We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings. We welcome our colleague the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the Security Council and look forward to his statement regarding dev…
South Africa voted in favour of the resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya for an
additional 12 months (resolution 2542 (2020)). In this regard, we reiterate that there can be no military solution to the Libya conflict. All Libyan parties, community leaders …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important and timely meeting on the situation in Somalia. I have the distinct honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Niger, Tunisia and South Africa, as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
At the outset, the A3+1 w…
We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid for their chilling accounts of the Yemeni crisis. We also thank Ms. Raja Abdullah Ahmed Almasabi for her moving testimony, as well as Ms. Wafa′a Alsaidy. Ms. Almasa…
We wish to thank Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings this morning.
South Africa remains steadfast in supporting the work of the …
South Africa would like to join colleagues in commending the United States of America and the Taliban for reaching this agreement. We would especially like to thank the State of Qatar for making its resources and time available for that meeting. I would like to make three points.
First, indeed, one…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting on South Sudan. We also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. David Shearer and our sister, Ms. Betty Sunday, for their briefings. We commend them and their teams for their work in South Sudan and their contribu…
Let me first congratulate you, Mr. President, and the people of the People’s Republic of China on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for March. I pledge my delegation’s support and cooperation in your work. We would also like to thank Belgium for its excellent presidency in February. We…
Let me start by thanking the Republic of India for the work done in steering the Kimberley Process during 2019. I also welcome the Russian Federation as Chair and Botswana as Vice-Chair of the Process and Certification Scheme and assure them of South Africa’s support during their terms in office.
S…
I would like first to thank the Secretary-General and Rosemary DiCarlo for their briefings on the unfolding situation in north- western Syria.
Let me begin by stating that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Syria. As with any conflict, in the end all sides must come to the table t…
Allow me to join others in thanking Ms. Ursula Mueller and Ms. Henrietta Fore for their briefings on the humanitarian situation in Syria. I wish also to welcome Deputy Prime Minister De Croo and Minister Maas to the Council.
As we have heard today, the humanitarian situation in north-east Syria con…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu and the President- designate of the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Mr. Gustavo Zlauvinen, for their briefings.
As we look forward to the fiftieth anniversary of the entry into force o…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important meeting to enable Council members to interact, for the first time, on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) since its establishment in October 2019.
The delegation of South Africa aligns itself with the …
Let me begin by thanking Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-
Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings on the situation in Syria. I would also like to express South Africa’s full support for Special Envoy Pedersen and commend his efforts to resolve the current impasse.
While we recogni…
We thank Special Envoy Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General Lowcock and Ambassador King, in her capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014), for their briefings. South Africa continues to reiterate its support for Mr. Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-Gene…
I thank Belgium for facilitating today’s discussion on the letter from the Russian Federation dated 13 April 2014 (S/2014/264). We would also like to thank the briefers for their informative briefings.
Five years have passed since the signing of the Minsk agreements. While there have recently been …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, one year after the Security Council visited Guinea-Bissau, where it had an opportunity to interact with Ms. Sori- Coulibaly. We join others in welcoming the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad and…
The South African delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important debate on transitional justice as a building block towards sustaining peace.
We extend our thanks to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet; the President of the…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council: the Niger, South Africa and Tunisia.
We would like to extend a special and warm welcome to His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, and Queen Mathilde, who have graced us with their presence today. We w…
South Africa is grateful to Belgium for scheduling this meeting today. We welcome in particular the President of the State of Palestine, His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas, to the Security Council and thank him for his important statement, in which he has articulated the true aspirations and the…
