At the outset, we welcome the presence and participation of Judge Carmel Agius, Judge Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. We thank them for the valuable briefing they have provided in compliance with resolutions 1534 (2004) and 1966 (2010).
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela supports th…
Mr. President, we congratulate you for convening this meeting. We are also grateful for the statement made by Ms. Federica Mogherini.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is convinced of the positive role played by regional and subregional organizations in the prevention and resolution of conflicts…
We would like to thank the delegation of Egypt for its work during its presidency of the Security Council during the month
of May. We also congratulate the delegation of France on its assumption of the presidency for the current month. We reiterate our support for the success of your efforts, Sir, …
Mr. President, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to recognize the work done by you and your team in advancing the agenda this month. We also welcome the holding of this public wrap-up meeting, in line with the provisions of presidential concept note S/2010/507. Similarly, we appreciate…
I should simply like to raise a question with regard to procedure here in the Council, because it is my understanding that this was to be a briefing followed by private consultations. Are we going to be discussing Mr. O’Brien’s briefing in public meeting or is it going to be in consultations? If it …
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his briefing. Likewise, we thank Ms. Monique Barbut and Ms. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim for their briefings, as well as Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde, Exe…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, and thanks for her introduction of her eleventh report on the investigation on the situation in Libya, in accordance with resolution 1970 ( 2011). In that regard, we consider these e…
My delegation would like to thank Egypt, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for having convened this important open debate to discuss cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in the areas of peace and security, especially as it refers to the future of the Afric…
We appreciate the
briefing by Mr. Zahir Tanin and the statement by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić. We also welcome the presence of Ms. Vlora Çitaku.
Venezuela once again emphasizes that resolution 1244 (1999) remains the applicable inter…
We should like at the outset to thank the delegation of Egypt for having convened today’s open debate on a matter of such great importance. This meeting has elicited great interest within the international community, as evidenced by the fact that some 70 participants have asked to speak. It is also …
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing.
Venezuela reaffirms its full support and respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina and believes that the internat…
We are grateful for the convening of this meeting on the situation in Aleppo and the briefings provided by Mr. Feltman and Mr. O’Brien.
My delegation has been closely following developments in Aleppo and is concerned that the situation on the ground may threaten the progress made since the the cess…
Allow me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing on the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; the …
As this is the first time we take the floor in a public meeting this month, I would like to reiterate our congratulations to the delegation of Egypt on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We once again express to you, Sir, our support in ensuring that your leader…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted against the adoption of resolution 2285 (2016), on the renewal of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), for substantive reasons and of procedure, which have troubled us deeply. This entire process has been characterized …
We would like to welcome the presence of the Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, and Ambassadors Apakan and Sajdik.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has on many occasions expressed its strict adherence to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the Un…
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate the President on his steering of the work of the General Assembly. We also take this opportunity to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Australia, Ambassador Gillian Bird, and the Permanent Representative of Angola, Ambassad…
I would like to thank Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the challenges that the security situation in the Gulf of Guinea poses
to peacebuilding. I would also like to congratulate the Council presidency and the delegations of Angola and S…
We wish to welcome the presence and the statement of His Excellency Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. I also thank Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, and Ambassador Téte António, Permanent Observer
of the African …
We are grateful for the briefing by the Secretary-General on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Our delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries…
