In this very Chamber, we have already said that we are pained by the situations in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and in all other parts of the world where the civilian population is subject to the brutalities of war. We have also said in this very Chamber that, as we give speeches, we are pained by the …
Uruguay is aware of the alarming migration and refugee situation at the global level. According to data of the International Organization for Migration, between 1 January and 28 September approximately 302,486 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea and 3,502 men, women and children died or disa…
I should like to begin by thanking Under-Secretaries- General Hervé Ladsous and Atul Khare for their respective briefings this afternoon.
I would like to highlight the holding, on 23 September, of a high-level meeting on the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, which…
I have requested the floor in the understanding that these informational briefings for the members of the Security Council could also benefit from members expressing their opinions, without prejudice to the consultations that will follow, where we can address issues that require greater confidential…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien for his detailed briefing. My delegation has requested the floor because we believe that such briefings are not solely for the Security Council but for all of the Members of the Organization. In that regard, as an elected member of the Council, we beli…
Today brought us the terrible news of the death of Shimon Peres, to whom we pay deep and sincere tribute. A couple of hours later, we learned of renewed bombings of hospital installations in Aleppo. It would seem that this is a without end tragedy. The five pages of resolution 2286 (2016) apparently…
My delegation has asked for the floor in the belief that today’s meeting is informative not just for the Security Council but for the membership in general. As an elected, non-permanent member of the Council, we feel that it is up to us to share the information with the membership that elected us — …
As we talk here, bombs continue to fall in Aleppo. Children continue to die. Women continue to die. The elderly continue to die. Civilian protection, which we always claim to be a State’s primary responsibility, does not seem that be much in practice today when we consider the intensification of eve…
Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2310 (2016) because of the intrinsic importance of the subject and because we believe in the need to work towards the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The CTBT, whose entry into force we encourage today, is a keystone of nucl…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this informative meeting on the terrorist threat to civil aviation.
As was clearly expressed in the concept note (S/2016/791, annex), the Security Council has focused its attention on other emerging aspects of international terroris…
At the outset, I wish to thank the New Zealand presidency for convening this informative, high-level meeting to address the challenges of one of the main threats to international peace and security, namely, the current conflict in Syria, on which we have focussed since the very beginning. Uruguay pa…
I too wish to convey my thanks to the Secretary-General for his briefing. We are grateful to the presidency of New Zealand and to you, Foreign Minister Murray McCulley, for convening today’s meeting and for your presence at the Security Council today.
Uruguay is concerned at the lack of progress in…
I wish to thank the presidency of New Zealand for having convened this debate under its programme of work and also to thank Minister McCully for presiding over our meeting today. I should like also to thank Ambassadors Yamamoto and Saikal, respectively, for their briefings.
First, I should like to …
My delegation thanks the delegation of the United Kingdom for its work in leading the negotiations on the drafting of
resolution 2307 (2016), which we adopted today in the belief that it will help to consolidate and strengthen peace at this hopeful stage for Colombia. Uruguay commends the Governmen…
I would first like to thank the President for convening today’s meeting on such an important topic.
I would like to begin by reaffirming that Uruguay, as a troop-contributing country with a long history of involvement in various peacekeeping operations, considers combating cases of sexual exploitat…
First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your entire delegation for the excellent work carried out during the month of August. In addition, I also take this opportunity to wish New Zealand a successful presidency during the month of September and to assure it of our readiness to collaborate…
I am pleased to address the members of the Security Council in my capacity as representative of the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012), concerning Guinea-Bissau. I would like to sum up the main aspects of the debate on the Secretary-General’s repor…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for his briefing. I would also like to welcome and express my gratitude for the statement by Mr. Ivica Dačić, First De…
I thank His Excellency Mr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, for presiding over today’s meeting of the Security Council. I also thank the Secretary-General and all the speakers for their valuable briefings.
At the outset, I wish to thank the Malaysian presidency for its initiat…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien for his briefing.
Last Friday, 19 August, saw the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day. My delegation therefore wishes to acknowledge the tireless effort and personal sacrifice of every one of the thousands of humanitarian workers throughout th…
