At the outset, I would like to align myself with the statement delivered by the delegation of the European Union. However, I would like to make some additional, more informal, comments in my national capacity.
First, I would note that, unfortunately, for next year the news is not good, as 136 milli…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate.
Trafficking in persons is the commodification of human bodies. It is probably one of the most degrading experiences that human beings can be subjected to. Simply put, it is a modern version of slavery. I would like to make…
Allow me first of all to congratulate the two new co-Chairs, my good friends the Ambassadors of Georgia and the United Arab Emirates, for having been assigned the important responsibility of chairing the informal intergovernmental negotiations at the current session. They are two splendid profession…
Madam President, I wish to thank you for having convened this debate.
(spoke in Spanish)
Again, in my native language, I express my thanks to you, Madam.
When Spain was on the Security Council for two years, one of our major priorities was the women and peace and security agenda. However, now tha…
It is a pleasure to introduce draft resolution A/71/L.80 to the General Assembly today on behalf of its two principal sponsors, Guatemala and my own country, Spain.
We wished to introduce this innovative draft resolution to help prevent and combat two forms of criminal activity that have so far bee…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his strong statement and all the members of the Security Council, particularly the delegations of the United States and China, for their collaboration, which has
enabled us to adopt resolution 2321 (2016), establishing an unprecedented sanctions regim…
Humanitarian agencies cannot get into Aleppo. They are encountering enormous difficulties in getting into many parts of Syria and, quite simply, cannot do their work. That is the clear conclusion that I have drawn today from the briefings by Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, Under-Secretary-General …
My thanks go, above all, to Stephen and to Elizabeth for their respective briefings and for their excellent
work. I should like also to thank the Ambassador of New Zealand, who described very clearly the joint efforts that Egypt, New Zealand and Spain are making to ensure the adoption of a series o…
Spain and the United Kingdom are participating jointly today under the so-called Toledo formula. As such, Spain aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the United Kingdom. We also align ourselves by the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union…
My delegation welcomes the fact that again, for another year, the resolution on the situation in Afghanistan
(A/71/L.13) will be adopted by consensus. I wish to acknowledge, at the outset, the splendid part played by the delegation of Germany and the statement delivered earlier by the Permanent Re…
I shall begin by stating the obvious: the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is a fundamental actor for the maintenance of international peace and security. It is a fundamental actor in the relations of the Security Council with other organizations. I also underscore that the role of the OIC …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, my good friend Ambassador Tanin, for his briefing and for sharing his thoughts with us. I also once again welcome the presence in the Security Council of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, His Exce…
Many thanks to Ambassador Valentin Inzko for his presentation of his biannual report (S/2016/911, annex) and, more important, many thanks for the special report on the referendum held on 25 September in the Republika Srpska.
I also wish to express our appreciation for the adoption of resolution 231…
First and foremost, I congratulate the Russian Federation on the way in which it has led the deliberations of the Security Council this month.
After having carefully listened to our excellent briefers today, I will pick up on the eloquent comment made by the Ambassador of Angola: “Enough is enough.…
I want to begin by commending the Russian presidency for organizing this debate. We need only look around the Chamber to see the high number of delegations of Member States that are joining us today, and look further up to see all the representatives of civil society, to realize that there is a very…
I thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing, as well as Mr. Stephen O’Brien. They have described for us in great detail the seriousness of the situation in the Middle East region in general.
This is a debate in which one could speak about the critical situation in Syria, one could speak about th…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2016/753), as well by expressing my gratitude for the briefing provided by Special Representative Sandra Honoré.
As a consequence of Hurricane Matthew, Haiti is once again suffering a new humanitarian crisis, the most …
Along with France, Spain has supported this draft resolution (S/2016/846) on Aleppo in order to try to respond to a desperate situation. During more than five years of a heart-breaking conflict in Syria, we have seen indiscriminate attacks against civilians. We have seen both parties destroy hospita…
I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2016/722, annex) and for his dedication. I thank Ms. Liu and Mr. Maurer for their respective briefings.
I have listened with the utmost attention to Ms. Liu and have taken on board her proposal that the Secretary- General assign a Special Representati…
I thank France, the United Kingdom and the United States for calling this meeting. It was necessary that the Security Council meet today, given the worsening situation. We are facing the most intensive wave of air strikes since the war in Syria began. I thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his work and …
