I would like to warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Claude Joseph, Prime Minister of Haiti, to our meeting today. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Helen La Lime, for her insightful briefing and all
United Nations personnel in Haiti for their hard work on the groun…
I would like to welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to this meeting today, and to thank him very much for his detailed briefing.
We live in a complex world faced with intersecting…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing. As this will be her last briefing to the Security Council, I wish her all the best in her future activities.
I also welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting…
I thank Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, for their briefings and updates on developments following the Mechanism’s eighteenth report submit…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) François Louncény Fall for his comprehensive briefing.
We share the concerns over the persistent security and socioeconomic challenges that countries and people of the r…
At the outset, I thank Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Arias González, for their briefings.
I also welcome the participation of the represent…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini for their informative and insightful briefings. I also thank Professor Rashid Khalidi for sharing his perspective on the issue.
I welcome the representatives of Palestine and Israel to our meeting today.
Viet Na…
I thank you, Mr. President, for bringing us back to the Security Council Chamber. I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia, and I thank him for his statement. I would also like to thank Mr. James Swan,…
We thank the President for convening this very important debate.
We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/75/PV.67).
We are concerned about the heightened tension and violence between Israelis and Pales…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui for her insightful briefing.
I would like to highlight the following points.
First, regarding the political and security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, my delegation takes note …
On behalf of the 10 States members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely, Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic…
The United Nations was created 75 years ago in the aftermath of the Second World War with a view to saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war. The Security Council is tasked with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Today
the purposes and p…
I would like to start by thanking Judge Yusuf for the pre-recorded video message and his informative report on the activities of the International Court of Justice. I would also like to commend the judges of the Court for their outstanding work. Amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, the Court’s eff…
I would like to thank the briefers for their insightful briefings.
The number one priority in the Central African Republic today is the elections, which are coming very soon. I think it is very important to maintain an environment conducive to the proper preparation and organization of successful e…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings. I also welcome the representative of Yemen to this meeting.
We are encouraged…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Indonesia and Viet Nam, the two other States members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the Security Council.
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and He…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Let me first start by reiterating my delegation’s categorical condemnation of the use of chemical weapons in any form, by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstance or for any reason. The use of such weapons is u…
I would like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his valuable briefings.
I join other members in expressing our deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Kuwait on the passing away of His Highness Sheikh Al-Sabah, late Amir of the…
I would like to thank Under-Secretaries-Generals Rosemary Di Carlo and Jean-Pierre Lacroix for their comprehensive updates. I welcome the presence of my dear friend the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Sudan at this meeting.
Viet Nam warmly welcomes a number of positive developments …
