Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for her update today and for the charts reflecting the mandate implementation dashboard, which really help to illustrate the progress on the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti
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I thank Judge Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their comprehensive updates this morning.
Sweden welcomes the developments and progress made by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since the last briefing (see S/PV.8278) and the extension of the mandate in June. We are pleas…
I wish to thank the Secretary- General, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for their valuable remarks this morning.
During our very first month as a Security Council member, in January 2017, w…
I wish to join others in expressing our condolences to the people of the United States for the loss of former President George Herbert Walker Bush.
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I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on post-conflict reconstruction.
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Let me too congratulate you, Mr. President, and your delegation on assuming the presidency and assure you, Sir, of our full support during the month of December. Let me also take this opportunity to thank China for an impeccably run presidency in November.
I would like to thank Special Adviser Khan…
Let me first express my gratitude to the Secretary-General and the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel for their strong commitment to, and continued
engagement on, this matter. The Under-Secretary- General’s presence here today signals to all of us the determination of the U…
Sweden is deeply concerned about the escalation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. Blocking maritime traffic to and from Ukrainian ports, using military force, is a
serious violation of international law. This violation comes against the backdrop of the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevast…
I would like to join others in welcoming Ambassador Lauber and Special Envoy Kafando back to the Security Council today, as well as thanking them for their useful briefings. They both have our strong support in their important endeavours. We also appreciate the solid and comprehensive update in the …
Let me start by joining others in expressing my sincere condolences to the families of the peacekeepers who lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a few days ago. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) …
I am honoured by the presence here today of Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. I would like to
start by thanking Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and welcome his strong engagement on the issue, including in the recent efforts to prevent another conflict in…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General De Mistura for the update on the constitutional committee. We would like to say that we very much appreciate and support his tireless efforts to set up the committee before the end of the year. We are deeply disappointed with Syria’s demonstrat…
I thank all of our briefers. I really want to echo the point made by my United Kingdom colleague about what a powerful message they have passed on to us again today. I thank them and their colleagues on the ground for all the work they are doing — and that includes Ms. Rasha Jarum — to alleviate the…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Chergui and Executive Director of UN-Women Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, for their briefings and their very active engagement in South Sudan, including in their joint visit to the country…
I too thank all our briefers this morning
I want to start by commending the countries of the region for their very valuable efforts for peace and security in the Sahel. We understand how those efforts are carried out under very difficult circumstances, and I take the opportunity to express our cond…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tanin for his briefing, and welcome Foreign Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku to the Council Chamber today.
Today’s briefing will be Sweden’s last meeting on Kosovo during our current tenure as a member of the Council. During …
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2444 (2018) this morning.
The historic the historic and significant developments in the Horn of Africa that we have witnessed over the past year, triggered by the Eritrean- Ethiopian reconciliation, have dramatically changed the dynamics in the region and open …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš for his briefing. Let me join others in expressing our sincere gratitude for all the work he has done in support of Iraq during his time as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We very much appreciate his tireless efforts,…
I thank Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), for her continuous, tireless efforts, as well as those of her team. We believe that the United Nations, including her good offices, play a signi…
I align myself with the statements to be delivered on behalf of the European Union and the Nordic countries.
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this timely debate on a subject that engages not only us at the United Nations but also communities and people worldwide. As our worl…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salamé for his briefing today and for the excellent work that he and his staff are doing on the ground. I also once again thank him for facilitating last week’s important, indeed historic, visit by the members of the Committee est…
