We thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his comprehensive briefing.
First of all, allow me to recognize, as we do each month, the permanent, dedicated and brave work of the thousands of humanitarian workers of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its local pa…
I would like to thank France for organizing today’s debate on an issue on which, as has already been said, much remains to be done. We also grateful for the participation of and statements by Chef de Cabinet Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti; Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women; Ms. …
Uruguay thanks the International Court of Justice and its President, Judge Ronny Abraham, for his presentation (see A/72/PV.34).
The International Court of Justice, as one of the principal organs of the United Nations, is the body charged with imparting justice in this area, not only between those …
At the outset, I would like to express our gratitute for the briefings by Mr. Alexander Zouev, Assistant Secretary- General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Sudan and South…
We are in a typical pattern whereby we are usually just about the only ones to take the floor during open meetings. I would like to congratulate you, Sir, for holding today’s open briefing. We had spent far too long in a closed format in the little room next to the Chamber, where not very much happe…
It is said that humans are the only animals that trip over the same stone twice. In 2016, we had a situation in which the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) was about to expire. There were doubts about its continuation. There was a brief rollover of its mandate and finally, in Novemb…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, and I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, for his detailed briefing.
When we are at the end of the list of speakers, I …
At the outset, I thank the Under-Secretary-General for
Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing, which gives us a comprehensive overview of the most recent events in South Sudan.
I would like to underscore a few points that I believe are important.
First, we continue to …
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence and his briefing, especially for the clarity of his message and proposal.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and north-eastern Nigeria is certainly alarming. The crises in those regions are concentrated in fra…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report of 5 October on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2017/840) and the Special Representative, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing.
Uruguay associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representativ…
I would like to start by welcoming the presence of Mr. Léonard She Okitundu, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We also thank Mr. Maman Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, and …
First of all, I should like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and to the representative of the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Ging, for their briefings. We also thank the French presidency for convening this public…
I would like to begin by thanking the delegations of France and the United Kingdom for their joint initiative to convene a briefing on the topic of strategic force generation in peacekeeping operations. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Permanent Representatives of Ban…
Allow me to begin by expressing Uruguay’s renewed delight regarding the extraordinary progress of the peace process in Colombia. We are strongly welcome the temporary national bilateral ceasefire that was announced on 4 September by the Government of Colombia and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional …
First of all, allow me to congratulate and commend Ethiopia for the effective manner in which it conducted the work of the Security Council the month of September, and to wish you, Sir, and your delegation success in leading the Council this month.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- G…
I thank the President for convening this high-level meeting and yesterday’s speakers for their briefings.
While the concept of slavery as it was known centuries ago has been abolished, we still face what is known as modern slavery. Trafficking in persons, the sexual exploitation of children and ado…
We highly appreciate the participation of the Secretary- General in this meeting, and thank him for all his work with respect to the situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar and for his message conveyed to the Security Council in his letter of 2 September, which he included in his opening statement of …
I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this briefing on the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), which provides us with an international framework for combatting terrorism. I would also like to congratulate Mr. Vladimir Voronkov on his appointment as Under- Secretary-General of the Unit…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, one year after the Security Council adopted resolution 2309 (2016). I also welcome the presence and participation of the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Ms. Fang Liu, and thank our colleague Ambassador…
We express our gratitude to Special Envoy De Mistura and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Lowcock for their comprehensive briefings. It is a pleasure to see Mr. De Mistura here again. We welcome Mr. Lowcock on the Security Council for the first time. …
