I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those delegations that supported draft resolution III, on the situation of human rights in the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine, in the Third Committee. The current draft resolution is the follow-up to resolution 71/205, adopt…
I also thank all the briefers for providing factual and substantial reports on the status of the implementation of both resolution 2231 (2015) and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
We highly commend the professional and impartial efforts of the Secretariat, the European Commission, th…
As we see from the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/1057), as from previous ones, the key negative trends that characterize the Syrian humanitarian track continue. Despite the appearance of active political engagement, we have not seen any steady progress in the area of sustainable humanitari…
I apologize for taking the floor once again. The Russian representative omitted to mention one particular point, which is that Ukraine is defending its own territory, territorial integrity and sovereignty against Russian aggression.
Lastly, the Russian delegation’s carefully prepared statement and …
I will be brief. Russia is the sole supplier of arms, heavy weaponry, mercenaries, ammunition and a whole host of other deadly weapons to Russian separatists and terrorists in eastern Ukraine, including the infamous Buk missile that downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, killing the almost 300 peopl…
I would like to thank the Japanese presidency for convening this important meeting, as well as Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her informative briefing. We would also like to commend Lithuania for initiating the important resolution 22…
Today, the delegation of Ukraine voted in favour of the draft resolution (S/2017/1060) proposed by Egypt on the status of Jerusalem. We are convinced that the issue of Jerusalem is a final-status issue, which should be resolved only through negotiations and in strict compliance with the relevant Sec…
I would like to respond to what the Russian representative said a few moments ago. With regard to the point about the proper format for addressing various issues, our basic view is that Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum on security assurances and various other legal written and unwritten commi…
I thank the Japanese presidency and you personally, Minister Kono, for convening today’s briefing. Of course, I also thank the Secretary-General for his very useful update.
The ongoing development of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programme continues to undermine the global disarmament and non-p…
We are grateful to the briefers for their detailed and, indeed, very sobering insights. We remain deeply concerned about the violence in Rakhine state and reports of serious human rights violations and abuses, including those of a gender-based nature.
It is known that the recent, highly disturbing …
We are grateful to the Prosecutor for her twenty-sixth report regarding the Darfur situation. At the outset, let me reiterate our full support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and underscore its central role in the fight against impunity and the promotion of international justice.
As Chai…
I thank the Japanese presidency for the timely and important topic suggested for consideration in the Security Council. My special thanks go to Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their substantive briefings.
Today, the Council…
Humanitarian agencies reached more people in need in 2017 than ever before. The current crises have resulted in dramatic levels of humanitarian need, which present increasingly complex challenges, with countless people being forced to flee their homes to save their lives. As armed conflict continues…
I would like to thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his statement.
Ukraine is convinced that the issue of Jerusalem is a final-status issue that needs to be resolved through negotiations only and in strict compliance with the relevant Security Council resolutions. We believe that the Un…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for having organized this briefing to share our experiences as outgoing Chairs of the Security Council subsidiary organs.
After joining the Security Council in January 2016, Ukraine assumed the chairmanship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (20…
In accordance with paragraph 3 (a) (iv) of resolution 1591 (2005), I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the work of the Sudan Sanctions Committee, covering the period from 25 July to 7 December 2017. I am pleased that this briefing is being provided in an open format, which further enh…
It is quite telling that the Russian delegation decided to comment on our statement. This kind of reaction suggests that it believes that the dock in The Hague will remain empty. But we would like to recall that the crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine have no statute of limitations…
We warmly welcome the presence today of Her Excellency Ms. Kolinda Grabar- Kitarović, President of Croatia, and Her Excellency Ms. Nela Kuburović, Minister for Justice of Serbia. We thank Presidents Agius and Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their written reports (see S/2017/662 and S/2017/661, re…
I would like to join other speakers in thanking the Italian presidency for convening this meeting. My thanks also go to today’s briefers for their valuable inputs to our discussion. An especially warm welcome goes to Ms. Azoulay, whom I congratulate on her recent election as UNESCO Director-General.…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing on the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
That launch, in blatant violation of numerous Security Council resolutions, fosters the growing nuclear threat in the region. Despite immen…
