At the outset, allow me to congratulate Kuwait, Ambassador Alotaibi and his team for a very successful presidency. I would also like to wish you all the best, Mr. President, in your endeavours this month.
Allow me also to warmly welcome Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière and thank Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu f…
I would like at the outset to thank Ambassador Delattre for his professionalism, calm and leadership. He has served not only his country, France, but also the European Union and the whole United Nations family in an exemplary manner. I also want to express our deep appreciation for the excellent coo…
Poland welcomes the Council’s adoption today of resolution 2479 (2019), extending the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until October. We would like to thank the United Kingdom and Germany for their efficient conduct of the negotiations on the document.
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At the outset, let me thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his comprehensive and insightful briefing. I would like to assure him of our full support.
As we heard two days ago from Under-Secretary- General Mark Lowcock, the humanitarian situation in Syria is unacceptable. The impact of the hostilit…
Like many other delegations, we welcome the inclusion of today’s debate on the responsibility to protect (R2P) into the formal agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. Poland co-sponsored resolution 63/308, the first stand- alone General Assembly resolution on R2P in 2009. We dec…
I would like to thank today’s briefers — Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-
Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Ambassador João Vale de Almeida — for their respective, very informative briefings. Allow me also to thank Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve for his work as Faci…
In accordance with paragraph 3 (a) (iv) of resolution 1591 (2005), I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan, covering the period from 26 March to 18 June 2019.
The Committee met in informal cons…
I would like to thank the briefers for their presentations. I wish in particular to thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for the efforts made by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the ground.
The military escalation in north-west Syria continues even as we speak. Repor…
I would like to thank the briefers — Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. David Shearer; Assistant Secretary- General, Mr. Andrew Gilmour; and Ms. Lydia Minagano — for the information they have shared with us today.
Poland takes note of the extension of the pre-transition period in…
I would like to begin by thanking our briefers for their comprehensive briefings today.
Poland appreciates the progress made so far in the implementation of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic. We fully support all the efforts of the Central African …
At the outset, let me thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing, which was, as always, very precise and informative.
Let me turn first to the situation on the ground, which is extremely worrisome. In recent days, we have once again learned about a potential escalation of violence in Gaza.…
We are very pleased to see the strong support from all the members of the Security Council for the first-ever resolution on this important, yet often overlooked, issue (resolution 2475 (2019)). The promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities has been a long-standing priority of Poland’s. We…
I thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her briefing on the recent, very troubling developments in Khartoum. As many other delegations have done today here in the Chamber, let me start by reiterating Poland’s full support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the work of the Prosecutor. We su…
I thank Special Representative Yamamoto, Ms. Samar and Ambassador Raz for their contributions.
Poland is of the view that the interests of all Afghans, including women, young people and minorities, should be taken into account in the cause of the peace process. We also strongly believe that peace s…
I wish to thank Kuwait, Belgium and Germany for having called for the convening of this very timely and important meeting. I should like also to thank our briefers, Under- Secretaries-General DiCarlo and Lowcock.
It goes without saying that we are very much concerned about the dangerous development…
I promise that I will be as brief as possible.
First of all, let me offer our condolences on the passing away of Major General Francis Vib Sanziri and take this opportunity to pay tribute to all the brave Blue Helmets — both the men and women — who, unfortunately, sometimes pay the highest price fo…
I thank all of today’s briefers for their presentations. It is indeed really depressing to hear about the sufferings of the Yemeni people again and again in this Chamber. I would also add that it is becoming increasingly frustrating, because what is really at stake here are human lives that will be …
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Gilmour for their detailed and informative presentations.
Allow me now to share our thoughts with the Council — first, on the situation in Sudan in general, and secondly, on Darfur.
Poland strongly condemns la…
Poland welcomes the opportunity to participate in today’s briefing and
discussion on cooperation between the Security Council and the League of Arab States. I would like to express my gratitude to His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuw…
At the outset, I would like to thank our eminent briefers for their valuable contribution to today’s discussion.
The establishment of relations with the parties to a conflict is an essential condition for successful mediation. To gain their trust and confidence, relationships must be genuine, and p…
