council working methods matter because poor working methods can lead to poor outcomes. Progress has been made in recent years in codifying existing
Council practice in documents such as presidential note S/2010/507…
We thank Under-Secretary Feltman for his briefing and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2016/589). The Secretary-General had a difficult task on a sensitive topic. In our view, he has presented a balanced report that provides a useful overview of developments since the adoption and implementat…
Our remarks today will address only the Israeli-Palestine conflict. We will comment separately on other Middle East issues when the opportunity arises. Today’s open debate is particularly important because it gives Council members and the wider United Nations membership the opportunity to reflect on…
Global terrorism is by no means a new phenomenon. However, the scope of the threat it poses today, 10 years after the adoption of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, is unprecedented. Hardly a week passes without attacks that carry a significant human cost. Since the last review (s…
New Zealand welcomes today’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2295 (2016) and thanks the French delegation in particular for the continuing leadership it has shown on Mali, in close consultation with the African members of the Council.
We support a mandate for the United Nations Multidimensional In…
Let me begin by expressing New Zealand’s sincere condolences to the people and the Government of Turkey over the attacks at the Istanbul airport.
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) plays a critical role as a stabilizing force in an extremely troubled region. We strongly support…
We wish to thank Special Representative Haysom for his briefing. He reminds us of the complex set of challenges facing Afghanistan. We thank him also for his patient commitment to achieving peace in Afghanistan and wish him well in his next, no-less-difficult, assignment. We look forward to continui…
We wish to start by acknowledging France’s contribution on the front line of efforts to protect civilians in Mali, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and elsewhere. We also thank the President of the Central African Republic and we particularly welcome the remarks about his Government’s com…
We thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing and for the twenty-third report on the situation in the Sudan.
At this time last year, New Zealand expressed deep concern and called for accountability for the serious crimes committed (see S/PV.7460). The situation has not notably improved since then. …
I, too, thank the Presidents and Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for their briefings and reiterate New Zealand’s strong support for their work.
As noted by colleagues this morning alre…
I thank High Representative Mogherini for her briefing. Today’s meeting provides another useful opportunity for the Council to engage another significant regional partner, following our meetings last month with the African Union (see S/PV.7694) and the League of Arab States.
New Zealand is a strong…
We wish you very well, Mr. President, in leading us in the Security Council this
month. We also appreciate the presence and valuable inputs from the Secretary-General, Ms. Bangura, Ms. Giammarinara and Ms. Davis.
The Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2016/361) and the briefers paint a deeply di…
We congratulate you, Mr. President, and your Mission for your efficient and professional leadership of the Council in May. We thank you also for the concept note that you provided for this session.
We were very pleased to participate in the mission to Kenya, Somalia and Egypt. In Somalia in particu…
I would like to thank our briefers — Mr. Chambas, Mr. Laborde, Ms. Barbut and Ms. Ibrahim — for their insights. The challenges they outlined have implications that go far beyond the Sahel and its people. They relate to wider security issues on the Council’s agenda, as well as to refugee and migratio…
The crisis in Libya over the past five years has exposed its people to grave violence and violations of their basic human rights. It has brought chronic instability and conflict, and left the people at the mercy of armed militias and violent extremists. The only way that this environment of chaos an…
I thank our briefers this morning. We welcome this open debate and in particular the presence of our colleagues from the African Union Peace and Security Council.
The past 10 years have seen enormous growth in our relationship, and there is now a genuine consensus that the Security Council cannot c…
