My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. We would also like to thank the Under- Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smaïl Chergui, for their comprehens…
We thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting on threats to international peace and security. My delegation also appreciates the briefing by Ms. lzumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
South Africa’s primary concern on matters of inte…
South Africa wishes to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Mr. James Swan; the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten; the Special Representative o…
We thank you, Mr. Minister, for presiding once again over the Council’s deliberations. We thank the Polish delegation for having convened today’s debate on the challenges to peace and security in the Middle East. My delegation also appreciates the insightful briefing of Ms. Viotti, Chef de Cabinet i…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Ursula Mueller for their briefings. South Africa wishes to express its support for the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy and commend him on all the e…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council — Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa. We would like to thank the briefers this morning for their comprehensive briefings and for particularly re-emphasizing the importance of respecting international hum…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to extend its sincere condolences to the families of the United Nations staff members who lost their lives. South Africa also wishes a speedy recovery to all those who were injured.
My delegation thanks Ms. Bintou Keita, the Assistant Secretary-General, for her b…
Allow me to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. I also thank the civil society briefers, Dr. Hala and Ms. Khoulani, for their statements this morning.
Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945 from the vestiges of the brutal and devastating Second Wor…
At the outset, I would like to thank Poland for organizing this open debate on children and armed conflict. The debate is timely, as it coincides with the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1882 (2009), which gave an additional emphasis to the children and armed confl…
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for the outstanding manner in which you have guided the work of the Council during your presidency this month. We thank you for your conduct in this regard.
I also wish to thank Mr. Lowcock and Ms. Sirkin for their briefings to the Council this morning.
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Needless to say, South Africa shares the sentiments expressed by the representatives of Côte d’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea on the situation in Libya. In addition, I would like to welcome and thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, for his enlightening briefing…
Let me too start, on behalf of South Africa, by extending our condolences to the Government and the people of Afghanistan on the recent terrorist attacks in Kabul. We also wish to extend our condolences to the Government and the people of Tunisia on the passing of President Béji Caïd Essebsi.
My de…
At the outset, we wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her briefing on the activities of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). South Africa recognizes the important role that MON…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing today.
In recent weeks, there have been worrying reports of an increase in the number of evictions, confiscations and demolitions of Palestinian property in both East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Homes and structures in the P…
At the outset, let me start by thanking and congratulating the delegations of Peru and the United Kingdom, as President of the Council and penholder on Colombia, respectively, for leading a very successful mission to the country last week. The visit by the Council was aimed at improving its understa…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with its focus on strengthening partnerships for successful nationally owned transitions.
We thank Secretary-General António Guterres, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commiss…
We thank all the briefers for their detailed, informative and, indeed, illuminating briefings this morning.
South Africa remains extremely concerned at the serious humanitarian and security situation in Yemen. The continued violence, including the attacks on Abha International Airport, remains unac…
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Judge Agius on assuming the presidency of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We are convinced that the Mechanism will make further substantial headway in its work under his leadership. At the same time, I wish to express grati…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
Since its adoption in Cairo in 1994, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) has been the main outcome document presenting a comprehensive framework for populat…
At the outset, we wish to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and High Commissioner Zannier for their briefings today.
With regard to the matter brought to the attention of this meeting, South Africa continues to encourage
all the parties to strengthen all diplomatic efforts so as to avoid an es…
