We believe that the General Assembly’s consideration of the problem of irregular migration in the Mediterranean region should be broad and inclusive, taking into account every attendant aspect, including that of human rights, as well as of countries of origin, transit and destination. To highlight t…
Upon the adoption of resolution 70/304, the Ukrainian delegation unfortunately took the floor for his own destructive ends rather than to focus on the Minsk agreements. We condemn such an approach.
Today, the world of migration and protection-of-refugees issues is changing rapidly, as those issues are becoming increasingly acute. Despite the efforts undertaken by the international community and States themselves, the gravity of migration issues is not diminishing, which burdens us with the tas…
We would like to thank you personally, Sir, and the delegation of Malaysia for effectively presiding over the Security Council in August. That always demands intensive efforts. Your presidency was characterized by a very busy agenda. We note the timeliness of holding a meeting (see S/PV.7758) on the…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and share his considerations and views.
We would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing on the…
I apologize to all of those present in the Chamber, Minister Lajčák and Ambassador Lodhi, for requesting the floor again. I will be very brief.
Today’s meeting was supposed to be a serious, substantive discussion on strengthening international efforts to prevent weapons of mass destruction from fal…
We welcome the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, as President of the Security Council. We are grateful for his convening of this meeting on the issue of non-proliferation and Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).
We listened very carefully to today’s briefings, and we th…
I would like to begin my statement with the idea that Mr. O’Brien used to finish his statement. Mr. O’Brien said that the humanitarian tragedy was the consequence of a political failure. We can only agree with that idea. Did they think of the consequences when they invaded Iraq, which led to the for…
The Russian delegation abstained in the voting on resolution 2304 (2016). We agree that an acute worsening of the situation in South Sudan requires an appropriate reaction from the Security Council. We support the initiative of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on strengthening s…
We would like to thank the delegation of Malaysia for its initiative to organize today’s meeting, a well as for its able and dynamic leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We are grateful to the Secretary- General and to today’s briefers for their substantiv…
The Russian Federation’s firm stance is that international and regional efforts with regard to Burundi will be successful only if they are taken in strict respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. Resolution 2303 (2016) must be implemented in cooperation, co…
We welcome the initiative of the Japanese delegation to hold this important meeting, and we thank you, Sir, in particular for having invited such important speakers who have made such substantive briefings. We believe that the positions of African representatives are very important in discussions on…
We thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien for their detailed briefings on the military-political and humanitarian situations in the Lake Chad Basin region.
Of particul…
The General Assembly has just adopted oral decision 70/559, rolling over the consideration of the issue of Security Council reform to the seventy-first session. The consensus adoption of the decision has allowed us to avoid creating new dividing lines among the participants of the intergovernmental …
At the outset, we would like to express our gratitude to the delegation of Bangladesh for its efforts in preparing draft resolution A/70/L.59.
The development of cooperation among the United Nations, national parliaments and one of the oldest organizations of its kind, the Inter-Parliamentary Union…
I do not agree with a number of the observations made by Ms. Power, but I would simply like to note that she rightly pointed out that it is important to distinguish between the moderate opposition and Jabhat Al-Nusra, which is exactly what we are saying. As for the rest, I am not going to engage in …
I have just two or three brief comments to make.
First, with regard to my American colleague’s response to the question of the bombing in northern Syria, which, according to press reports, has killed many civilians, I will not conceal my surprise at her remark that the investigations would be condu…
The multi-year conflict eroding Syria today, due to terrorists fuelled with weapons from the outside, violations and flows of internally displaced persons and refugees, has seen a deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Syria. At the same time, following the establishment of the ceasefire reg…
We regard the adoption of resolution 2298 (2016), authorizing the transfer of chemical weapons stockpiles from Libya and their subsequent destruction as an important step in chemical demilitarization. Given the intensified presence of various terrorist groups in Libya, this step is a timely. There w…
The discussion of the working methods of the Security Council in an open format is an occasion to hear an outside assessment of the current state of affairs and be enriched by new ideas and proposals for improving the procedural aspects of Security Council activities, of course on the understanding …
