My delegation would like to commend the British presidency for organizing today’s meeting, and to thank Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Solíz for his briefing and his leadership.
In these times the role of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), which is to prevent the proliferatio…
As previous speakers have stated, in December 2016 the Council considered the issue of human trafficking in conflict situations (see S/PV.7847) and adopted resolution 2331 (2016), which strongly condemns all forms of human trafficking in areas of armed conflict.
In October, the General Assembly wil…
My delegation joins in today’s consensus adoption of resolution 71/278. We reiterate our support for the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse. It is being implemented in various ways, through training and awareness-raising but also by enforcing standards of cond…
I wish to thank the Russian Federation for having requested this briefing and Mr. Stephen O’Brien for the very important information that he has provided us on the humanitarian situation on the ground.
My delegation fully endorses the very relevant statements made by previous speakers, which is why…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Sima Samar, Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, as well as our colleague, Ambassador Saikal, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for their briefings. I also than…
On behalf of the delegation of Senegal, I should like at the outset to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on the United Kingdom’s assumption to the presidency of the Council for this month. You may rest assured of our support and full cooperation.
We also deeply thank the Governments and the peoples of …
(spoke in French): Senegal would like to take its turn in recalling that nothing can or must be used to justify something as horrific as the use of chemicals as weapons, including during conflicts and against civilians who undergo unspeakable suffering as a consequence.
The draft resolution that wa…
At the outset, I thank and commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, our friend Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his excellent presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/95/Rev.1) and reassure him …
As the penholder for this topic, the delegation of Senegal welcomes this opportunity to introduce the draft resolution before us (S/2017/153) with a view to extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 February 2018. My delegation t…
Allow me at the outset to welcome the holding of the annual meeting of the Security Council on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), born of the shared vision of 55 countries in Europe, North America and Asia of peace through cooperation.
On this important occasion, my del…
We wish to thank the Ukrainian presidency for having decided to convene this open debate on conflicts in Europe. This is obviously a very relevant topic, as is clear from the various high-level debates on the issue and the robust recommendations emanating from the 2017 Munich Security Conference, wh…
Among the many, many expressions of sympathy we have heard since yesterday in memory of our illustrious colleague Vitaly Churkin, whose affection and friendship we shall sorely miss, one in particular struck me, and I should like to reiterate it here:
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“With Ambassador Churkin’s …
At the outset, I should like to convey the sincere gratitude of the Senegalese delegation to the Ukrainian presidency for having taken the initiative to organize this important debate on a topic of proven relevance. The briefings of this morning made by Ms. Viotti, Mr. Stock, Mr. Rao and Mr. Trelawn…
As this is the first time that I take the floor, Sir, since your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, I would like to warmly congratulate you and to wish you every success. Rest assured of the full support of the Senegalese delegation. I would also like to commend the skil…
At the outset, my delegation would like to convey the heartfelt congratulations of the Government of Senegal to His Excellency Mr. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, who has just officially assumed office following the oath-taking ceremony that took place in the Embassy of The Ga…
I would like to say at the outset, Mr. President, that my delegation fully associates itself with the very apt words you expressed prior to the beginning of this meeting in paying well-deserved tribute to Ambassador Samantha Power as she prepares to leave the Chamber and her
work as Permanent Repre…
I would like to begin my statement by welcoming the holding of this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine. I would also like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing, which reminds us that our meeting today is taking place in a very disturbing context in which t…
The Senegalese delegation would like to congratulate the Swedish presidency of the Council for having convened this timely debate on the complex, multidimensional situation in the Lake Chad basin. It really is an urgent issue of concern, as was described very eloquently this afternoon by our briefer…
At the outset, I apologize that Senegalese Foreign Minister
Mankeur Ndiaye, who had planned to participate in the debate, had to attend a limited summit yesterday in Abuja to discuss the situation in Gambia. He has asked me, on behalf of Senegal, to congratulate the Government of Sweden for this mo…
There are no military solutions to the protracted and complex Syrian crisis. That is a conclusion the Security Council has reached repeatedly here in this Chamber, and that is why the Senegalese delegation, having backed resolution 2236 (2016), submitted by the Russian Federation, is gratified to se…
