The situation on the Korean peninsula is the greatest threat to international peace and security facing the world today. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme illustrates, as we have already heard, a blatant disregard for its international obliga…
I thank you, Mr.President, for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ms. Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their engagement, briefings and appeal to act.
We recognize the com…
I would like to join others in welcoming Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda back to the Security Council. I thank her for her comprehensive briefing and report, as well as for her Office’s continued work in the fight against impunity. Let me once again reiterate our strong support for the efforts of the Offi…
I should like to begin by thanking Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr. Miroslav Jenča, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for their very powerful interventions today.
We welcome the discussion today in the Council on the human rights situat…
Let me also begin by expressing our outrage at last night’s attack on United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We offer our deepest condolences to the familiies of the victims and to the Government and the people of Tanzania. That deliberate attack constitutes a war crime…
It is my great honour to deliver a joint statement on behalf of India and Sweden under the agenda item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations.
The partnership between India and Sweden and our joint statement here today is a refl…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s emergency meeting. I also thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his very clear briefing.
We requested today’s meeting, together with seven other members of the Security Council — Bolivia, Egypt, France, Italy, Senegal, the United Kingdom…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for the comprehensive briefings and reports on the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals by President Carmel Agius, President Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Ser…
I am proud to introduce today, on behalf of all the sponsors, the draft resolution contained in document A/72/L.19, concerning the investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and the members of the party accompanying him. We are grateful to a…
I would like to thank you, Sir, and Italy for the initiative of holding this meeting. I should also like to convey a special welcome to Ms. Audrey Azoulay and congratulate her on her election as Director-General of UNESCO. I also thank all the briefers for their important contributions. The perspect…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
Sweden condemns yesterday’s intercontinental ballistic missile test in the strongest terms. The test constitutes a clear threat to international peace and security, an unacceptable provocation and a clear breach of the internat…
Let me begin by thanking the United States for initiating today’s important briefing. I would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, Assistant Secretary- General Coninsx and Ambassador Umarov for their valuable contributions to our discussion.
The threat posed by foreign terrorist fi…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Keita for her informative briefing to the Security Council today.
As we just heard, the situation in South Sudan remains gravely worrying, not least for civilians caught up in a seemingly endless nightmare of conflict,…
I thank High Commissioner Grandi and Director General Swing for their sobering briefings this morning. We welcome France’s initiative to request an urgent Council meeting on this important topic, as it is essential that today’s meeting lead to swift and decisive action, including through a strong st…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. Let me also thank the Secretary-General, Executive Director Fedotov and Special Rapporteur Giammarinaro for their useful briefings. I also welcome the statement made by Mr. Chergui.
I would like to align myself with the statement to be made later on beh…
I will be brief. In my grief, I do not need to repeat what I said in the Chamber yesterday (see S/PV.8105) about the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) and the importance of maintaining it. We appreciate the efforts made by you, Mr…
It is really humbling to speak in this debate after the briefing, as always stimulating, by the Secretary-General, and now by the representatives of Italy and Egypt, two prominent Mediterranean countries. I want to thank you, Mr. President, as well as Italy, for initiating this discussion. As the Se…
Today’s meeting is indeed a regrettable one. I hope that the victims of chemical weapons attacks have not been watching our debate so far, and, in particular, the vote on today’s draft
resolution, which we strongly supported. I must say that it is highly regrettable that the Council has again faile…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your presence here this morning and for presiding over this important meeting, which is very much appreciated. I also thank Special Representative Salamé for his valuable and informative briefing and, even more importantly, for his commitment and that of the Secretary…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011) of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 29 August to 16 November 2017, during which time the Committee met…
