I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the increased participation of women in peacekeeping operations. We really appreciate your leadership in promoting the women and peace and security agenda and also want to recognize the substantial contribution of Ger…
I thank you, Madam, for organizing this important debate on preventing and combatting the financing of terrorism. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Mr. Marshall Billingslea and Ms. Mercy Buku for their inciteful briefings.
My delegation associates itself with the statement deli…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this important debate.
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Let me congratulate you on your successful presidency of the Security Council and once again thank you for convening this very important open debate on the African Union Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative.
While…
We thank the President for convening this debate on the situation in the temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the observer of the European Union. I shall limit my statement to some additional remarks in my national capacity.
Sl…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for having taken the initiative to hold this important ministerial-level open debate to further underscore the nexus between human and environmental security and how the Security C…
Slovakia has been a long-standing supporter of the International Court of Justice — the cornerstone of the peaceful settlement of disputes among States. We are convinced that the role of the Court as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations is indispensable, both for strengthening interna…
Mr. President, I wish to congratulate your country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for convening today’s open debate to underscore the need to enhance the cooperation between the Council and regional entities and highlight that sustaining peace requires collective…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary debate on the important issue of reform of the Security Council and for inviting us to speak. We thank her for her important leadership on this subject, as well as on many other substantive issues of importance to Member States…
While aligning my delegation with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union, I would like to make some further observations in my national capacity.
First of all, I want to thank Mr. Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his comprehensive p…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important annual debate on women and peace and security. I would also like to thank all the briefers for their comprehensive presentations. I would like to particularly acknowledge the significant contribution of the Secret…
On behalf of the Visegrad Group, namely, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and my own country, Slovakia, I thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Abdulqawi
Ahmed Yusuf, for presenting the report on the work of the Court during the period 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2018 (A/…
My delegation fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
Slovakia condemns in strongest terms the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict. Military exploitation of children is not only completely wrong and unjustifiablem, it is also …
First, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the President for presiding over this important meeting, and to him and to the Secretary-General for their introductory words, as well as for the convening of the meeting.
At the outset, Slovakia aligns itself with the statements delivered …
At the outset, allow me to thank the Polish presidency and to express my appreciation for the initiative to convene this important open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and on the context of the global state of the protection of civilians. I would also like to thank the Secret…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Poland’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also want to thank you for organizing this useful debate. We strongly believe that the Security Council has an important responsibility to promote justic…
I would like to thank the President for convening this important high-level meeting to assess the efforts we have undertaken so far and explore the opportunities to further strengthen the United Nations work on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. We would like to thank him also for the valuable work…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for the initiative of organizing this open debate on youth, peace and security today to further discuss the positive role that young people can play in conflict and post-conflict settings and how the Security Council can help young people build safer and more pe…
My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to thank you and your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important debate on women and peace and security, with a special focus on preventing sexual violence in co…
I would like to congratulate the Netherlands on taking this important initiative and to thank the presidency for convening this very timely and relevant open debate, and in particular for its having been presided this morning by His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
M…
As this is the first time that I am speaking before the Security Council this year, I would like to congratulate your country, Mr. President, on its election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council and I wish you a successful chairmanship in the month of February. I would like to thank you…
