Let me begin by thanking Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif for his very informative briefing on the recent developments in Mali. I would also like to warmly welcome His Excellency Tiébilé Dramé, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali.
At the outset, I want to express our condole…
I would like to welcome you to the Chamber today, Mr. President, and to thank you for your very valuable initiative. I also want to thank our briefers.
Poland welcomes the adoption of resolution 2474 (2019), an important and timely resolution on missing persons in armed conflict. We thank Kuwait fo…
At the outset, let me thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tanin and Under-Secretary-General De Serpa Soares for their briefings today. I would also like to thank Deputy Prime Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku for their statements before the Security Council.
As this is the seco…
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate Ambassador Djani and his team on a very successful presidency and their great achievements. At the same time, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council during the month of June. I am sure
that you wil…
Poland welcomes the adoption of resolution 2471 (2019), renewing the sanctions regime on South Sudan for another year. We regret that the Council was unable to reach consensus on it, however. We would like to thank the United States for its efficient conduct of the negotiations on the document.
As …
First, let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller for another very useful and comprehensive briefing. The picture painted by Ms. Mueller is bleak. It is very regrettable that we are meeting again to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Syria.
The Ambassador of Equatorial Gui…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly under agenda item 74 to introduce draft resolution A/73/L.85, entitled “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief”. The draft resolution was submitted on behalf of nine countries: Brazil, Ca…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. I would also like to express Poland’s appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Maurer and Mr. Borello for their comprehensive briefings, which demonstrated how relevant today’s open debate is and show that viola…
Allow me to begin by thanking our briefers today for their very informative presentations.
Poland welcomes the progress achieved so far in Somalia towards peacebuilding and State-building and commends the ambitious reform agenda set by the Federal Government. At the same time, we are aware of the f…
Allow me at the outset to welcome you very warmly, Madam President, to the Council. I also thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his very comprehensive, although again alarming, briefing. I would also like to thank Commissioner- General Krähenbühl for his valuable insight into the situation of the …
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for her comprehensive briefing. Let me reiterate our appreciation for the tremendous work that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has been doing in assisting the Iraqi authorities. We welcome the extension of the…
At the outset, let me thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ghassan Salamé and African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Smaïl Chergui for their comprehensive if very alarming briefings on recent developments in Libya. I especially welcome Mr. Salamé’s presence in the Counci…
We fully support all the arguments presented by the representative of the United Kingdom. The statement just delivered by the Russian Federation pertained to substance and was not an explanation of vote.
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra for your informative briefings and tireless work and active leadership in the three Committees. The close cooperation and engagement of the Committees are an excellent example of the use of subsidiary bodies …
Like many of our colleagues on the Council, we were surprised by the Russian Federation’s request for holding a meeting today on Ukraine, as we strongly believe that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is a direct threat to international peace and security, wh…
I would like to thank both Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings. Unfortunately, both briefings were extremely alarming.
For the past two weeks, we have been following with great concern the intensification of hostilities in the de-esc…
At the outset, I would like to join other delegations in expressing our sincere condolences to the people of Burkina Faso and France and the families of the victims of the attack on a church in Dablo, as well as the families of the two fallen French soldiers.
I would also like to warmly welcome Mr.…
At the outset, I would like to thank all the briefers — Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant
to resolution 2140 (2014) — for the…
Let me at the outset thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for her briefing and assure her of Poland’s full support for her work and that of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Our support is based on the strong conviction that the work done by the ICC and her Office in particular remain essential in ensurin…
Let me begin by thanking High Representative Valentin lnzko for his objective briefing and presence here today. We express our deep appreciation for him personally and lend our full support to his Office in maintaining stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We recall that the High Representative has …
