At the outset, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. Please be assured of South Africa’s support for your efforts this month, Madam President. On a slightly different note, I would also like to congratulate the E…
We align ourselves with the statements made by the observer of the Observer State of Palestine, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the representative of Zambia, on behalf of the Group of African States.
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/74/193) on…
We want to thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over our meeting today, as well as the Russian Federation, Mr. Vassily Nebenzia and his team for the excellent manner in which they managed the Council programme for this month. Allow me to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-Gen…
I stand here deeply moved at the coincidence that I should speak following my counterpart, the Foreign Minister of Botswana, given that my grandfather, Z. K. Matthews, stood here in 1966 as the first Ambassador of the newly independent Botswana.
I represent the President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Af…
I join my colleagues in thanking you, Mr. Minister, for convening this meeting. We appreciate the useful briefings by Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General.
This is a timely and perti…
I thank you for this opportunity, Sir. May I congratulate you on your role as President.
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his briefing and the speakers of the various organizations associated with this debate.
The debate today affords us an opportunity to…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Mladenov, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing on the situation in Israel and Palestine and welcome Ministers for Foreign Affairs Al-Malki and Safadi of the State of Palestine and of Jordan to the Security Council.
As we a…
Let me begin by thanking Ms. Ursula Mueller for her briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria. We, too, are deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Syria, particularly with regard to the thousands of civilians who continue to suffer.
While we continue our deliberations here …
As mentioned in our statement to the Council earlier (see S/PV.8622), my delegation continues to be very concerned about the devastating human tragedy unfolding in Syria, in particular the situation in and around Idlib. The highest priority of the Council should be to stop the killing and end the su…
We join other delegations in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. We also express our heartfelt gratitude to Special Representative David Shearer for his briefing, which was, as usual, comprehensive. We thank him and his team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNM…
We thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. South Africa wishes to express its support for Mr. Griffiths and commends his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the situ…
Please allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yury Fedotov; and Ambassador Djani, C…
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We would also like to express our appreciation to the briefers for their comprehensive inputs.
Foremost, let me express our appreciation and greatest support to the former Special Represent…
My delegation would like to thank the President for organizing this meeting. We welcome the insightful remarks delivered this morning by the Secretary-General. Likewise, we appreciate the detailed briefing made by Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Director of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Org…
We appreciate the convening of today’s debate. Similarly, we would like to join colleagues in condemning the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso that claimed 29 lives.
My delegation would like to thank the Under- Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, for his detailed briefi…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the Russian Federation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. You can count on our support. We would also like to thank Poland for the way they managed the work of the Council in August.
I would like to thank Mr. Ghas…
I would like to start by thanking Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for their insightful briefings this morning.
South Africa continues to express its deep concern about the many civilians, i…
First, we would like to thank the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, for her comprehensive briefing this morning. We would like to address the following three points in our statement today, the political situatio…
We welcome you to New York, Mr. President, and thank you for presiding over this meeting of the Security Council today. My delegation would also like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his briefing and tireless efforts in taking forward the…
Like others, we would like to thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Ms Michèle Coninsx, Executive
Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, for their briefings on the Secretary- General’s strategic-level…
