I will now make a statement in my national capacity.
I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Modibo Touré, as well as the Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Mauro Vieira, for their briefings today.
The s…
In my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012), on Guinea-Bissau, I have the honour of briefing the members of the Council on the visit that I conducted to Guinea-Bissau from 13 to 15 June of this year.
The purpose of the visit was to collec…
First of all, allow me to thank Mr. Wane and Mr. Haysom and His Excellency Mr. Mogae for their briefings today.
I will be very concise because, regrettably, the situation in South Sudan has hardly changed since the Security Council addressed the issue one month ago (see S/PV.8008), which is why Uru…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
The position of Uruguay with regard to the conflict between Israel and Palestine and, even more important, on how to reach an agreement that will end it, is well known, and I will therefore be very brief. Nev…
I should like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, as well as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for their informative and exhaustive briefings. I would also like to welco…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your briefing in your capacity as Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic R…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing.
I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, for his statement and take note of the statement delivered by…
I would like to thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his thorough briefing.
I would like to express Uruguay’s heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo for the cowardly attacks of 13 August in Ouagadougou…
I would like to thank Ms. Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General, for her thorough briefing on the joint visit of the United Nations and the African Union to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria a few weeks ago. I would also like to thank Ambassador Téte António, Permanent Observer…
Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2371 (2017) and welcomes its unanimous adoption by the Security Council. The fact that Council members are united on the issue is crucial to our response to the serious threat that North Korea’s defiant attitude in continuing its nuclear and ballistic-missile pr…
I should also like to thank the Egyptian delegation for convening today’s meeting, as well as the Assistant
Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Tayé- Brook Zerihoun, for his briefing today.
For Uruguay, it is important that the Security Council work to improve the effectiveness of United …
At the outset, let me express my congratulations to Egypt for assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of August. At the same time, we would like to thank the Chinese delegation for its excellent stewardship of the Council during the month of July. We also would like to extend our welcom…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ms. Ursula Mueller, for her comprehensive briefing. We reiterate our gratitude to her and her entire team for their ongoing eff…
Allow me first to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, Mr. Michel Kafando, and the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Jürg Lauber, for their briefings.
Uruguay notes that since the last briefing of the Council on Burundi (see S/PV…
I join with others in commending you, Sir, on convening today’s open debate.
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his detailed briefing and, as we do every month, we reiterate Uruguay’s ful…
I would like to join other speakers in thanking Mr. Wane and Mr. Mogae for their respective briefings.
As was pointed out in this Chamber last month (see S/PV.7982), it has been six years since South Sudan declared its independence, but very few celebrations have been able to take place, given the …
I join previous speakers in congratulating the Chinese presidency for organizing this debate, as well as for the concept note (S/2017/574,annex), which was circulated in a timely manner. I would like to particularly thank the Secretary-General for his statement, his detailed report (S/2017/454) and …
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the briefing he provided us on the work of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSTAH, Ms. Sandra Honoré Braithwaite,…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his informative and comprehensive briefing and thank him and his entire time for their ongoing work in the context of such a difficult field of operations such as Iraq.
Uruguay recognizes the arduous work of the Special Represent…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his thorough briefing. The events and trends in West Africa and the Sahel in the last period show the countries’ commitment to sustainable peace and stability in the region. It is f…
