We welcome the presence of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven this morning and we applaud the initiative of the Swedish presidency for convening this timely debate to put in perspective the vulnerability of a high number of children affected by the scourge of armed conflicts and violence.
Panama aligns i…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation for the significant progress that this formal debate represents as the first on the responsibility to protect after almost a decade. We are also grateful to the representatives of Australia and Ghana for their leadership in this process.
Panam…
Two years after the adoption of resolution 70/266, entitled “Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030”, by which we proposed a road map aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we can say t…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human
Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Panama. The Human Security Net…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa, as an observer, and my own country, Panama. The Human Security Net…
I would like to begin by thanking the Peruvian presidency for its initiative in proposing today’s timely debate, a very significant one in the history of the Security Council, which draws our attention to the importance and need to ensure that we take greater responsibility for dealing with the chal…
Allow me first of all to commend the initiative of the Italian presidency of the Security Council to convene this timely open debate. We also appreciate the initial contributions of the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Rapporte…
First of all, I welcome the decision of the President of the General Assembly to convene today’s meeting on agenda item 122, entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”. The need to pursue…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Mali, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Panama. The Human Security Network is a…
I have the honour of speaking today on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network made up of Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Panama. The Human Secur…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human
Security Network, a cross-regional network consisting of Austria, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, South Africa as an observer, and my own country, Panama. The Human Security N…
At the outset, Sir, let me commend your leadership of the Security Council this month. We are grateful for the concept note and thank Ms. Nakamitsu and Mr. Ballard for their briefings at today’s relevant debate, which, once again, draws the attention of the Council to the growing threat of the risk …
Allow me to express our appreciation to the Republic of Uruguay for taking the initiative to propose today’s timely debate.
We would like to emphasize the normative value of the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), the first instrument to establish the causal relationshi…
First of all, I would like to commend and thank
the Secretary-General for his briefing, and thank Mr. Fedotov, Mr. Hyland and Ms. Elman for their important contributions.
The report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of measures to counter trafficking in persons (S/2016/949) has reveal…
First, we wish to congratulate the newly elected non-permanent members of the Security Council and wish them success.
Today we are witnessing various firsts. This is the first open debate of the Security Council in this first month of 2017, with Sweden, a small State with the
first declared femini…
I would first like to express our solidarity with the victims of yesterday’s attacks in Germany, Turkey and Yemen, and to offer our sympathies and condolences to our colleagues from the Russian Federation.
I would like to welcome Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, President of the Government of Spain, to toda…
Allow me first to welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. Alfonso Dastis Quecedo, and to congratulate the Spanish presidency on drawing attention once again to the great importance of and growing concern raised by the risks of the prolife…
First and foremost, allow me to welcome the President’s initiative in calling for the resumption of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform with a view to breathing new life into this very important process and to commend him for convening this debate on issues related to the quest…
I wish to begin by expressing our appreciation to the Russian presidency for its initiative of convening this timely open debate on women and peace and security.
Panama endorses the statement delivered by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the Human Security Network.
We underscore the sig…
Panama would like to begin its statement in this open debate by welcoming the wise initiative of the Malaysian presidency to convene this event to exchange views on something of ever-increasing importance and on the challenges we face as a global community in ensuring the non-proliferation of weapon…