I thank the briefers for the presentation of their assessments and progress reports on the work of their respective Tribunals and the Residual Mechanism (S/2014/343, S/2014/350 and S/2014/351).
Members of the Council are all aware that this year, from 7 April to 4 July, Rwanda is commemorating the …
I thank the President for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Rwanda welcomes Sunday’s presidential elections. We congratulate President-elect Petro Poroshenko for his decisive victo…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Raimonda Murmokaité of Lithuania, Oh Joon of the Republic of Korea and Gary Quinlan of Australia for their statements.
Ambassador Bénédicte Frankinet will mention this in her statement, but I would also like to take this opportunity to strongly condemn the terroris…
I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing, and commend the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), under his leadership, for its achievements in implementing its mission. I thank His Excellency Mr. …
I thank the President for organizing this important and timely meeting.
My country aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Lesotho, who spoke on behalf of the Group
of 77 and China and the Group of African States, respectively (see A/…
Rwanda takes the floor to explain its vote on draft resolution S/2014/348, which requests the referral of the situation of the Syrian Arab Republic to the International Criminal Court (ICC). I thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, for his statement and acknowledge the presence among us o…
I would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for presenting the forty-fifth report on the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2014/314, annex). We applaud his continued efforts over the past five years in ensuring the …
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing and for presenting the seventh report on the activities of her Office and on the implementation of resolution 1970 (2011) on Libya. We agree with her statement that accountability for the most serious …
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I also thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, for his briefing.
The situation in the Central African region has deteriorated in the past month, mainly due…
On 16 April 2014, the Security Council adopted resolution 2150 (2014) on the occasion of the twentieth commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The resolution also commemorates Hutus and others who were killed because they opposed the genocide. Obviously, Captain Mbaye Diagne could…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this important high- level open debate on non-proliferation as we mark the tenth anniversary of resolution 1540 (2004). We consider your presence here today, Sir, as a major commitment to the overall implementation of the resolution, which c…
I also thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
The situation in Ukraine has further deteriorated in the past few hours. Ukrainian forces have launched operations against the separatist militants in the eastern part of the city of Sloviansk. The re…
Mr. President, I thank you for convening this briefing on the human rights situation in South Sudan. I thank Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, for their respective briefings…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this quarterly open debate which allows the Council to reflect on what has transpired in the past three months in the Middle East, as we reflect on the way forward.
Let me also take this opportunity to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the …
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this emergency meeting on Ukraine, and Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the developments in the situation in eastern Ukraine. We believe, however, that the Ukrainian people and the inter…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important thematic debate on security sector reform, which is critical to ensuring sustainable peace and stability in post-conflict countries. I also thank His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his statement. Your presence here today, Mr. President, is a…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important open debate. I would also like to convey my sincere gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and to his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, for their respective statements. Under their leadershi…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing on the human rights situation in Ukraine. I thank Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, for his briefing and for his efforts in reporting and ensuring human rights in Ukraine.
The report of the Office of the Unite…
Madam President, I thank you for organizing this important briefing as one of the events for the twentieth commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Our briefers today have undoubtedly an extensive array of experience on the topic of the prevention of and fight against genocide. I …
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this emergency meeting on the situation in Ukraine. I also thank Assistant Secretary- General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing on the worrying situation in eastern Ukraine.
We are very alarmed by reports of increased tensions in eastern Ukraine in…
