I will not make a long statement again, because I said what I said.
It is probably very easy for my Russian colleague to pick a few parts of my statement and react to them. Consequently, my question is: Why does he not react to everything I said? Why does he not react to the figures, to my call for…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing. I also thank Mr. Ivica Dačić and Ms. Vlora Çitaku for their statements.
Like my Japanese colleague, I have my ow…
We warmly welcome Mr. Steinmeier and would like to thank him for his tireless efforts on Ukraine, which have been demonstrated once again in his briefing to the Security Council today. I would like to express Ukraine’s support for the priorities for 2016 of Germany’s Chairperson-in-Office of the Org…
Like others, we thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing and his tireless efforts. The delegation of Ukraine supported resolution 2268 (2016), just adopted by the Security Council, and wholeheartedly hopes that it will serve the purpose of breaking the dangerous pattern of escalation …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the entire Venezuelan team, for your hard, highly professional and effective work in February. Despite the fact that today we are formally summing up our work for the month, some important and sensitive issues still require our attention in the hours and…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting and to underscore the particular importance of the topic of today’s Security Council meeting for all Members of the United Nations family. This open debate should serve as our common contribution to the efforts of …
Reforming the working methods of the Security Council, especially those of its subsidiary bodies, warrants our particular attention. That process should be expedited. As one of the main initiators of the Informal Working group on General Issues of Sanctions in 2000, during our previous membership in…
I would like to thank you, Sir, and the entire Uruguayan team for your hard work during the very busy month of January. You have organized and led the Security Council’s work in an exemplary fashion, and the Ukrainian delegation applauds your outstanding performance. It was no small feat, given the …
First of all, I would like to thank the Uruguayan presidency for having convened today’s open debate on an issue of the highest importance for the Security Council and the United Nations and that has probably remained on the Security Council’s agenda longer than any other item.
A Middle East peace …
Ukraine is very pleased to see that the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have achieved major breakthroughs in the peace process negotiations. We welcome the agreements reached by the sides on transitional justice, the laying down of arms and a timetable for signing…
I would like to make some short comments about the statement made earlier by the delegation of the Russian Federation.
For almost two years now, the delegation of the aggressor country has been desperately trying to convince all of us in the Chamber that Russia is not a part of a conflict in Ukrain…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for his opening remarks at today’s debate. I also listened carefully to the briefings made by the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of the representative of Oxfam.
Ukraine appreciates Uruguay’s initiative to hold thi…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, who provided us with a clear picture of the latest developments in the situation in the besieged areas in Syria.
It has been roughly a week since the world has come to know the horrifying truth surr…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. It has been a while since the Security Council discussed the situation in and around Ukraine (see S/PV.7498), a situation that is fluid and dangerous. The details have changed, but not the basics. The Russian aggression has reached new hei…
Throughout the past year, the international community has witnessed an unprecedented scale and complexity of humanitarian crises, together with an ever-increasing need for immediate responses to emergency situations. Such circumstances require accelerated efforts towards a smoother transition from r…
Ukraine fully aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union (see A/70/PV.68) and would like to make a statement in its national capacity.
We would like to express our gratitude to the Secretariat and to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for the work…
I would like to thank the representative of the Russian Federation for his recommendations, and I hope we will see each other more frequently around this table next year.
I would first like to say that our statement fully coincided with the concept paper distributed before the meeting (S/2015/845, …
At the outset, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the Government of France in the wake of the barbaric terrorist attacks in Paris. Ukraine condemns those deadly and brutal actions and our people are in solidarity with the people of France.
I would like to thank the United Kingdom for …
Because this is my first statement after the terrible events in Paris, I would like to express the position of my delegation.
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My delegation is deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks in Paris. We express our profound and sincere condolences to the French people. It is our shared …
First of all, we would like to express our appreciation to Ambassador Gerard van
Bohemen and his team for preparing the introductory part of the Security Council report (A/70/2), and to Ambassador Matthew Rycroft for providing an excellent presentation.
As a newly elected member of the Security Co…
