I salute Ms. Khawla Matar, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and thank her for her valuable briefing.
The launch of the Constitutional Committee during the third quarter of last year under the auspices of the United Nations represented an important step in the course of the p…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for his briefing and for his efforts at the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Bringing an end to the violence and terrorism in north-…
We would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her valuable briefing. We would also like to thank Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, for her important information.
The Palestinian question, wh…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for their valuable briefings.
We share the…
At the outset, allow me, Mr. President, to express our condolences to the Government and the people of the sisterly Sultanate of Oman following the death of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who made important contributions to humanitarian issues and international peace and security.
I also wish to …
I would like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at the adoption by the Council today of resolution 2504 (2020), on the extension of cross-border humanitarian assistance in Syria. I wish to commend the efforts of the humanitarian co-penholders during their discussions, drafting and consultations…
My country’s delegation welcomes you, Mr. President, and the other ministers present here. We appreciate the presidency of the Security Council selecting today’s theme, which is extremely important as it is intimately related to the main mission of the Council, namely, achieving and preserving peace…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, which is your first month as a member of the Council. I would like also to congratulate your delegation and to express our readiness to work with you and the other m…
Thirty years ago, the international community pledged to protect and promote the rights and fundamental freedoms of all children by adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child. We applaud the achievements made thus far. It is commendable that nearly all Governments have agreed on the full and…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States on this very important topic, which continues to engage our attention each session. Over the years, the increasing rejection by the members of the international community of the unilateral economic, commercial and financial embargo …
I am pleased at the outset to announce that Tunisia is delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States in New York.
I thank you, Sir for convening this debate and commend your able leadership of the Council for the month of October. I also thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, on behalf of t…
At the outset, I am pleased to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, and through him to our brother country of Nigeria for the confidence shown to him in his election to preside over the General Assembly at this current session. I wish him every success in this noble task.…
Due to the period of national mourning in Tunisia, His Excellency Mr. Khemais Jhinaoui, Minister for Foreign Affairs, could not be with us today. He has asked me to deliver the following message on his behalf.
“We are immensely grateful to all of you for sharing our grief, for honouring the memory …
It is my pleasure at the outset to express the appreciation of my country for your leadership, Mr. President, of the Council during the month of April. Likewise, I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for her very valuable briefing. We also pay tribute to the ro…
I would like at the outset to congratulate France on its presidency of the Security Council and on its pioneering role.
We welcome the initiative of France to hold this open debate on combating and preventing terrorism financing, a phenomenon that continues to threaten international peace and secur…
I would first like to convey to you, Mr. President, and to our brother country of Equatorial Guinea, my sincere congratulations on your successful presidency of the Security Council in February. We also thank you for organizing today’s open debate on cooperation between the United Nations and the Af…
Today, as we mark the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,…
Draft resolution A/73/L.36 highlights the importance of sport as a crucial vehicle for development, social cohesion, peace and solidarity among peoples. Resolution 70/1, adopted by the Assembly on 25 September 2015, stipulates in paragraph 37:
“Sport is also an important enabler of sustainable deve…
At the outset, I would like to thank China for convening this open debate of the Security Council on the theme of strengthening multilateralism and the role of the United Nations. It is indeed an issue that concerns international peace and security.
This debate could not be more timely. It is takin…
At the outset, it gives me pleasure to congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and her friendly country, Ecuador, on her election as President of the General Assembly at the current session. I wish her success in that noble task. I also want to express my appreciation to Mr. Miroslav Lajčák …
