I am pleased to be able to express my thanks and appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for organizing this meeting to commemorate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy
for Peace. My country sponsored resolution 73/127, which proclaimed this International Day.
At th…
At the outset, my country’s delegation welcomes the opportunity to participate in this interactive dialogue to clarify the point of view of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for …
At the outset, I would like to thank everyone for organizing this important meeting to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which has continued to enjoy success despite the challenges it has encountered, and has contributed to developing labour concepts a…
At the outset, I would like to thank all the countries that participated in the initiative to adopt a resolution to combat terrorist crimes and other acts of violence based on religion or belief. Resolution 73/285 firmly condemns the heinous and despicable terrorist act that left innocent martyrs an…
First of all, let me express our most heartfelt congratulations to you personally, Madam President, and your friendly country, France, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March and your able leadership of the Council’s work over the past weeks. I also thank y…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also congratulate your friendly country on its accession to membership of the Council, as well as Germany, Indonesia, Belgium and South Africa on theirs. We wish them ever…
Allow me to exercise the right of reply to what the representative of Syria said about my country, which is the host country of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
We strongly reject the false and invalid accusations made by the representative of Syria against my country. We have grown a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of four States: the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab
Emirates, the Republic of Yemen and my own country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
I would like to state that we are in complete agreement with my colleague the representative of Kuwait, who spoke on behalf …
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude for the efforts of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to uphold the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people in order to enable them to exercise their rights, which are guaranteed by the r…
When truth appears, liars flee. I did not want to take more of the Council’s precious time to respond to the nonsense of my colleague the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic, first, because I personally sympathize with him and secondly, because I sympathize with our brother people of Syria, w…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your wise leadership of the Security Council for this month, and to wish you continued success. I also thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his valuable briefing and for all his tire…
I associate myself with the statement made by the delegation of the United Arab Emirates in its exercise of the right to reply. I would like to add that my country is accustomed to hearing such false allegations and accusations from a regime that puts the blame on other
States to cover up its own f…
The delegation of my country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, entirely rejects and condemns the statement delivered by the representative of Qatar.
In the two decades since the mid-1990s, Qatar has incited peoples and supported extremists. As the headquarters for the Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar has been…
At the outset, it is my pleasure to congratulate Her Excellency María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. I wish her every success in her tasks. I also wish to congratulate her predecessor, Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President du…
I am pleased to stand before the General Assembly today on behalf of the League of Arab States and the country that served as President of the twenty-ninth Arab Summit, namely, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are here to participate in this Peace Summit, a summit bearing the name of a man who change…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to commend the active Swedish presidency of the Security Council for this month and to express my country’s appreciation for your efforts to ensure a positive outcome in the work of the Council.
The world recently celebrated the life of a man who was able to sp…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your friendly country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. I would also like to thank His Excellency Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for his personal participation in part of the Council’s work today…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
While the international community is making tremendous strides in its ongoing battle, we believe that terrorism continues to undermine our shared vision of a peaceful and prosperous world. T…
At the outset, allow me to welcome the Russian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. I congratulate the Russian Federation on its able presidency of the Security Council this month and I thank you, Mr. President, for holding this meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
The Palestinian p…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and on your capable steering of the work of the Council. I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate to discuss the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We appreciate the importa…
