At the outset, let me join other delegations in congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of this body. Allow me to assure you of Poland’s full trust in your able stewardship of the work of the General Assembly.
Poland will vote in favour of the proposal by Ukraine t…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his very informative, though alarming, briefing. I would also like to pay tribute to the humanitarian workers engaged in Yemen and to thank them for their devotion and commitment.
The Council’s last mee…
At the outset, I would like to thank our briefers — Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Special Envoy Nicholas Haysom — for the information they have shared with us today. Since this is most probably the last time that we are hearing from Special Envoy Haysom in the Council in his curren…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his very comprehensive briefing on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016).
Twenty-five years ago, the first Oslo Accord was signed. Despite its many shortcomings, the agreement represented a historic compromise. Un…
I would like to thank both briefers for their comprehens, yet again very worrying, updates. Like many others around the table, we share a sense of urgency while talking about the current developments in Syria, where the conflict is far from its end. Allow me also to join others in expressing our sin…
Allow me to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Special Envoy Nicholas Haysom, Special Envoy Ismail Wais and Ms. Grace John, for their informative and thought-provoking briefings.
Poland welcomes the recent positive developments in the peace process and the signing of the…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, for his very informative briefing, as well as for his report on developments in Afghanistan. Special words of gratitude should also be forwarded to the courageous and dedicated team of …
I would like to join my colleagues in expressing my solidarity and sympathy with those affected by the devastating force of the hurricane in the United States and the typhoon in Asia. They have our full support.
I would also like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for her very informative briefing and t…
At the outset, I would like to thank our briefers today for their very informative
presentations. I particularly want to applaud Special Representative Michael Keating for his extremely hard work and continued efforts to support the peacebuilding and State-building agenda in Somalia over the past a…
First of all, I should like to thank the United States presidency for holding this debate ahead of the upcoming high-level meeting on action for peacekeeping. Let me also express my appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Ms. Sarah Blakemore for their remarks and valuable inp…
As we commemorate today the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, I would like to join others in conveying our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of those attacks and our solidarity with the American people. The vivid memories of this day 17 years ago, which was esp…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Griffiths for his comprehensive briefing.
We welcome the process of consultations with the parties to the conflict launched last week in Geneva, which we consider to be an important step towards relaunching a political process in Yemen. We commend the fact that essentia…
I would like to congratulate the presidency of the Security Council for taking the initiative of convening today’s briefing. Allow me
also to thank the Secretary-General and Mr. John Prendergast for their very informative briefings.
One might say that corruption is an internal problem of a country…
We are grateful to the presidency for convening today’s meeting on the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Idlib. Allow me to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Mr. John Ging for their informative briefings.
The conflict raging in Syria and the resulting violence and violations of in…
Let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her very useful and
informative briefing on the activities of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH). We welcome the appointment of Ms. Helen Meagher La Lime as the Special Representative of the Secretary- Genera…
I would like to thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. We express our gratitude to the Technical Secretariat, the Declaration Assessment Team and the Fact-finding Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemica…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank Ambassador Karen Pierce for the detailed update on the investigation into the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, which involved a nerve agent. We greatly appreciate the transparency of the Un…
I thank you very much, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I offer you our full support during your presidency in September. Allow me, as well, to thank our briefers, Mr. Gonzalo Koncke and Mr. Felix Maradiaga, for their briefings. I also welcome among us His Excellency Mr. Denis Moncada Co…
I would like to thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his very informative briefing on recent developments in Libya. I also want to thank Ambassador Olof Skoog, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, for hi…
I should like to begin by congratulating you, Madam, on your country’s assumption of the presidency for the month of September. I wish you good luck and full success in your endeavours. Allow me also to mention how much we appreciated the efforts and professionalism of the British presidency.
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