I would first like to thank Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, and Mr. Festus Mogae, Chair of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, for their briefings, which have given us a very complete picture of the latest events in South Sudan.
The ci…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, for his briefing and for all his ongoing work. I especially welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mr. Salahuddin Rabani, for attending this afternoon’s meeting. I also thank the Secretary-…
We would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his informative briefing, and to reiterate once again the total support of Uruguay for his work.
Uruguay appreciates the submission of the third report on the implementation of resolution 23…
As we greet all delegations, we also welcome the holding of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. Uruguay is convinced that today more than ever we need to strengthen these bodies of international coordination and leadership. Failure to do so would be to abandon humankind to transnatio…
I would like to thank the delegation of the United States for convening this meeting and for the concept note that has been circulated. I am also grateful to Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her statement.
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a se…
We commend the presence in this Chamber of a number of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Ministers. We also extend our greetings to Ms. Nadia Murad, to whom we pay heartfelt tribute for her dignity and courage. We thank the United Kingdom and Iraq for their leadership in negotiating resolutio…
First of all, Uruguay expresses its solidarity with all those countries that in recent days have fallen victim to violent climatic events — including Mexico, which suffered a second earthquake yesterday that caused death and destruction.
I would like to thank the Ethiopian presidency, in particular…
The adoption of a resolution by the Security Council is in no way extraordinary. What is extraordinary today is the peace process that the Colombian people are pursuing. This is a real example to the world of commitment to peace undertaken by leaders who once were in conflict with one another, and w…
First of all, allow me to thank the Mr. Jeremiah Mamabolo, Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/746).
Uruguay underlines the report’s indication that, despite the de…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and Ms. Fatima Shehu Imam for their briefings.
We welcome the holding of this meeting, which once again allows us to exclusively address the situation in the Lake Chad basin. It undoubtedly gives greater visibility to a g…
Uruguay would like to thank Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, and Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and…
First of all, allow me to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, Mr. Haile Menkerios, for his briefing on the Secretary- General’s report (S/2017/744) on ways to strengthen the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union on issues of peace an…
Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2375 (2017) and welcomes its unanimous adoption. In the 21 months that we have been a member of the Security Council, this is the fifth resolution we have adopted to impose sanctions on North Korea. This is also the fifth time that my delegation has stressed tha…
I am grateful to the Secretary-General for his report of 30 August (S/2017/745) and to Special Representative Jean Arnault for the briefing he just delivered. Moreover, we commend him on the efficient work that he has carried out at the head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia. The important a…
The seriousness of the item under consideration notwithstanding, I would like to express my delegation’s congratulations to you, Mr. President, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council,
as well as to thank Egypt for carrying out its duties as President of the Council during th…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 2373 (2017), which we just adopted. As a troop-contributing country to peacekeeping operations, Uruguay has always endeavoured to ensure that missions are able to discharge their mandates, achieve their objectives and carry out the duties entrusted to them…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, and your team on having conducted the work of the Security Council so efficiently during this month. At the same time, we predict a successful presidency for Ethiopia for the month of September and express our full support in its endeavour.
Moreover, we than…
During the past 20 months as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, I believe that I have already said on other occasions that it is always difficult to listen to the words of Mr. Stephen O’Brien because he confronts us with the uncomfortable reality of the horrors of war with absolute and …
I would first like to thank your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate, which definitely constitutes a valuable contribution to the process of reforming our peacekeeping operations and builds on other discussions that we have had in the past few months, while at the same time…
I should like to welcome Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, in his first appearance before the Security Council. We wish him a successful tenure, which would be reflected
in the future and well-being…
