Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2350 (2017) on the basis of our belief that this is the best way to support the continued transition going forward in Haiti.
The new United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti will focus on three key areas: the rule of law, security and human rights. W…
There is a cliché that says that the first victim in war is the truth. Although that applies to wars of any kind, it is particularly true of this war. We have States and non-State actors participating. Some States seem to have been internationalnvited to participate, while other States seem not to h…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Mr. Said Djinnit, for having taken the time to meet with the Security Council this morning. I also thank him for his presentation of the Secretary General’s report (S/2017/208).
Four years af…
We thank Special Envoy for Syria De Mistura and his whole team for their tireless work and determination to move forward in spite of all the difficulties faced. We are also very happy to hear that he will continue moving forward in the face of such difficulties. We fully trust Mr. De Mistura and the…
At the outset, Madam, I join in your expressions of condolence over the attack that took place in Egypt. We offer our sorrow, solidarity and commitment to continuing to fight all manifestations of terrorism and barbaric extremism.
I thank you for convening this debate on the question of Haiti. I al…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing and for relaying the message from the Secretary-General.
In the midst of horrendous attacks, several decades ago the British people coined an expression that is truly appropriate for today: “Keep calm and carry on”. We believe that to…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing. Since this is his first time taking the floor before the Security Council, I would like to convey to him my wishes for his success and to assure him of the support of my …
I thank the United States for taking the initiative to convene today’s meeting. I wish in particular to thank the Secretary-General for his presence here today and for his statement and the concepts set forth in it. We have taken note of the nine points that formed the basis of his briefing.
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Yesterday, as I looked at the images coming out of Khan Shaykhun, I felt physically and mentally ill. The words used by Joseph Conrad in his novel Heart of Darkness, and subsequently placed by Francis Ford Coppola in the mouth of Marlon Brando in his film Apocalypse Now — “the horror, the horror” — …
Although the Government of Uruguay has already conveyed its sympathy directly to the Government of
Colombia, once again, it extends the solidarity and condolences of the people of Uruguay to Ambassador María Mejía Vélez, following the tragedy in Putumayo.
I thank the Special Representative of the …
At the outset, Madam President, my delegation congratulates you and expresses its commitment to supporting you in your presidency of the Security Council. I also thank Ambassador Matthew Rycroft and the entire United Kingdom delegation for their outstanding presidency last month.
I also join others…
First and foremost, allow me to add our voice to the expressions of solidarity and condolences that have been expressed you, Mr. President, and by Council members, to the family members and the countries of origin of United Nations experts, Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan, who, together with their C…
We should like once again to thank Under-Secretary- General Stephen O’Brien for his briefings. We wish also to express gratitude for his work and that of his team, as well as for the courage shown by the thousands of humanitarian workers on the ground, who are risking their lives every day, as has b…
I too wish to thank Ms. Bokova, Mr. Feltman, Mr. Fedotov and Brigadier General Parrulli for their enlightening briefing this morning.
My delegation congratulates the French and Italian delegations for their initiative leading to the adoption of resolution 2347 (2017), which Uruguay co-sponsored. We…
We would like to thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and to reiterate Uruguay’s full support to his work.
Paragraph 12 of resolution 2334 (2016) says that the Security Council
“[r]equests the Secretary-General to report to the Council every three months on the implementation of the…
I would like to join other speakers in thanking the presidency of the United Kingdom for this initiative. We were also grateful for the presence among us of the British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson. We thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Sunday and Mr. Mogae for their statements.
Today’s president…
Uruguay welcomed the presence of the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Boris Johnson, in presiding over our work, and we are grateful to him for organizing
today’s briefing on the situation in Somalia. As I said yesterday, my Government once …
My delegation has asked for the floor because it believes that the purpose of briefing meetings of the Security Council is precisely that — to inform the membership on the work of the Council and, at the same time, for members to express their country’s opinion, belief or position on the issue under…
It is an honour to have His Excellency President Touadéra present here at the Security Council. We would like thank him most especially for his efforts to bring about peace and stability in the Central African Republic.
We would also like to thank the Under-Secretary- General Ladsous and our collea…
I would first like to thank Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Solíz for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), which contributes to ensuring transparency in the Committee’s work. We are also pleased that a Latin American country is currently chairing the C…
