S/PV.7127 Security Council

In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Somalia to participate in this meeting. On behalf of the Council, I welcome His Excellency Mr. Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2014/137, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Australia, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2142 (2014). I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia.

I should like briefly to thank the members of the Security Council and the international community very much for the great assistance that they have given my country. I should like to report that Somalia is much better today than it was even a few days ago, and that it is getting better every day. That is because of the assistance of the international community, especially the Security Council and the United Nations. We wish to thank the international community very much. I would also like to convey to the Council the greetings of Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. We are a country in a serious war against terrorists who do not observe the embargo. As the Council is very well aware, just a few weeks ago, our President was almost assassinated. The attackers came all the way down to Villa Somalia. That shows how strong that group is and how weak our forces are. I take note of the adoption of resolution 2142 (2014). The reality is that we have to redouble our efforts to closely and diligently work with the Monitoring Group and the Council to do better next time. I hereby convey to the Council our serious commitment to doing so — we are very serious about that. Next time I come here, I hope that we will have done everything possible on our side to see the sanctions/embargo lifted. I would like to conclude by thanking the Council once again. We very much appreciate what has been done and what is being done for my country.

The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.