I want to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tanin, for his briefing and also express appreciation for the interventions this morning by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dačić, as well as by Ambassador Çitaku.
We welcome the formation, since t…
Sweden welcomes the Council’s adoption this morning of resolution 2385 (2017), although we regret that we were unable to reach consensus on it. We supported it because we believe that it is important to continue backing the wider effort to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the Horn of Africa,…
I would like to begin by joining others in welcoming the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, back to the Chamber today, and by thanking
her for her comprehensive briefing. We sincerely appreciate the valuable work and tireless efforts of the Court and its offic…
At the outset let me thank Ms. Nakamitsu and Mr. Mulet for their briefings today.
I would like to start by reiterating that Sweden unequivocally condemns in the strongest terms the repeated use of chemical weapons in Syria. Chemical weapons use is illegal, constitutes a threat to international peac…
I would like to align myself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union (EU).
Let me begin by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for
his comprehensive briefing to the Security Council this morning. I would like to assure the Hig…
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Police Commissioners for their valuable briefings to the Security Council today. I also welcome the new United Nations Police Adviser, Mr. Luis Carrilho, and take this opportunity to thank his predecessor, Mr. Stefan Feller, f…
Let me just start by saying how saddened we are at the horrific attack in New York. We convey our condolences to everyone affected, and our thoughts are with them.
Let me also thank France for its presidency last month and welcome Italy as well as wish it good luck for this month.
Let me begin by …
First of all, I thank the Secretary-General and the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Gamba, for their important briefings to the Council this morning. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his annual report (S/2017/821), because this year it has very clearly focus…
The situation in the Sahel is a source of increasing concern, as has been stated by all prior speakers. It has implications not only for the millions of people facing insecurity and hunger, but also for the wider region and globally. The root causes are complex and transboundary. The effects of the …
I have come here directly from a visit to Herat and Kabul, in Afghanistan. I met with women and girls in the midst of conflict, who are struggling to make ends meet and keep their families safe. They face a constant risk of sexual violence. While talking to those women, I wondered what the women and…
It is highly regrettable that the Council was unable to unite behind a technical extension of the mandate of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigate Mechanism (JIM), and that the draft resolution (S/2017/884) before us was not adopted.
Sweden condem…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča for the useful briefing this morning. I would also like to thank the observer of Palestine and the representative of Israel for their participation and contributions here today.
Sweden aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later today by th…
I associate myself with the statement that will be made by the observer of the European Union later this morning.
Let me begin by joining others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her final report to the Council and for the diligence and professionalism that she and…
I would like to join you, Mr. President, in welcoming the Secretary-General to the Security Council today for this important briefing, and thank him for his sobering and comprehensive briefing. The Secretary-General’s call for action in February should not have been necessary. However, by giving his…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and the representative of Canada for his update on the upcoming Defence Ministerial Meeting in Vancouver and for hosting it. I would especially like to commend and thank Bangladesh for its contribution today. The input of Banglad…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2381 (2017) this afternoon. We commend the strong commitment of the parties in Colombia to peace. It is important that the Council stand with them.
The United Nations Mission in Colombia has played an important role in supporting the peace process. We…
I would like to begin by joining others in welcoming Under-Secretary- General Voronkov to the Security Council for his first briefing. Let me also thank Ambassador Aboulatta and Mr David Scharia for their briefings on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concernin…
I thank you, Mr. President, and I thank the Secretary-General for his very clear briefing and for his leadership in responding to the situation and the crisis in Myanmar. As Minister Margot Wallström said in the General Assembly last week (see A/72/PV.16), the situation in Myanmar is a haunting exam…
Sweden aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union (see A/72/PV.24) and takes this opportunity to shed some extra light on a couple of issues that we believe are of utmost importance in our mutual quest to eradicate trafficking in persons, in our struggle to achi…
Let me join others in welcoming to the Security Council the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Ms. Fang Lui. I thank her for her informative briefing. Let me also thank Ambassador
Aboulatta for his briefing as Chair of the Counter- Terrorism Committee.
We si…
