I would like to thank you, Madam President, and congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We feel we are in very good hands. I would also like to thank Ambassador Rycroft and his excellent team for a very effective presidency last month. Like everyone else, I would like t…
I want to thank you, Mr. President, and everyone else, all our colleagues, for expressing and sharing their deepest condolences to the families and friends of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan. I fully share the sense of loss, of sorrow and despair at this very difficult moment.
Zaida was a Swedish-C…
On behalf of the co-penholders Sweden, Egypt and Japan, I would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General O’Brien for his briefing and his resolute commitment to keeping humanitarian needs in Syria on the global agenda. I would also like to pay tribute to all the humanitarian workers on the ground…
I thank the United Kingdom presidency for putting this item on the agenda and the briefers for their contributions here and the work that they do in their respective organizations with regard to this very important issue.
The destruction, looting and trafficking of cultural heritage not only inflic…
I would first like to thank this afternoon’s briefers. We value Mr. Mogae’s regional perspective, and I would also like to sincerely thank Ms. Betty Sunday for her testimony here today. It is important to bring those first-hand accounts to the Security Council’s attention.
I was here less than six …
First of all, my thoughts are with the British people, and especially with the victims of the horrific attack at Westminster, the heart of British democracy. We are angered by this callous and cowardly attack. However, we are also confident that the legendary resilience and spirit of Londoners will …
I want to start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and my colleague Ambassador Hilale of Morocco, Chair of the Central African Republic country-specific configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings. I would
also like to join others in welcoming President Touadéra to t…
I want to begin by congratulating Bolivia and Ambassador Sacha Lllorentty Solíz on taking up the role of Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and for the recent adoption of the programme of work. We are very pleased to have assumed our role as Vice-Chair and look for…
Sweden aligns itself with the statements to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Norway, on behalf of the Nordic countries.
Combating brutal human rights violations by trafficking in persons must be a priority for us all. It is our common responsibility. Swed…
Let me join others in thanking Special Representative Yamamoto for his briefing this morning. We very much welcome the report (S/2017/189) of the Secretary-General, which underlines the important work being carried out by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We believe that …
Like others, I would like to thank the Russian Federation for requesting this important meeitng.
Let me start by thanking Emergency Relief Coordinator O’Brien for undertaking this important mission and for shining a spotlight on these worsening humanitarian crises. The present situation in countrie…
I too would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your presidency, Mr. President.
During the past week, the Security Council opened its eyes and ears to focus on the people of the Lake Chad basin. What we have seen and heard will not be easily forgotten, nor should it be. Millions of…
Until today, the Security Council had stood united in its demand on all parties to refrain from the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The Council has consistently confirmed that the use and proliferation of such weapons of mass destruction constitute a threat to international peace and security. Wit…
I would like to start by joining other Council members in paying tribute to you, Mr. President, and to your team for your excellent stewardship of the Council during the month of February. The Council’s most important task is to address threats to international peace and security in an effective way…
I would like to start by joining others in thanking Special Representative Tanin for his comprehensive briefing to the Council today. I would also like to thank President Nikolić and Ambassador Çitaku for their statements to the Council.
Much progress has been made since the end of the conflict in …
Let me join others in thanking Foreign Minister Kurz for his briefing this morning and for his leadership as Chairperson-in-Office of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The European security order continues to be seriously challenged. The OSCE, as the largest regional …
I would like to begin by thanking the Ukrainian presidency for organizing today’s important debate on conflicts in Europe. I am grateful to the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, and Secretary General Zannier, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for their briefin…
When I arrived in New York last night to take part in today’s debate on European security, I was met by the news that Ambassador Vitaly Churkin had passed away. The Swedish Government, our Permanent Representative Olof Skoog, who is travelling, and I are deeply saddened by this news. I would like to…
Let me begin by thanking the Ukrainian presidency of the Security Council for convening today’s open debate and for conducting the consultations on resolution 2341 (2017), which we have just adopted. The consensus behind it underlines the open and inclusive process that led to its agreement, as well…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Feltman, Ambassador Apakan and Under-Secretary-General O’Brien for their very useful briefings.
As today’s briefings have reminded us, the conflict in Donbas has now been ongoing for almost three years. Each day that it continues to simmer without a …
