I welcome the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and Ambassador Vlora Çitaku back to the Security Council today, and I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing.
The political leader…
I would like to start by thanking Minister Selim for convening this open debate on countering the narratives and ideologies of terrorism. Today we are dealing with a threat whose
scale and spread requires a global and collective response and surely commands the attention of the Security Council.
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I thank High Representative Inzko for his briefing.
Since the Council last discussed the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S/PV.7555), it has taken the significant step of lodging an application for membership in the European Union (EU). We wish Bosnia and Herzegovina well as it pursues an a…
We too wish to thank the United Kingdom for convening today’s meeting. We think it is very timely to have an open discussion in the Chamber about the situation in Syria, and in particular the situation in Aleppo.
New Zealand has been deeply concerned about the violence in Aleppo and elsewhere in Sy…
Since my previous briefing to the Security Council in December (see S/PV.7587), the Security Council has adopted resolution 2253 (2015), which refocused the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Peter Maurer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Ms Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), for their briefings. I also want to pay tribute to the workers of the ICRC and MSF and o…
It was with great disappointment that New Zealand abstained today. This was the first time during our current term on the Security Council that we have not supported the adoption of a Council resolution.
It should not have been like this. It should have been possible to maintain the tradition of co…
I should like to begin by thanking Ukraine for calling for this debate and to welcome the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs to our meeting. I also want to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Ambassadors Apakan and Sajdik for their briefings.
In February 2015, the Council endorsed the p…
New Zealand commends China for convening this debate. We acknowledge Senegal and Angola for ensuring this important issue receives the Council’s sustained attention. We also thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his briefing.
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is a serious drag on the economic d…
We welcome His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and greatly value the opportunity for the Council to hear directly his perspectives on the situation in Somalia. We also thank Mr. Keating and Ambassador Téte António for their updates.
Somalia was one of the defining issues when New Zealand…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and realistic briefing.
Next Saturday, it will be two years since negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians were suspended. In the meantime, violence has escalated, the settlements have continued and trust between …
I want to thank China for initiating this open debate, which provides an important opportunity to consider one of the most serious and complex challenges facing the international community. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
Global terrorism is not a new phenomenon. But the threat…
I should like to take this opportunity to thank Angola for organizing this important debate, and Minister Delgado for presiding over it. We also thank the briefers for their insights.
We have made significant progress in the 15 years since the Security Council adopted its landmark resolution 1325 (…
I thank the delegation of Angola for organizing this open debate on one of the regions of Africa that has taken up a very large part of the Security Council’s time over the past two decades. I also want to thank the briefers, especially Special Envoy Djinnit, Mr. Chergui, and Mr. Pillai of the World…
I thank Special Representative Honoré for her commitment to Haiti’s stabilization, and I wish to acknowledge the important work of United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and its contributing countries.
New Zealand is concerned about the recent political turmoil in Haiti and the co…
We too thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and Ambassador Saikal for their briefings, and commend Spain for its skillful stewardship of the mandate renewal of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
The first year of Afghanistan’s transformation de…
New Zealand voted in favour of resolution 2272 (2016) because of the clear and pressing need for more robust action to combat sexual exploitation and abuse. New Zealand respects the sacrifice and commends the meaningful contribution of the vast majority of United Nations peacekeepers. The measures i…
We thank the Secretary- General for his helpful briefing and engagement on this important issue. We also welcome his report (A/70/729) and its recommendations, and the appointment of Jane Holl Lute Special Coordinator.
Let me begin by acknowledging the vital work carried out by peacekeepers serving…
We too congratulate Angola on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. New Zealand welcomes the adoption of resolution 2270 (2016), imposing strengthened and expanded sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Our long-standing commitment to the nuclear non-proliferatio…
I, too, thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing, and we also welcome First Deputy Prime Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku to this discussion.
The European Union-facilitated dialogue continues to play an important role in normalizing relations between Belgrade and Pristina. New Zealan…
