I would like to briefly echo colleagues in expressing support for the unanimous adoption of resolution 2357 (2017), which provides a legal framework for the implementation of the arms embargo on the high seas off the coast of Libya.
The continued proliferation and smuggling of weapons to and from L…
I would like to join others in welcoming Prosecutor Bensouda back to the Security Council and in thanking her for her briefing and report.
The conflict in Darfur led to reports of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It was for that reason that, in 2005, the Council referred the situat…
I should like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his comprehensive briefing. We also welcome the timely and relevant report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/467), which underscores a number of the significant features of the threat we face.
The attacks over the past weeks in Manchester, K…
I would like to express my 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 Serge Brammertz. Let me…
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 20 April to 7 June, during which time the Committee met once in in…
Let me first express my condolences and those of the Swedish Government and people on the loss of life following the vicious and cowardly attacks in Kabul and London. Our thoughts are first and foremost with the families of those who lost loved ones and those who are now recovering from their injuri…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team on assuming the presidency. We wish you great success in your work. I also wish to thank our friends from Uruguay for their exemplary work last month.
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Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the …
Like others, we welcome the unanimous adoption of today’s Security Council resolution 2356 (2017). The Council’s action comes in response to the intensified pattern of provocations by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and demonstrates, once again, the unity and resolve of the Council on this…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General O’Brien for giving us a very clear and sombre picture of the situation on the ground, and for being very clear about the demands that he, as a humanitarian actor, is making, very legitimately.
I would also like to pay tribute to the United Nations and …
I thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s debate.
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I also thank you for the enthusiasm with which you presented your views.
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I should also like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross,…
Let me begin by joining others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, David Shearer, for his comprehensive briefing this morning. We also welcome the Council’s decision today to extend the restrictive measures imposed by resolution 2206 (2015) related to South Sudan. It is…
We welcome the adoption this morning of resolution 2354 (2017), on countering terrorist narratives. We especially welcome the fact that the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate will be involved in compiling good practices from Member States and other …
I, too, should like to begin by thanking today’s briefers for their very insightful remarks. Like Matthew Rycroft, I would like to begin my statement by paying tribute to the brave men and women serving with the United Nations, who, on a daily basis, place themselves in some of the most difficult an…
Let me first thank the Secretary- General for the comprehensive report (S/2017/357) before us today, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his detailed briefing to the Security Council. We appreciate the work that Mr. Kubiš and his team are doing on the ground, often in very ch…
We, too, align ourselves with the statement to be made by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU).
I should like to thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr Valentin Inzko, for his briefing this morning and for the work he and his team are doing on the ground. Mr I…
I would like to begin by thanking this morning’s briefers, including Matthew Rycroft for his update on the London Conference on Somalia. I think that what we gather from the briefings and the report (S/2017/408) of the Secretary-General is that significant political progress had been made in Somalia…
I would like to begin by thanking our friend Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing today and for the work he is doing with the Mission. I would also like
to thank Minister Kuburović and Ambassador Çitaku for their statements to the Council today.
Sweden has…
I first wish to thank Mr. Adama Dieng and Ms. Mina Jaf for their excellent introductions and briefings.
Of all the evil acts that take place in conflict settings, sexual violence may be the one that casts the longest shadow. The lives of victims are changed forever. Besides the physical scars that …
I would like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Egypt, Kazakhstan and Bolivia for their briefings and their leadership as Chairs of their respective Committees.
Acts of terrorism continue to pose a threat to international peace and security and affect all regions of the world. We view such a…
I am delighted to see High Representative Mogherini in the Security Council this morning. Her briefing was truly inspirational. Her points about the win-win nature of a cooperation approach, of a rules-based international order and of strong multilateralism with the United Nations at its centre is a…
