Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Mr. President, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you every success in your work.
I would like also to express my sincere condolences to Côte d’Ivoire on the passing of our colleague Mr. Bernard Tanoh-B…
My country is committed to the fundamental principles of international relations, in particular building and maintaining peace. In that regard, my country underscores that the basic foundation for building and maintaining peace is established by achieving justice. Without justice there can be no pea…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Security Council this month, and to assure you that we are proud of the distinguished role that the sisterly State of Kuwait is playing in this forum. We thank you also for convening this open debate on the working metho…
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. It is a historic presidency by all measures, as proved by the personal presence of the President of Kazakhstan and his participation in the work of the Council. I would als…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We appreciate your wise leadership of its proceedings. I would like to offer your friendly country our gratitude for the important role that you have played during your …
I thank you, Sir, for giving my delegation this opportunity to respond to the statement by the Syrian representative. My delegation will not use the style used by the representative of the Syrian delegation in talking about my country. Rather, I will provide some
facts that the Syrian representativ…
My delegation joined in the consensus adoption of resolution 72/75 to provide assistance in mine action because we believe in the importance of the issue and the need to provide assistance to the United Nations Mine Action Service and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action.
At the same …
Our country would like to exercise the right of reply to respond to the statement made by the representative of the Syrian regime. We regret the illegitimate, unsubstantiated accusations that have been made against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We recall that all of the attempts against us by the Syr…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to make great efforts aimed at achieving the goals of peace and security to which we all aspire. We want to promote understanding among religions and cultures, advance the culture of peace and confront ideologies embodying
hatred and extremism. Indeed, our aim …
I would first like to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate on children and armed conflict. I also commend you for your deft stewardship of the Security Council this month.
We commend the role of the United Nations in sparing children from suffering the horrors of armed c…
I would like to thank France for convening this important open debate on women and peace and security.
I also thank Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti for her valuable briefing, and the other briefers for their important comments and remarks.
We celebrate today the seventeenth anniversary of the adopt…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on France’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. We also thank you for convening today’s open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. I welcome the efforts of your frien…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the President, his team and all those in charge of drawing up the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. We welcome the adoption of the Plan and all the tireless efforts deployed to that end.
We reaffirm the commitment…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session and to wish him every success. I would also like to thank Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the Assembly at its seventy-first session, for his efforts…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his focus on efforts to combat terrorism since he assumed his post, and for assisting Member States in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia commends the Secretary-General for giving priority to strengthening the United Nations counter-terrorism capability in order to assist Member States in implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in a balanced and comprehensive manner. We thank him a…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ambassador Nikki Haley on her appointment as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. I have no doubt that our two States will be able to strengthen our bilateral relationship based on our common interests. I would also like to congratulate the …
It is my pleasure to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I would like to congratulate the friendly country of Sweden on its accession to the Security Council and on assuming the presidency for the month of January. I fully trust that Sweden, given its principled positions on international m…
At the outset, allow me to extend the condolences of my country to the Russian Federation and Germany for the unfortunate incidents that took place recently. We resolutely condemn those terrorist attacks.
I would like to thank the President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. Mariano Raj…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish you every success. We thank you in particular for convening this meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. I would also l…
