At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Michel Kafando; Ambassador Jürg Lauber, in his capacity as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission; and Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Natio…
At the outset, let me thank today’s briefers for their valuable inputs into our discussion. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy, Martin Griffiths, and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock and to express our appreciation for the wor…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan and Ambassador Martin Sajdik for their comprehensive briefings, especially given the short notice for this meeting.
We always underline the need for full implemen…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Vladimir Voronkov and Ms. Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, for their informative briefings. I would also like to express my gratitude to the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, the Analytical Support and Sanctio…
Let me thank Special Representative Zahir Tanin for his informative briefing. I would also like to thank the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and Ambassador Vlora Çitaku for their statements before the Council. We are pleased that the Council w…
I welcome you to the Chamber, Mr. President. I would also like to thank Equatorial Guinea for convening this timely and important meeting.
I also thank our briefers, Mr. Yury Fedotov and Mrs. Florentina Adenike Ukonga, for their insightful interventions, in particular on the practical steps to tack…
As this is the first official meeting under your presidency, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate Equatorial Guinea on its assumption of the presidency of Security Council for
the month of February and to wish you success in your work. Likewise, I would like to commend the delegation of the …
I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Lowcock for his comprehensive briefing. We commend his efforts and fully support him.
Conflict in Syria has brought enormous suffering to the civilian population. Today, we also have to underline the very difficult winter conditions, in which millions o…
At the outset, I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing to the Security Council. I also welcome the Ministers present in the Chamber today.
Poland supported the request made by the United States and other countries for today’s briefing because we believe that the sc…
Let me first sincerely thank the Dominican Republic for inviting me here today to share Poland’s perspective on the issue of climate change and security. Let me also take this opportunity, Mr. President, to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. Before starting, I would…
It is an honour to see you, Mr. President, in the Chamber today. Allow me also to warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia. We are also pleased to see among us Her Excellency Mrs. Retno Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Aff…
At the outset, let me thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for a very comprehensive briefing. Allow me also to welcome among us Her Excellency Ms. Retno Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. We are very pleased to see her here today.
I would also like to align myself with the statement …
To begin with, I would like to thank Special Representative Ghassan Salamé for his very informative briefing on recent developments in
Libya. I also thank Ambassador Juergen Schulz for his report on the ongoing work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya. H…
In addition to the statement I made as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan, let me make some additional remarks in my national capacity.
Allow me to begin by thanking the outgoing members of the Security Council — Bolivia, Eth…
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 4 October 2018 to 17 January 2019.
During the reporting peri…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant-Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her very informative briefing on recent developments in Mali.
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I also welcome the presence among us of Her Excellency Ms. Kamissa Camara, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali.
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At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Leila Zerrougui for her briefing today. I want to express our appreciation to her personally and to the entire team of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for their tireless efforts …
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his very informative briefing on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) as well as on current developments in the region.
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At the outset, let me thank the briefers for their valuable inputs in today’s discussion. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths; the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Af…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun and Ambassador Mauro Vieira, in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their informative briefings on recent developments in Guinea-Bissau.
Reported delays in preparations fo…
