We thank Mr. Modibo Touré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on the evolving political situation in Guinea- Bissau. We take note of the report of the Secretary-
General (S/2018/110) and the briefing by Mr. Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil and Chair of…
We thank Mr. De Mistura for his briefing. It was very interesting to hear his assessment of the results of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress, held in Sochi on 29 and 30 January. His participation on behalf of the United Nations lent the event particular significance. The Congress was a success, …
We are grateful to Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for their substantive briefings. The complex, multifaceted topics they touched on require a painstaking and consistent approach on the part…
We are pleased to welcome the new Chair of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Mr. Gustavo Mesa-Cuadra Velásquez, Permanent Representative of Peru. We are grateful to him for his very detailed report.
Today the threat of terrorism has expanded on a huge scale, including geograph…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s briefing. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Voronkov, who is now directing the work of preparing the Secretary-General’s strategic reports on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
We studied the report …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and we share the grave concerns he expressed about the state of affairs in Kosovo. We would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, …
I would like to begin by welcoming our new colleague, Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China. Unfortunately, he is not here. Needless to say, our greetings will be conveyed to him and we want to congratulate him on his new appointment and wish him every succ…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, at the beginning of your presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I wish you every success. We also thank Ms. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We trust that, with the assistance of the United Nations Office for Project …
The Security Council’s agenda for the past month has been especially full. We would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, and your entire team for your very professional and effective execution of your functions in the presidency. We appreciate the relevance of Kazakhstan’s initiatives, which…
We thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his substantive briefing on the situation regarding a Middle East settlement.
The Palestinian issue remains at the epicentre of instability in the Middle East and North Africa. The Russian Federation has cons…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller and Mr. Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, for their substantive briefings.
We believe that stabilizing the situation in South Sudan is possible only with a la…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his detailed briefing, and we welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Tiéman Coulibaly, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali.
We noted the signing on 20 September by the parties in Mali of a memorandum on a cess…
I am taking the floor to further clarify our position. It is a pity that my friend Mrs. Haley has left the Chamber. She mentioned that we convened this meeting today on short notice, for which I apologize. As I recall, however, we have frequently been convened by Mrs. Haley’s call, and we are ready …
I should like at the outset to apologize to the members of the Security Council and the Secretariat for the fact that I ruined their siesta today.
We have requested the convening of an open meeting of the Security Council because the issue that we intend to raise is far too important for the discus…
At the outset, I would like to highlight Kazakhstan’s consistent and responsible approach to advancing issues that are priorities for Central Asia and its focus on solving specific problems facing the region.
We welcome the initiative of our friends from Kazakhstan in convening today’s debate on an…
Like other members of the Security Council, I too am pleased to see the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan presiding over today’s meeting, which is dedicated to strengthening confidence-building measures. Unfortunately, around the world and in the Security Council in particular, there is ind…
The Russian Federation welcomes the initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to hold a special meeting of the Security Council on “Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: confidence-building measures”. This is especially relevant given that on 1 July…
We thank Mr. Salamé for his briefing. We very much appreciate his professionalism and diligent efforts in the work of restoring the Libyan State. We support the steps taken by the United Nations to help to end the conflict in Libya on the basis of the Special Representative’s action plan. In that re…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this discussion. We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Naranjo Trujillo, Vice-President of Colombia, and we are grateful to Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. We believe it is…
I had wanted to congratulate you, Mr. President, on beginning your duties on 9 January, at our first regular Security Council meeting of the new year, but the United States delegation has left me no choice but to do it today. That also applies to the Council’s new members, whom I am glad to see in t…
