I deliver this statement on behalf of the African countries on the Security Council, namely, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire.
At the outset, let me thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to express our gratitude to our briefers today. We would al…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for his briefing. In that regard, I would also like to commend UNAMA’s personnel and Mr. Yamamoto for their vital contribution to supporting Afgh…
First, let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khaled Khiari for his briefing on developments in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. My intervention this afternoon will focus on denuclearization and the humanitarian situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
On the issu…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President and Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for their detailed briefings this morning. We commend their significant efforts to constantly improve the functioning of the Mechanism.
South Africa places great emphasis…
South Africa aligns itself with the statements delivered by the observer of Palestine and the representative of Paraguay on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries, respectively (see A/74/PV.39).
We wish to thank the President of the General Assembly for…
Let me first congratulate the United States for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for December and pledge my delegation’s support during its presidency. In addition, we would like to thank the United Kingdom for successfully presiding the Security Council in November.
I would also lik…
I, too, join other Council members in paying tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in Mali.
I thank the Special Adviser and Head of the Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD) for his informative briefing on
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We welcome the convening of this important and highly relevant debate on the agenda item entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council.” We appreciate that the President identified the reform…
Allow me to begin by thanking Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, for their briefings. South Africa wishes to express its support for Special Envoy Griffiths and for all his efforts to …
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Geir Pedersen for his briefing on the situation in Syria. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Special Envoy and the teams supporting him in carrying out his responsibilities with dedication and fortitude. We commend the efforts of the Special Env…
On behalf of the three elected African members of the Security Council — Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa — I would like to start by thanking Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); Mr. Fr…
Let me join others in thanking Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Ms. Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha, Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, for their briefings. I also welcome the observer of the Observer State of Palestine and the representati…
It is a pleasure to see you here with us again, Mr. President, and we thank you once more for your generosity and having hosted us last night — we really appreciate that.
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, Mr. Özerdem and Ms. Elman for their briefings on this very important topic on…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Mark Lowcock for his detailed briefing, as usual.
Syria and its people are at a unique juncture, at which the prospects for peace and stability are within their grasp. As South Africa has stated previously, the situation in Syria must be resolved through negotiatio…
I would also like to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Cornel Feruta, for his detailed briefing on the Agency’s report (see A/74/287) and for providing valuable updates on the IAEA’s 2019 activities. We c…
At the outset, I would like to warmly welcome the convening of this debate on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. We appreciate the leadership of the President and the great importance that he attaches to the revitalization of the Assembly’s role and work. I also want to join oth…
Allow me to acknowledge the presence of the honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, His Excellency Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, at this important debate, which seeks to end the injustice of the embargo against Cuba.
South Africa aligns itself with the statements delivered by the r…
We would like to start by again thanking Mr. Lacroix for his very pertinent and in-depth briefing, as always, in addition to conveying our thanks to the Police Commissioners who briefed us today, as well as to our briefer from Bangui.
In line with the presidency’s instructions, we will try to be a …
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 against civilians and mandates the I…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Valentine Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing and report (S/2019/843, enclosure) on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Ms. Selma Korjenić for her briefing.
As evident from the High Representative’s briefing and r…
