First and foremost, we would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this session to review the work of the Security Council during the month of August. We would also like to congratulate you and your entire delegation for the outstanding work carried out this month. We are grateful fo…
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I also welcome the statement by Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign of Serbia. And I welcome the presence of Ms. Vlora Çitaku.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venez…
We wish to congratulate you, Sir, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs of Malaysia, for having convened this important debate, and we also thank your delegation. We also very much appreciate the concept note (S/2016/712, annex) that was submitted to guide delegations with regard t…
We thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, and his team for their work in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the humanitarian progress registered in Syria in the month of July. Over 480,000 …
We are deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in South Sudan. We believe that it is necessary to put an immediate stop to the violence and we are troubled by the difficult situation faced by the South Sudanese people. We condemn the fact that the parties are not honouring their obligatio…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate and acknowledge your work as Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. I would also like to congratulate Malaysia and the Malaysian delegation in its capacity as president of the Council during…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela abstained in the voting on resolution 2303 (2016), on the deployment of an police officers component in Burundi for a year for substantive reasons that blocked the consensus that is needed for a subject as vital as the principle of obtaining the consent for such …
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to refer to resolution 70/299, entitled “Follow- up and the review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level”, which we have just adopted by consensus.
At the outset, we wish to reiterate our support of the state…
First and foremost, allow me to commend you, Mr. President, on the holding of this important open debate on peacebuilding in Africa. I also thank you for your presence here at the helm of the presidency of the Security Council. We express our gratitude for the briefings by Secretary- General Ban Ki-…
I should like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman and Mr. Stephen O’Brien for their briefings this morning regarding the humanitarian and security situation in the Lake Chad Basin.
We remain concerned about the security situation there as well as the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed that region for s…
We thank Mr. O’Brien for his briefing and commend him on his work at the helm of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. We also commend his team.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela appreciates the progress made with regard to the humanitarian situation in Syria during the first …
Mr. President, we congratulate you on the work you have done in your capacity as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Matters and for all your efforts in preparing and facilitating the note of the President of the Security Council contained in document S/2016/619…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for introducing the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/589). I also thank Ambassador Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and
especially Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi, in his capacity as faci…
Venezuela would like to begin by thanking Japan for having convened this open debate, and we welcome the participation therein of the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, who recently visited a number of countries in the Middle East region. That was part of his very firm commitment to seeking peace …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela joins in the expressions of solidarity and condolences to the Government and the people of Turkey following the recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul. The serious consequences of those acts lead us to reaffirm our firm commitment to combatting terrorism in all its…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its support for the work of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). We acknowledge its valuable contribution to achieving the strategic priorities of the mission, especially regarding the protection of civilians, the facil…
We would like to begin by condemning the recent terrorist attacks that occurred on 20 June in Kabul and Badakhshan, which caused loss of life and injuries. We extend our solidarity to the people and the Government of Afghanistan and we convey our condolences to the families of the victims of such a …
At the outset, I wish to express our condolences to the delegation and people of the United States over the horrendous acts of violence that took the lives of so many innocent people in Orlando.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of resolution 2292 (2016) because it believes that …
At the outset, we welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault, which reflects the
importance that his country attaches to this subject. We also welcome His Excellency Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic, and thank hi…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for introducing the twenty-third report on the investigation into the situation in the Sudan, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2015). At the same time, my country…
