We voted in favour of today’s resolution on Yemen (resolution 2451 (2018)), and we strongly welcome its adoption for all the reasons that my colleague from the United Kingdom just mentioned. I want to thank her and her team and all other Council members for having worked hard in favour of this resol…
The Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities remains a vital tool in our counter-terrorism efforts, and Sweden,
France, Kuwai…
Let me also thank Special Adviser Thiaw, Ambassador Jinga, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Mr. Ghanem and Mr. Rioux for sharing their valuable perspectives with the Security Council this afternoon.
We fully recognize the immense security challenges that the countries of the Sahel a…
I would like to start by expressing Sweden’s immense appreciation to Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura for his tireless efforts for the people of Syria. I want to thank Mr. De Mistura for his perseverance, creativity and energy, and may I add, civility and dignity in circumstances where those values …
I would like to thank Executive Director Fedotov of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for his briefing to the Council today.
Transnational organized crime not only finances and fuels conflict but also reinforces corruption and undermines institutions, thereby destabilizing alread…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for this morning’s update on Lebanon. The recent developments along the Blue Line are indeed worrisome, as they threaten Israel’s territorial integrity and Lebanon’s stability.
We are deeply concerned about the discovery of tunnels on Israeli territory. We n…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix and Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their briefings to the Security Council today. I would also like to thank Ambassador Wronecka for her briefing and for her professional leadership of t…
I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing today and for his tireless efforts, which we very much appreciate. The United Nations and its agencies deserve to be commended for the work that he is doing on the ground in what we understand to be a challenging and sometimes explosive environme…
It has been a privilege and an honour to serve as the coordinator between the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Security Council in 2018. Through presidential statement S/PRST/2018/20, we aim to consolidate the steps taken to advance the work of the Peacebuilding Commission, in particular vis-à…
I thank the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing to the Security Council. I would like to recognize and express my appreciation for the presence of Presidents Thaçi and Vučić, who are in the Chamber today.
As we see it, the main threats to …
I would like to sincerely thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Yamamoto. I would like to say how much we appreciate his update on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I would also like to thank Executive Director Fedotov and Ambassador Umarov fo…
I will try to be brief. I realize that it is very late in the day and that it has been a long meeting. I would like to say a few words on our leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), on Libya sanctions, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017), …
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for today’s updates. I would also like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of Yemen. It must be rewarding f…
On behalf of its more than 100 sponsors, it is my great privilege to introduce to the General Assembly this year’s draft resolution on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (A/73/L.61), the so-called humanitarian omnibus resolution.
This ye…
I wish to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her updates to the Council today.
We welcome the important developments that have been made in the ongoing investigations, including the collection of evidence by the Darfur investigation team, since we la…
We fully align ourselves with the statement just made on behalf of the European Union.
As the facilitator and main co-sponsor of this year’s omnibus draft resolution on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (A/73/L.61), I would like to make…
The Central African Republic is now taking important steps to advance the peace process under the African Union-led African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic. In parallel, its national security forces are improving their capabilities in spite of the very volatil…
I will say a few words on behalf of the co-penholders, Sweden and Kuwait, and follow up with a few remarks in my national capacity as the representative of Sweden.
With the adoption of resolution 2449 (2018) today, the Security Council has upheld its obligation to millions of people in Syria. On be…
We thank Special Representative Fall and Ms. Ghelani for their briefings today and for their tireless and very important efforts. They can count on our support, both in the preventive action of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the humanitarian efforts of the United N…
I thank Secretary of State Pompeo for his presence here today and his engagement on the subject. I also want to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Mr. Christiane for their briefings, and of course to express our great appreciation to our Dutch colleague and his team for their very diligent w…
