I thank the delegations of the United Kingdom and France for initiating this emergency meeting, and the Senegalese presidency for organizing it. Let me also express thanks to our briefers for their remarkable yet sobering perspectives on the latest developments in Syria.
Emboldened by the military …
I thank the Secretary- General for his presence and for his strong position on the issue at hand.
Ukraine welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2321 (2016) and commends the efforts of those delegations that were involved in drafting and submitting the text. We consider the resolution to be …
I am sorry to take the floor again. First of all, I would like to highly recommend to my Russian colleagues to listen to the original language that I use in my statements. I did not mention Russia by name a single time. Likewise, in my statement, I never referred to Crimea, but since Crimea was ment…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important debate. We also appreciate the very useful introductions made by the briefers. Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later this morning by the observer of the European Union. In my national capacity, I would like to add the following.…
Before the General Assembly proceeds to the adoption of draft resolution A/71/L.5, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States” (CIS), I would like to make the following statement.
In general, Ukraine supports cooperation between the United Nations an…
We appreciate both of today’s briefings, which only add to the extremely gloomy picture we have all been seeing for many months now. The situation in Syria is a cause of continuing concern. After six years of conflict there, we are still not seeing any viable progress towards a political solution. T…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Senegalese delegation convening this morning’s debate.
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It is also my pleasure and honour to welcome today’s briefers and thank them for their comprehensive presentations.
Ukraine aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later on …
I join other delegations in thanking today’s briefers for their useful updates. I would also like in particular to pay sincere tribute to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Løj for her dedicated service at the helm of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which I was privi…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2319 (2016), which extends the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism for a one-year period.
Ukraine commends the Joint Investigative Mechanism’s efforts aimed at executing its mandate based on the principles of impartiality, objectivity and ind…
First of all, I would like to thank today’s briefers for their contributions to our debate. I am also grateful to you, Mr. President, for focusing our deliberations on this particular subject. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is active in various fields, and today we are discussing coop…
I join other members of the Council in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing. Ukraine highly appreciates the work conducted by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo under the leadership of Mr. Tanin on the implementation…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting, and to commend once again the outstanding contribution of Senegal to United Nations peacekeeping endeavours. I wish also to express my gratitude to Under-Secretary- General Ladsous for his valuable briefing. We look forward to rec…
I would like to start by joining other Council members in thanking the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing.
We must acknowledge that, since our last discussion in the Council on this matter (see S/PV.7698), the overall picture fundamentally rem…
Ukraine joins the other Council members in welcoming the unanimous adoption of resolution 2315 (2016). We are grateful to the United Kingdom delegation for preparing the text and are ready for further active engagement on the issue, including as a member of the relevant Coordination and Drafting Gro…
Out of respect for the presidency, other delegations around the table and the broader membership, I will be very brief and will not engage in a debate with the delegation of an aggressor State.
Let me just quickly react to one point usually used by the Russian delegation, that is, that issues raise…
Before I address the subject at hand, I wish to extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of yesterday’s terrorist attack in Mali, as well as to the Governments and the peoples of Mali, Togo and France. This heinous act makes today’s meetings even more pressing, so …
I thank the President for convening today’s debate.
Ukraine believes that efforts to make the Security Council more representative and balanced and its work more effective and transparent, especially with regard to decision-making, are vital in getting the United Nations to adapt to the global real…
I would like to exercise my right of reply to respond to the statement and comments just made by the representative of the Russian Federation. I will be very brief.
I would like to once again stress that the conflict in certain areas of the Donbas, including the Donetsk and
Luhansk regions, was ca…
The delegation of Ukraine aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union and would like to make a number of comments in its national capacity.
I thank the President of the Human Rights Council, Mr. Choi Kyonglim of the Republic of Korea, for briefing the Committee …
I would like to exercise my right of reply with regard to the statement just made by the representative of the Russian Federation. I would first like to emphasize all of my Government’s commitments on human rights. We take all cases of violations of human rights of any kind very seriously,
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