We thank Mr. Khan for his second briefing to the Security Council on the report of the Special Adviser (see S/2019/407).
The work of the Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is an important element of the counter-terrorism…
The Russian Federation thanks the delegations of Kuwait and the United States for having organized the Security Council’s regional visit to Kuwait City and Baghdad. We underscore the importance and timely nature of this kind of visit, as well as the efforts made by the leadership of Kuwait and Iraq …
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting on the important subject
of strengthening triangular cooperation among the Security Council, troop- and police-contributing countries and the Secretariat on issues related to peacekeeping activities.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-P…
First of all, I would like to thank the delegation of Kuwait for its excellent leadership of the Council for the month of June. I would also like to congratulate Peru on its assumption of the presidency for this month and wish it every success.
I also welcome the new Permanent Representative of Fra…
With regret, we underscore that there was no appropriate dialogue or due consideration of the constructive proposals put forward by Russia on how we can truly improve the financial situation of the United Nations and resolve existing problems. Genuine support for the Secretary-General means paying c…
At the outset, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the delegation of Afghanistan for its initiative to prepare resolution 73/305, entitled
“Enhancement of international cooperation to assist victims of terrorism”.
We are pleased to note that the result of such efforts was a consensus d…
I would first like to join others in echoing the expressions of gratitude that we have heard today and conveying our best wishes to our colleague François Delattre, the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, with whom we have had the honour of working for the past five years. We w…
We welcome the General Assembly’s decision to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the convening of the International Conference on Population and Development. We consider the Programme of Action adopted at the Conference to be a fundamental document for international cooperation in populatio…
I will begin my statement in a less than traditional way, with some words of regret. We regret the fact that, for the second year in a row, debates on this issue have been moved to the General Assembly through a vote. The interactive dialogue format that prevailed prior to 2018 has been relegated to…
The Russian delegation supported the adoption today of resolution 2479 (2019), extending the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for four months. We understand the position of the African Union, which expressed the importance of conducting a comprehensive …
First of all, Sir, we very much appreciate your work as President of the Security Council, as well as the efforts of the entire Kuwaiti team. We also thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing. We share the views he expressed and support his efforts to achieve a lasting settlement in Syria. It is…
We thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/492) on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2231 (2015) and Mr. João Vale de Almeida for his briefing. We note the work of the Permanent Representative of Belgium as Security Council Facilitator fo…
I would just like to correct my British colleague. All the answers to her questions are contained in Major General Bakin’s statement. She simply needs to read and listen to it again thoroughly. It contains exhaustive answers, including with regard to humanitarian matters.
We thank Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on the situation in South Sudan and on the peace process there. We listened attentively to all of today’s briefers. We welcome the significant progress in the implementation by the parties of the Revitalize…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock and Mr. David Lillie for their briefings. We also thank Major General Bakin, the Head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre, for his briefing on the latest situation in Syria. I would like to note that the information provided by the Russian specialist is…
Russia supported the adoption of resolution 2476 (2019), establishing the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General’s letter of 13 May (S/2019/387). We believe the resolution is an important step towards stabilizing the situat…
We are grateful to you, Madam President, for submitting the oral technical decision 73/554 to roll over the consideration of the reform of the Security Council to the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly. We support its adoption.
The issue of Security Council reform is one of the most imp…
At the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, where the Charter of the United Nations was drafted, and whose seventy-fifth anniversary we will mark next year, one of the key areas of disagreement was the question of the scope of the use of the right of veto and whe…
We would like to thank Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on the situation in the Central African Republic. We listened with interest to all of today’s briefers and their assessments of the situation in the country.
We agree that the Political Agre…
We would like to thank Mr. Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing on the situation in the Palestinian occupied territories.
Resolving the Palestinian question and achieving a comprehensive Middle East settlement based on Security Council resolutions must r…
