Allow me to begin, Sir, by warmly congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also very much appreciate the skill with which the Ambassador of Egypt led the Council during the previous month. I would like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon …
At the outset, I too would like to thank the co-facilitators. I to underscore the need to combat HIV/AIDS, which is apparent in the unanimous adoption of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (resolution 70/266, annex). However, the Declaration includes formulations that give rise to the reserva…
At the outset, allow me to convey our gratitude to the members of the Security Council for their ongoing efforts and attention to the issue of Yemen through their scrupulous following of the peace process in my country. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has paid particular attention to…
Allow me at the outset to express my sincere thanks to all States members of the Security Council for their ongoing interest in Yemen and their close follow-up of the political settlement process and the humanitarian situation in my country. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his acute …
At the outset, allow me to express our gratitude to our friend Ambassador Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States of America, for her continuous efforts and her engagement on the Yemeni issue, most recently expressed here during her statement, in which she referred to the catas…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the United Nations and all the States that have been assisting my country, Yemen, in overcoming the current
challenges. We would like to extend our thanks to our brothers in the Gulf Cooperation Council, particularly the Kingdom of Saudi Ar…
At the outset, allow me to express the deep appreciation of the Government of Yemen for the tireless efforts of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in following the developments in the crisis in Yemen. I also express our thanks to his Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is working c…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam, for the efforts made by the sisterly Mission of Jordan in this international forum to address issues affecting Arab countries and, in particular, my country Yemen. Resolution 2216 (2015), adopted today, is a tangible demonstration of the serious appro…
The Republic of Yemen has the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic
slave trade and on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Tran…
I would first like to express our sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting of the Security Council in order to bring us up to speed on the fast-developing events in Yemen that have followed the aggression on Thursday against the city of Aden and the presidential com…
Four years ago, on 11 February 2011, demonstrations took place in all Yemen’s provinces. The demonstrations grew, demanding a change and the creation of a legitimate modern secular State founded on the basis of the rule of law, respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights. Since then, my countr…
I would like to begin by thanking Australia, as Council President
for November, for taking the initiative to convene today’s open debate on international cooperation to combat terrorism and violent extremism. This is a timely opportunity for us to assess the progress made by the international commu…
At the outset, on behalf of the people and the Government of Yemen, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly and his brotherly country, Uganda, on his election to lead the Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. We fully trust that, thanks to his able leadership, the work of t…
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate the United States on its accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank the members of the Council and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui.
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the re…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank you, Mr. President, for inviting us to participate in this meeting of the Security Council to adopt presidential statement S/PRST/2014/18, on the situation in Yemen.
Once again, the Council has spoken unanimously in support of the political process under way in Yem…
At the outset, allow me to express our congratulations to the delegation of the Republic of Lithuania on its accession of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and wish it every success. Let me also thank the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for an excellent presidency o…
Allow me, at the outset to extend sincere my congratulations to Ambassador John Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We are confident that he will ably guide the work of the Assembly during this session. I also extend my thanks and gratitude to Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Presid…
I should like to begin by thanking the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia for the work done by the Australian Mission during its presidency this month. Our thanks go also to Mr. Héctor Marcos Timerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina, for his wise leadership of the Council last mont…
Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to congratulate your friendly country, the United Kingdom, on its assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. We are confident that you will conduct the work of the Council with skill and wisdom. We would also like to thank Ambassador Kodjo Menan, Perm…
First, I would like to congratulate His Excellency
Mr. Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco, and to wish him and his delegation every success in their conduct of the Council’s work this month. I would also like to thank His Excellency Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri,…
