At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting today. Allow me to also express our appreciation to Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, for her comprehensive briefing on her recent visit to the region and developments regarding the situation in the Su…
We are delighted, Madam President, to see you presiding over today’s Council meeting, all the more so that something positive is coming from Africa, from your own region of Central Africa.
At the outset, let me join others in thanking the outgoing Special Representative of the Secretary- General fo…
Before I start my intervention, I would like to pay tribute to Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. We commemorate the second anniversary of his death today. His tireless efforts in the Security Council will forever be remembered.
At the outset, we join others in thanking Special Coordinator Mladenov for his…
We thank former President Michel Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi; Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United
Nations; and Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for th…
We 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 informative briefings. We also welcome the appointment of Lieutenant General Michael Lollesgaard and w…
We welcome and thank the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, for her briefing. We look forward to working with her on her assignment. We would also like to welcome our colleague, the P…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting and facilitating these discussions, as per the Russian Federation letter dated 13 April 2014 (S/2014/264).
I wish to thank the briefers, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Department…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. We are grateful for the briefings presented by, respectively, Mr. Voronkov and Ms. Coninsx. South Africa believes that this meeting could have been furthe…
I thank you, Sir, for placing this matter on the agenda today. After following the due process provided for in the working methods of the Security Council, you have my support.
May I also thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim A…
Allow me to join previous speakers in expressing our deepest gratitude to the fraternal Republic of Equatorial Guinea for convening this important debate on transnational organized crime at sea, which poses a great threat to international peace and security. We also take this opportunity to welcome …
At the outset, South Africa wishes to congratulate Your Excellency President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. You may be assured of South Africa’s full support and cooperation during you…
Let me join others in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for the valuable and detailed briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria and, through him, thanking all United Nations personnel for their great job to help th…
We want to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting on the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We also want to welcome the ministers present here in the Council today, as well as the briefing by Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo.
In any country, like all the countries represented around this…
Mr. President, we are honoured to see you preside over today’s open debate. We thank the Dominican Republic for having arranged this important meeting addressing the impact of climate-related disasters on international peace and security. We are also honoured by and acknowledge the presence in the C…
We are honoured to have you, Mr. President, presiding over this important meeting, giving our friend Mr. José Singer Weisinger a bit of a break. I think he deserves a break. We are also honoured by the presence of the Foreign Minister of Colombia, His Excellency Mr. Carlos Trujillo García, and his d…
First, I would like to thank colleagues for their condolences and solidarity in connection with the passing of Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo. Ambassador Kumalo used to sit where I am sitting and always contributed to finding solutions aimed at bringing about peace and security and stability, issues of …
We would like first to add our voice in thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting today; Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé for his comprehensive briefing to the Council; and the representative of Germany, as Chair of the Security Council Committee est…
We would like to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. We would also like to thank and pay tribute to Ambassador Joanna Wronecka for her briefing and leadership on this portfolio. And we welcome our colleagues from the Sudan to the Council today.
South Africa welcomes the improvements in t…
We would like at the outset to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We wish also to express our sincere appreciation to Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her comprehensive briefing on the situation …
Let me join colleagues in thanking the briefers: Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); Mr. Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo, President of the Commission élector…
