At the outset, let me thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her comprehensive briefing on the situation in Libya.
South Africa continues to support resolution 1970 (2011), which calls for a cessation of violence towards civilians and mandates the IC…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We wish to express our appreciation for the informative briefing by High Representative Inzko on the latest report of his Office on the political, security and humanitarian situation in …
We welcome you as President of the Security Council today, Madam, and South Africa would like to thank the Republic of Indonesia for organizing this open debate on an important matter. We also thank the Secretary-General, Lieutenant General Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho, Force Commander of the Unite…
We join other delegations in expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for holding this meeting, as well as to our briefers for their comprehensive briefings. We also would like to congratulate Mr. Onanga-Anyanga on his new role as Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa.
I would like to limi…
Allow me to join other speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for the able and fair manner in which you have presided over the Security Council in the month of April. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his briefin…
South Africa wishes to reiterate its unequivocal and strong support for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which was established by the Council under resolution 690 (1991). That was the beginning of the issue. We recall that MINURSO was created primarily to fa…
South Africa wishes to express its solidarity with those who have perished in the recent terrorist attacks in their places of worship in Sri Lanka, the United States of America and, yesterday, in Burkina Faso, which the Council visited last month. May their souls rest in peace.
We also express our …
We note that today’s discussion is taking place as requested by Ukraine in its letter dated 24 April 2019.
At the outset we wish to thank the briefers for their briefings on the current situation in eastern Ukraine.
It is clear from the briefings and recent developments that there remains an urgen…
At the outset, I would like to join other delegations in thanking the President for convening this meeting to mark the first-ever special International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, following the adoption of resolution 73/127.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement deliver…
Let me begin by thanking Ms. Ursula Mueller for her informative briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria and Ms. Nujeen Mustapha for telling us the story of her personal journey and for providing us with an insight into the reality those with disabilities are facing in the country. I would al…
On behalf of my delegation, let me take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for your personal conviction and outstanding leadership on this very pertinent subject. At the same time, I wish to thank the Permanent Mission of Germany for submitting the resolution on this matter (resolution 24…
At the outset, I would like to thank and commend you, Mr. President, and the Permanent Mission of Germany for organizing this important and pertinent debate. Like other speakers, I also want to take this opportunity to express South Africa’s condemnation of the recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka …
We would like to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening and presiding over today’s meeting. We agree with most of your views and recommendations with regard to Darfur and the situation in the Sudan.
We also want to thank the African Union-United Nations Joint Special Represen…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the humanitarian situation in Yemen. We would also like to thank the briefers for their remarks. My delegation would like to address three points today — the implementation
of the Stockholm Agreement, the humanitarian situation and the impact …
As per your directive, Mr. President, I will not thank the briefers, but I will join my neighbours in welcoming the Foreign Minister to the Council.
The briefing and details provided by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colomb…
On behalf of my President, His Excellency Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, and the entire nation of South Africa, I take this opportunity to thank the President of the General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, for convening this momentous high-level meeting, a gathering that provides us wit…
My delegation wishes to recognize the presence of the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, and earlier on, Mr. Mike Pence, Vice-President of the United States of America. We would like to thank all the briefers, especially Mr. Lowcock and his excellent staff in Venezuela. We ask him to convey ou…
Before we begin, we would like to welcome and support the German presidency for its innovation. We hope that drawing open its curtains and shedding light on the Security Council will lead to greater transparency in its work and perhaps ultimately to the reform of the Council demanded by most Member …
South Africa would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for presiding over this timely and relevant briefing on supporting the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) only a few weeks before the start of the third session of the Preparatory
Committee for the 2020…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Germany’s assumption of the Security Council presidency for April. South Africa will support Germany as you lead the Council through the month. We would also like to warmly thank the French presidency for its work in the month of March, including t…
