Regrettably, we have to request the floor again to respond to the statement just made by the representative of India. We will not lend credence to his statement by responding to it. We will simply say that no amount of obfuscation by India can alter the incontrovertible reality of the grim human rig…
My delegation is obliged to take the floor to respond to the statement by the representative of India during the 100th plenary meeting of the Assembly, on 25 June, which was nothing but a concocted mix of delusion and falsehood. Contrary to India’s claim, Jammu and Kashmir never were or will be part…
Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2018/539) and Special Representative Tadamichi Yamamoto for his very insightful briefing this morning.
The Secretary-General’s report notes that Afghanistan continues to face multiple political economic and security challenges in an u…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its profound gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of Finland and Jordan for leading a fair and transparent consultative process for the review of the United National Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy. We congratulate them on the consensual ad…
Let start by thanking the Russian presidency for convening this important debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for his insightful and frank briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
As our Swedish colleague reminded us just a short while ago, the region has historically been the cradle o…
Let me start by thanking the President for convening this meeting of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Even though the General Assembly is holding its first formal meeting since 2009, it ha…
I would like to start by commending the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Ion Jinga, for his sterling contribution to the work of the Commission. We also appreciate the work done by Ambassador Cho Tae-yul as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission in 2017.
The report before us provide…
Let me start by thanking Poland for convening this debate. We also thank the Secretary-General and the Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross for their insightful briefings.
The rules of conduct of armed conflict are clearly codified and articulated in various conventions …
My delegation thanks the Polish presidency for organizing and convening this debate. We also thank all the briefers for their insightful briefings this morning.
Emerging from the ashes of the Second World War, the United Nations was built on the lofty ideal of saving our succeeding generations from…
I would like to start by thanking the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary- General for his incisive briefing.
Speaking in this Chamber a few days ago, Secretary- General António Guterres sounded the warning that the Cold War had returned with…
Let me begin by thanking the President for organizing and convening this high- level meeting.
As we all know, the peace and security landscape all across the world is plagued by mounting and complex challenges. Long-standing conflicts have intensified, while new dangers have emerged. In fundamental…
My delegation welcomes this open debate on youth, peace and security. We wish to thank all the briefers for their comprehensive briefings. The independent progress study on youth, peace and security (see S/2018/86) was particularly useful and illuminating.
The world today has more young people than…
My delegation commends your effort, Mr. President, in organizing this open debate on an issue of critical importance. We thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their informative bri…
I too would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam, and the Netherlands on a very successful presidency and for convening today’s very important debate.
We would also like to begin be welcoming the Action for Peacekeeping initiative announced by the Secretary-General earlier today. We are in br…
This debate is taking place at an important inflection point in the 17-year history of the current conflict in Afghanistan. Pakistan strongly condemns the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. There is no justification for attacks that kill or maim innocent children, women and men.
The …
Let me also begin by congratulating you on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. My delegation also welcomes Kuwait’s assumption of the chairmanship of the Informal Working Group of the Security Council on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions.
We all acknowledge that to res…
Let me begin by thanking the Kazakh presidency for convening this open debate.
As we mark a new year, the global peace and security landscape remains plagued by mounting and complex challenges; conflicts have intensified and new dangers have emerged. In fundamental ways, the world has gone into rev…
On behalf of the Pakistan delegation, I would like to congratulate Kazakhstan on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and for organizing this very important debate in a very timely way.
It is almost a truism to say there can be no development without peace and no peace without developmen…
Another year has passed, another year has come to a close, yet the suffering of the people of Afghanistan continues. Indeed, during the past year, as the Secretary-General’s report (S/2017/1056) observes, Afghanistan continues to face multiple political, economic and security challenges in an exceed…
I would like to begin by thanking Japan for organizing this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning.
We are living in a remarkably more dangerous world, in which a wide range of new threats have emerged even as older ones continue to fester. Challenges to internatio…
