We thank you, Madam President, for convening this important meeting on the peace process in Syria. We also welcome the presence
of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other high- level representatives at this meeting.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of resolution 2254 (2015)…
I would like to thank Mr. Jacob Lew, United States Secretary of the Treasury, and his delegation for having convened this debate on an issue of such importance — the threat to international peace and security posed by terrorism and its financing. We also thank in particular the Finance Ministers an…
Venezuela is grateful for the presence and briefings of Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson; Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Mr. Nick Grono, Chief Executive Officer of the Freedom Fund; and, especially, Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, whose…
I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her presentation of the twenty- second report on the investigation of the situation in the Sudan. We also commend the work of the Office of the Prosecutor and the Court in combating impunity and promo…
We want to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for his presentation of the quarterly report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). Similarly, we would like to express to him and his team our gratitude for the efforts undertaken to promote and fulfil the…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its support for the work of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and acknowledges the valuable contribution of its staff to protect civilians, especially vulnerable groups such as women and children, as well as their role in facilitating …
We would like to welcome the presence here today of the Deputy Secretary-General, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, the Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Chief Monitor of the Organizati…
We welcome the presence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and of the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman. We thank them for their briefings.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela notes with concern that, over the past …
We thank Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for their …
On behalf of my delegation, I take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority and the President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for participating in this meeting. We extend our gratitude to the representative of New Zealand, Ms. Alice R…
We wish at the outset to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and Head of Office for the Sahel for her briefing.
As reflected in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/866), the security situation in the Sahel region remains unstable, giving rise to concern at the direct effects th…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
Once again, the General Assembly has brought us together to discuss the issue of Palestine on the occasion of the International Day of Solida…
I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our condolences to the
Government and the people of France, as well as to the peoples and the Governments of the other countries that have suffered the latest terrorist assaults, including the downing of the Russian airliner and the attack early th…
We thank the President for having convened such an important meeting and also for the concept note (S/2015/846, annex) that he has circulated. We also thank the Secretary-General for his valuable briefing.
The concept note focuses on two very specific recommendations, which were formulated in the r…
We appreciate the briefing made by Mr. Tanin, whom we welcome, and congratulate him on his new appointment. We wish him every success in his new functions.
We would also like to thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Ms. Flora Çitaku for t…
We would like to reiterate today our solidarity with and our condolences to France for the terrorist attacks on French soil, as well as to Lebanon, the Russian Federation, Iraq, Syria and the many countries that are being assaulted on a daily basis by the terrible phenomenon of terrorism. We welcome…
We would like to welcome and pay tribute to you, Madam President. We thank Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his briefing. We also congratulate him for the work he is doing as head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanit…
We thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We welcome the presence of the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, and the Police Commissioners of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in t…
We thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin lnzko, for his briefing.
Twenty years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, Bosnia and Herzegovina has pursued its efforts to consolidate peace and stability at both the national and regional levels, although some ch…
I wish at the outset to thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. My delegation expresses its gratitude to Ms. Malcorra, Mr. Kay, Mr. Téte António and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke for their briefings.
Despite the security constraints, the political situation in Somalia has seen pro…
