At the outset, let me thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Wane, for his briefing on the special report (S/2017/437) of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary- General of the United Nations on the strategic review of the African Union-Unit…
Uruguay thanks the Bolivian Presidency for having organized today’s informative meeting, as well as for circulating the concept note and putting forth today’s draft resolution. Due to today’s meeting being on a topic of particular importance for the maintenance of international peace and security, i…
First of all, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. François Louncény Fall, for his briefing. Uruguay acknowledges the important work carried out by UNOCA in terms of…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Onanga- Anyanga and Mr. Impagliazzo for their briefings.
The Central African Republic has swung between consolidating the achievements made since the election of President Touadéra, in particular the recent headway made in Bangui and Bambari, and a…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her comprehensive briefing on the twenty-fifth report on the activities of her Office on the situation in Darfur in the Sudan. We believe that these transparent and frank briefings provide added value t…
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his briefing on the Secretary-General’s report on the evolution of the Da’esh threat to international peace and security (S/2017/467). The report also gives an account of the United Nations activities in support of Member States for the purposes of combating …
At the outset, I would like to thank Presidents Carmel Agius and Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their comprehensive briefing on the reports of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Uruguay reiterates i…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Kobler and Ambassador Olof Skoog for their briefings. I believe that they both know that they have the full support of the delegation of Uruguay.
A year and a half after the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement, regrettably, there is still no visible progress b…
It is an honour for my delegation to be taking the floor at this meeting, which you, Mr. President, have convened.
I would like at the outset to express the solidarity of the people and the Government of Uruguay with our brother peoples and Governments of Afghanistan and the United Kingdom, who hav…
Uruguay wishes to take this opportunity to reiterate its concern about repeated missile launches by North Korea and the increased tensions on the Korean peninsula. Such actions constitute a serious threat to international peace and security and are a clear violation of Security Council resolutions.
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I should like to begin my statement by wishing you, Sir, and your team every success in your duties as your country presides over the Security Council during the month of June. I also sincerely thank Council members for commending us on our recently concluded presidency.
We thank the Special Repres…
I would like to first thank Mr. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State of the United States, for presiding over this briefing and to Secretary-General António Guterres for his comments.
We are thankful to the presidency of the Security Council for having organized this open briefing, which is of particu…
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As we do every month, we thank Under-Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien not only for his comprehensive briefing but also for his and his team’s work, including that of the thousands of humanitarian workers deployed in Syria, working under extremely difficult conditions. We express our gratitude to al…
At the outset, allow me to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary General for South Sudan, Mr. David Shearer. As this is the first time he is briefing the Council, I wish to convey to him my delegation’s wishes for his success and its full support as he acquits himself of task he has ta…
Like my colleagues before me, I congratulate you, Madam President, on organizing this open debate, and thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his informative briefing. I again reiterate Uruguay’s full support for his work.
The Middle East remains the…
Uruguay welcomes the holding of this annual meeting to assess the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund.
First and foremost, we would like to acknowledge, and express our gratitude for, the work of the Permanent Representative of Kenya, Ambassador Kamau, as Chair of the Co…
I should like to thank the Special Representative, Martin Kobler, for his briefing and for his ongoing efforts and those of his team in a particularly difficult context. We would like also to thank Ambassador Olof Skoog for his report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuan…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, and your delegation for taking the initiative to hold this meeting. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his
briefing today. Our delegation stands ready to join and support him in his efforts to reform the Organization.
Freedom is the …
Uruguay thanks Ambassador Kairat Umarov, Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, for his briefing. My Government appreciates the work carried out by the Committee, as well as its assessment of recent developments, based on the reports…
