I, too, would like to begin my statement with a firm condemnation of the terrorist attacks against innocent civilians in Mali. On behalf of Chad, I would like to express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and the people of Mali.
I thank the United Kingdom p…
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, and Mr. Ivica Dačić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and Ms. Vlora Çitaku, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the United States, for their presence here today.
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I thank the United Kingdom for convening this meeting on security, development and the root causes of conflict. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I thank Ambassador Olof Skoog, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Ms. Ouided Bouchamaoui, President of the Tunisian Confederati…
We thank you, Madam President, for presiding over this meeting.
Before I begin, allow me to add my voice to those of previous speakers to pay heartfelt tribute to the Government and the people of France for their steadfastness in the light of the barbaric acts of terrorism that took place recently.…
I would like to thank the United Kingdom presidency for taking the initiative of convening this important meeting on the difficulties that United Nations police forces are encountering in carrying out the protection of civilians mandate. I would like to also thank the Under-Secretary- General for Pe…
I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for presenting his fourteenth briefing and the forty-eighth report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/841, annex) covering the period from 21 April to 21 October 2015.
It is especially alarming that the report, like those bef…
I must first thank the United Kingdom presidency for having organized this briefing on the situation in Somalia. I also thank Mr. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minster of Somalia; Ms. Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General; Mr. Nicholas Kay,
Special Representative of the S…
At the outset, I wish to convey my gratitude to the delegation of Spain for its leadership in the work of the Council during the month of October. I also wish to congratulate you, Sir and your country, the United Kingdom, for directing our work this month. I would like to convey my gratitude to Ms. …
I would like to begin by conveying my gratitude to the Spanish presidency for having organized this public debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, for his briefing. I welcome the presence a…
I thank the Spanish presidency for having organized this debate on the Security Council’s working methods, including the question of the appointment procedure for the future Secretary-General. I also thank the Deputy Secretary- General, Mr. Eliasson; the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Lykket…
I thank Jordan for the initiative of calling for this public meeting and the Spanish presidency for having convened it immediately afterwards. I also thank Mr. Tayé-Brook
Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
Chad is deeply concerned about the outbreak of v…
I thank Spain for having organized this high-level open debate to review the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and assess its concrete outcomes. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his statement, as well as Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, and the civil …
Resolution 2240 (2015), which we have just adopted, authorizing the European Union military operation in the southern Central Mediterranean to fight human trafficking and migrant smugglers on the high seas of the Mediterranean, was the object of lengthy negotiations with a view to obtaining a broad …
I would like to thank Spain for having organized this debate on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, as well as your entire team, on acceding to the presidency of the Security Council, and I assure you of the suppor…
Fifteen years ago, we welcomed unanimously the adoption of
the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2) and the Millennium Development Goals as the appropriate response to the poverty-related problems facing many of our countries. With the adoption of the post-2015 development Agenda (resolution 70…
I would like to thank the Russian Federation for having organized this very important meeting on the settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering the terrorist threat in the region. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing.
The seventie…
At the outset, I would like to commend the tireless efforts of Member States, which facilitated the drafting of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development just adopted (resolution 70/1). The new Agenda builds on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals. I also welcome the sign…
I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), as well as Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for their briefings. I…
I, too, should like to thank the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi, for presenting the quarterly report on the Committee’s activities from 23 June to 14 September.
With respect to the settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue, Chad n…
First of all, we endorse the statements made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, the African Group and the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries.
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on the conclusion of our work headed up by the outs…