Let me thank the Secretary General for his comprehensive, but again very worrying and alarming, update.
Like many around this table, we share a sense of urgency, especially following the adoption of resolution 2401 (2018). We also see how difficult it is to implement resolution 2401 (2018) on the …
Allow me to start by thanking you, Madam President, for presiding over today’s meeting. We greatly appreciate it. I would also like to commend the Kingdom of the Netherlands for its efforts as penholder in today’s adoption of resolution 2405 (2018). I appreciate the presence of our briefers: Special…
I would first like to thank Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano for his comprehensive briefing. We could not agree more with the idea of relaunching the spirit of Helsinki, and he can count on our support this year. We fully support the priorities of this year’s Italian chairship of the Organization fo…
At the outset, allow me to welcome the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Léonard She Okitundu, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am also very pleased to welcome Ms. Leila Zerrougui and to congratulate her fo…
I very much appreciate today’s clear and informative briefings by Mr. Lowcock and Mr. Feltman, and I would like to share a few thoughts from Poland’s point of view.
Since the Council’s adoption on Saturday of resolution 2401 (2018), we have been seeing yet more extremely worrying developments on th…
I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Yemen, for his comprehensive briefing and his efforts in supporting Yemen’s return to a peaceful political transition. I appreciate the very objective briefing by Mr. John Ging, Director o…
We highly commend the work of Sweden and Kuwait as co-penholders on the humanitarian resolution for Syria — resolution 2401 (2018) — who did their best to accommodate the concerns of all Security Council members.
On Wednesday I stressed that it is the Council’s responsibility to not fail in stoppin…
I would like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock for his briefing.
As our Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, stated yesterday with regard to eastern Ghouta, there is no justification for the indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians, including children, or on civilian infrastructure, suc…
First of all, let me thank the State of Kuwait, and in particular His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, for convening today’s important debate. Let me also thank Secretary General António Guterres for his valuable remarks, and former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his important …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement. We thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his comprehensive briefing. We are also pleased to welcome President Mahmoud Ab…
First of all, I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Modibo Touré and Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their useful briefings.
Poland i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today’s important briefing on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. We also appreciate the excellent presentation by His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to…
I would like to begin by thanking our briefers, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Mr. Filippo
Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for their informative briefings.
We are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation of the displaced R…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov for his briefing on the report of the Secretary- General (S/2018/80) on the threat posed by Da’esh to international peace and security. Allow me to share a few thoughts.
As a result of coordinated combat operations, the Islamic State i…
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his very useful briefing. I also appreciate the statements of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Fore…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to the Kuwaiti presidency for having convened today’s timely and important debate and for the excellent briefing by Mr. Ian Martin, Executive Director of Security Council Report. Let me also pay tribute to all those who have contributed to date to …
I would like to take this opportunity to wish the delegation of Kuwait every success in implementing the programme of work for this month.
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Let me thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her informative briefing. We appreciate
the ongoing work of the Technical Secretariat …
First of all, allow me to congratulate you personally, Mr. President, as well as your team, our colleagues from Kazakhstan, on your very successful presidency during the month of January. We express our gratitude and commend your efficient and professional conduct of the work of the Security Council…
At the outset, let me thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his very comprehensive briefing.
I align myself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union (EU).
Poland firmly supports all initiatives aimed at stabilization and strengthening peace and security in the Middle East. Unfortuna…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller and Mr. Festus Mogae for their very comprehensive briefings.
Poland is deeply concerned about the security and humanitarian situation in South Sudan. The humanitarian situation is extremely…
