I thank High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Inzko for his important briefing and assure him of Ukraine’s full support for his activities. In the current circumstances of political instability and internal tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, his role and leadership have become even more im…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the outcome of the London Conference on Somalia. The security pact and the new partnership agreement between the international community and Somalia should be seen as a genuine road map for donor countries in supporting Somalia’s progress in a number of areas t…
I join others in thanking Mr. Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for his briefing.
I also express my gratitude to Her Excellency Ms. Nela Kuburović, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Serbia, an…
Ukraine appreciates Uruguay’s initiative in holding this very important open debate. We also appreciate the fact that you, Sir, are presiding over the debate, and we welcome you back to the United Nations. We would also like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for her introduction. We a…
Close collaboration between the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; the Security Council
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I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for participating in today’s meeting and for her very important and clear-cut position statement.
I would like to…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her important update on her Office’s activity. We appreciate the way she is carrying out her mandate and fully support her in it.
I would like to start with the situation in Libya, which, as we j…
Ukraine voted in favour of resolution 2351 (2017), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year. While we realize that the resolution does not address all the concerns of some Security Council members, we would like to thank …
North Korea’s advancing nuclear and ballistic-missile programmes represent the most urgent nuclear-proliferation challenge of our time, and I therefore thank the United States presidency and you personally, Sir, for convening today’s ministerial meeting on a very topical issue. I would also like to …
I wish to thank the United States presidency for organizing today’s meeting. Let me also join my colleagues and thank Stephen O’Brien for his briefing and his devoted position.
Syria continues to suffer from a terrible six-year- long war which has left unhealing scars on the Syrian people and has p…
I want to welcome Special Representative Shearer to the Security Council today and to assure him of Ukraine’s full support to his and his team. I also thank Ambassador Ciss for his briefing. We appreciate Senegal’s leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning…
I thank the United States presidency for convening this open debate, which comes at a time of great uncertainty in the Middle East.
In Syria, we entered 2017 with the same array of factors that had poisoned all the efforts to reach peace last year. Military logic still prevails over the political w…
I would like to thank Special Representative Kobler and Ambassador Skoog for their comprehensive briefings. It is disappointing that no substantive progress has been reached in Libya since our last meeting in February (see S/PV.7879). Despite many efforts, the situation has become even more unpredic…
Once again, the Russian delegation referred to Crimea as if it were its own, in outright contravention of General Assembly resolution 68/262, thereby directly insulting at least 100 States Members of the United Nations that voted in its favour, as well as resolution 71/205, which was loud and clear …
We commend the United States for convening this meeting to consider the interlinkages between human rights and the prevention of armed conflicts.
More than 70 years ago, the Charter of the United Nations established the founding pillars of the United Nations system. Those are peace and security, hu…
Let me begin by expressing Ukraine’s deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the Federal Government of Somalia, regarding recent terrorist attacks carried out by Al-Shabaab that resulted in numerous casualties among the civilian population, including women and chil…
Following the horrible chemical weapons attack in Idlib in Syria on 4 April, we have all had several opportunities to express our
national positions on the matter. Today, Ukraine voted in favour of the draft resolution condemning that heinous crime and demanding its immediate and thorough investiga…
Madam President, I thank you for convening this meeting in the open Chamber.
Let me also thank Special Representative De Mistura for his dedicated efforts and diligent approach as the deep waters of the complex Syria political situation become ever harder to navigate.
Today we are clearly at the l…
I join other colleagues in thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Mr. Said Djinnit, for his briefing on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region.
Ukraine welcomes the ef…
I join our colleagues in expressing our solidarity with Egypt and mourning all those who were senselessly killed in recent barbaric terrorist acts. It is indeed sad that we so often have to start our statements in the Chamber by expressing condolences, but we do have to stand together in addressing …
