We appreciate and are grateful for the statements delivered by the President of the General Assembly; the Secretary-General; Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty Organization; and Mr. Karipbek Kuyukov, Honorary Ambassador of the ATOM Project.
As a pac…
I thank the Swedish delegation for having convened today’s meeting, and Ms. Gamba, Henrietta Fore and Yenny Londoño for their briefings today.
My country welcomes the adoption of resolution 2427 (2018), which we co-sponsored.
The numbers speak for themselves: in just a year, the number of cases of…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his statement (see A/72/PV.99) on an issue that is so important to the international community. I would also like to express my country’s appreciation for the leadership role that Australia and Ghana have undertaken, which has proved in…
I would like to begin this short statement by thanking the Permanent Representative of Egypt for having shared with us all that today was his birthday.
Uruguay is pleased to see the consensus achieved with regard to the need to reinforce the United Nations development system and thereby to pursue b…
First of all, I would like to thank the Polish presidency for holding this open debate. We thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland for his presence here today. I am also grateful for the Secretary- General’s statement and his report concerning the protection of civilians and…
At the outset, I would like to commend the President of the Council for choosing this subject as the topic for one of the open debates during the Polish presidency for the month of May.
The United Nations came into existence in 1945 with the aim of achieving world peace and agreeing on a union of S…
Uruguay aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Human Rights/Conflict Prevention Caucus (see A/72/PV.84). I wish to make this statement in my national capacity as the Permanent Representative of Uruguay.
Uruguay agrees with the views expressed on …
On behalf of Ambassador Cardi, Permanent Representative of Italy, and on my own behalf, I wish to thank the President of the General Assembly for the co-chairmanship entrusted to us and all delegations for their constructive engagement and commitment to the negotiations on resolution 72/274, entitle…
I am honoured to take the floor again in the Chamber and in particular under your presidency, Ambassador Van Oosterom.
I thank the Kingdom of the Netherlands for convening today’s debate. I also thank Secretary- General António Guterres, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat and Ms. Fatimata Touré for their brie…
It is an honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC).
At the outset, I would like to express my deep appreciation to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, for having convened this commemorative plenary meeting. I would like to thank S…
It is an honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin America and Caribbean States. At the outset, I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, for convening this commemorative plenary meeting on the International Da…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your team on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I wish you every success in carrying out your work. We would also like to thank Mr. Ian Martin for his comprehensive briefing today.
My delegation aligns itself w…
For the sixth time in its two years as a member of the Security Council, Uruguay has voted in favour of a resolution with regard to the provocative acts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. That underscores the gravity of the threat posed to international peace and security.
As my delegati…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yury Fedotov; Ambassador Kairat Umarov; and Ms. Wazhma Frogh for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Mahmoud S…
The phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters is a threat that looms over the international community as a whole. The commitment and cooperation of all States are needed in the fight against terrorism, given its global nature. Resolution 2396 (2017), which we have just adopted, has 51 operative parag…
We thank the presidency of Japan for convening this briefing, and especially thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for her detailed and clear briefing this afternoon.
The year 2017 has seen a great deal of debate concerning the future of United Nations pea…
I would like to begin by thanking the Japanese presidency for convening today’s open debate. It has the full support of my delegation. We also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
If we were to analyse the threats and challenges to international peace and security that existed at the momen…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for presenting the fourth report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/1030) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I thank Ms. Joanne Adamson, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Delegation of the European Union to…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their comprehensive and very sincere briefings.
This is the last time that Uruguay will make a statement on the Syrian conflict as a member of the Security Council, a conflict that has left the world horrified an…
I would like to thank High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu for her comprehensive briefing. I also thank the Secretary-General for his 6 December biennial report (S/2017/1025) on small arms and light weapons, which illustrates the very serious and negative consequences of the misuse …
