At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš and Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his remarks.
Having held its run-off presidential elections, Afghanistan is at a…
I congratulate Ms. Hiroute Sellassie on her appointment as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel. I also thank her for her briefings on the progress in the implementation of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel.
The Sahel region, which stretches across an extensive tr…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her briefing on the recent developments in the Darfur situation.
Darfur was the first case the Security Council referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). As such, the situation has given us an opportunity to r…
I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for convening this important set of meetings to assess the progress made in the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy since its third review, in 2012.
I would also like to commend Amba…
The Republic of Korea is deeply concerned over the continuing tensions in eastern Ukraine. Despite the agreement reached in Geneva on 17 April, the situation in Ukraine is showing no signs of abating. We are troubled in particular by the continuing violence and aggressive provocations by illegal arm…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Šimonović for his briefing.
We take this opportunity to reiterate our full support for the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine. We are confident that such independent and credible international mechanisms can contribute to the de-escala…
I would like to thank Special Representative Sandra Honoré for her briefing. During last week’s discussion on post-conflict peacebuilding (see S/PV.7143), we deliberated on some
core elements that also apply to today’s debate. Today I would like to make three points, focusing on mutual responsibili…
I thank you, Madam President, for having organized today’s meeting. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his comprehensive briefing. I also thank Ambassador
Antonio de Aguiar Patriota and Administrator Helen Clark, who provided value-added ins…
I thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his informative briefing. I appreciate the dedication he has shown in implementing his mandate and commend the continued resilience of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his remarks.
My delegat…
The Republic of Korea remains deeply concerned over the situation in Ukraine, particularly the escalation of tensions in the Crimean region. Given the tense situation, we call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and surmount the crisis through dialogue. It is vital that the unity, independe…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her briefing on recent developments in the Darfur situation. As the Prosecutor has explained in detail, the overall situation in Darfur has shown little improvement since her briefing in June (see S/PV.6974). Intertribal…
At the outset my delegation would like to express its sincere appreciation to the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, for his prominent leadership and for his comprehensive report on the current activities of the Court. My delegation also commends the joint eff…
As the report of the Secretary-General on modalities of the financing for development follow-up process (A/67/353) points
out, the financing needs for the post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development will be extremely large, far exceeding public-sector resources. Yet more than five year…
