First of all, allow me to express my appreciation and gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your exceptional leadership of the General Assembly during your presidency, above all during the difficult times that we have been going through owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). You have played a p…
In a spirit of consensus and of emphasizing the vital role of the United Nations in providing humanitarian assistance to those in need, Saudi Arabia joined the consensus on resolution 74/116, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”, and wel…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for organizing this meeting on a very important subject. I would also like to thank
the delegation of Bangladesh for introducing draft resolution A/74/L.23. I will try to be brief.
Agenda item 15, entitled, “Culture of peace…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on successfully presiding over the Security Council for this month. I wish friendly South Africa all the best.
On 14 September, my country endured awful attacks against Saudi ARAMCO oil facilities using Iranian weapons, which led to a decrease i…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) summit on 24 September. The summit
served to highlight the commitment and desire of the United Nations and its States Members to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…
I will be brief. It is unfortunate when I hear our colleague, the representative of Iran, trying to prolong this discussion. He is openly repeating his lies. He says that we tell him “It is none of your business”. That is true; it is none of his business. It is none of Iran’s business to interfere i…
I had not hoped to hear the representative of Iran to resort to his tired polemics and false accusations about the role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the region.
Who supported incidents of terrorism in Argentina, the Arabian Gulf, Syria, Europe, Berlin and elsewhere? All these incidents …
First of all, I would like the representative of Iran to know that we did not misunderstand his statement. We know perfectly well what he said.
Would he like us to recount to those present some of the actions currently being undertaken by Iran? Iran’s actions go beyond the bounds of diplomacy and t…
I wish to respond to the representative of Iran who has once again levelled unfounded accusations against my country. He alleges, inter alia, that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has committed violations in Al-Hudaydah, Yemen. I would like to remind the representative of Iran that the Houthi militias of…
Allow me first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on managing wisely the work of the Security Council this month.
We meet today amid critical challenges in the Middle East. However, the announcement early last week is a glimmer of hope regarding the situation in Syria (see S/2019/775). My country’…
I will be as brief as possible. With God’s help, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is leading efforts to establish stability and security in the region in order to counter the destabilizing efforts of the Iranian regime and extremist
forces. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stresses that leniency with Iran en…
My country is exercising its right of reply to the statement made by the representative of Iran. At the outset, we categorically reject the words of the representative of Iran. It seems that the representative of Iran underestimates my country’s serious position.
For years, we have been used to hea…
At the outset, I have the pleasure to convey to His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande my congratulations for his elections as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session; I also thank Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés for her efforts as President of the Assemb…
At the outset, I would like to say that my country endorses the statement to be delivered by the representative of the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for your valuable initiative in organizing this meeting on the maintenance o…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the friendly country of Poland on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August; we wish you every success, Sir.
I also thank the Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Henrietta Fore, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-G…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you on your capable leadership of the Security Council’s work this month, Mr. President. I would also like to express our deep appreciation to your predecessor, our sister State Kuwait, for its successful presidency last month.
I am honoured to deliver this state…
My delegation would like to speak in explanation of vote before the voting on draft resolution A/73/L.94, entitled “Towards torture-free trade: examining the feasibility, scope and parameters for possible common international standards”.
The delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regrets that th…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Indonesian presidency on steering wisely the work of the Security Council for this month. We also thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting.
This year coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the Security Council’s adoption of resolution…
I would like to respond to the statement made by the representative of Iran.
We strongly reject the baseless and erroneous accusations by the representative of Iran against my country. They are not surprising, coming as they do from a representative of the Iranian Government, which is guilty of vio…
At the outset I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Security Council for this month. I wish friendly Germany every success.
United Nations resolutions, especially Security Council resolutions, are the basis for relations among Member States in order to achieve the l…
