I thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for updating the Security Council on the use of nerve agents in Salisbury on 4 March.
Sweden condemns in the strongest terms the use of a nerve agent in an attempted murder on British soil. We stress the seriousness of that incident, which is unprecedent…
Madam President, I wish to thank you for having convened today’s briefing on Afghanistan, with a necessary focus, on International Women’s Day, on women and peace and security.
The correlation between gender equality and peaceful societies is clear. Afghanistan will not achieve the peace and develo…
Let me begin by welcoming the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Minister Alfano, to the Security Council. The OSCE, as the largest regional security organization under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, has an indispensable role …
Let me begin by also welcoming Leila Zerrougui to our meeting in her new role as Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). We look forward to working with her, and she can coun…
I make my remarks today on behalf of Sweden and Kuwait as co-penholders for the humanitarian track of the Security Council’s work on the situation in Syria.
I would like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock once again for a very sobering update. We share his sense of urgency following the adoption of resoluti…
I, too, would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for his briefing to the Council today. As this is his final briefing as Special Envoy, I would like to acknowledge his determination, unwavering commitment and indispensable optimism over these
last three years. It…
I will be brief today, as the Security Council will address the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen tomorrow.
Sweden welcomes the renewal of the sanctions regime pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen. Sweden approached today’s…
Sweden and Kuwait earlier this week put forward a draft resolution to respond to the desperate calls of the United Nations and the humanitarian community in Syria for a cessation of hostilities for an initial period of 30 days, in order to allow for much-needed humanitarian relief. We have been work…
I would like to thank the Russian Federation for calling for a meeting on the horrendous situation in eastern Ghouta, and Mr. Mark Lowcock for his briefing. I will now make some brief remarks on behalf of Sweden and Kuwait.
In seven years of war, the situation in the besieged area of eastern Ghouta…
I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to Kuwait for convening this important debate on the anniversary of its liberation in 1991. This remains an excellent example of how the Security Council shouldered its responsibility by taking collective measures in line with the Charter. The fact th…
I thank the Secretary- General and the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process for their, as always, detailed but sobering briefings to the Security Council. I want to say too that we fully support the work on the ground of Mr. Mladenov and his team and the work that they do every day …
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Modibo Touré, for his briefing. I commend him and his team for the valuable work being undertaken in support of the people of Guinea-Bissau. Let me also extend my thanks to the Permanent Representative of Bra…
Let me start by thanking Ambassador Meza-Cuadra for his briefing in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter- terrorism.
As we said last year when adopting resolution 2341 (2017) (see S/PV.7882), objects of critical infrastructure hav…
I would like to begin by thanking High Commissioner Grandi and Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for their important briefings this morning. As their remarks made clear, six months after the initial mass displacements from Rakhine, the situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh continues to be seriously wo…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov for his informative briefing. The fact that we now have a dedicated Under- Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism to brief us on such matters and to help us to move forward on the all-of-UN approach to counter-terrorism and the prevention of v…
I too would like to begin by thanking Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing today. I would also like to thank Foreign Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku for their statements…
I thank the President for convening today’s important debate. I would also like to thank Japan and the many preceding Chairs of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions for their efforts. The work of the Working Group and the consolidated presidential note 507 are e…
I also want to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I also thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
In recent weeks there have been new, alarming reports of alleged chemical-weapon attacks in Syria. The most recent a…
Let me start by joining other Security Council members in paying tribute to you and your team, Mr. President, for your excellent stewardship of the Council during the month of January. As the first country from Central Asia to preside over the Council, we commend the focus on regional approaches to …
At the outset, I thank Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing and, more importantly, for the work that he and his team do on the ground, which is extremely important.
Sweden aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the European Union.
I want to first reiterate our long…
