Today we are all French. We are all Malian.
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And, dear colleagues, we are also Russian and Arab.
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It is time to react, and to do so with a French heart — with a Russian, Malian and Arab heart. Terrorists in Beirut, Ankara, Sinai, Paris and Bamako have sworn the…
Let me at the outset welcome and thank High Representative Valentin Ink for his presence here, and
express the support of the Government of Spain for his work and for his Office. We wish also to welcome the new Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miloš Vukašinović, to whom we express the full rea…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General Mr. Haysom; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at Vienna, Mr. Fedotov; and the Ambassador of Afghanistan.
Spain fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the Europe…
I have the honour to present the report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 of that resolution. The present report covers the period from 23 June to 14 September, during which time the Committee held an informal meeting on…
Along with the other delegations, I would like to express my condolences to the family of the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), whom I had the honour to know. I extend my condolences to the family of General Jaborandy, to Brazil and to all of the MINUST…
I thank you, Mr. Minister, for convening this open debate. I also wish to thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing.
Spain aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I will focus my statement today on three main points: the Middle East peace process, Yemen and…
Today we celebrate the triumph of diplomacy following an arduous and complex negotiating process between the E-3+3 and Iran. I join in congratulating all participants on their efforts and commitments. I congratulate Iran, the United States, Russia, China and our partners in the European Union, and o…
I also thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights for his briefing.
Spain deeply regrets the Russian veto of the draft resolution (S/2015/508), submitted by the United Kingdom to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. As the Deputy Secretary- General mentioned at the ou…
I am greatly pleased to see the second draft resolution on the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations being introduced to members of the Assembly for adoption today.
When in 2004 Spain called on the General Assembly to promote an alliance of civilizations, it did so in response to the need for th…
I would like to thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her briefing, and to convey Spain’s congratulations to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on its work, particularly regarding the Sudan.
In reading the Prosecutor’s report, I get a clear sense of the level of frustration there. We are marking …
I thank the Ambassadors of Sweden and Brazil for their helpful briefings and for the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its eighth session (S/2015/174), which covers its work during 2014.
I will speak only briefly, since the full text of my statement will appear on the website of the S…
I have the honour to present the report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 of that resolution. The present report covers the period from 24 March to 22 June, during which time the Committee held an informal meeting on 1 J…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Ambassador Tanin for their outstanding presentations. I would like to begin my statement today by condemning this morning’s deplorable attack in Kabul against the parliament of Afghanistan. My condemnation is twofold: first, be…
I shall now speak in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). Instead of reading out the long and detailed report being circulated in the Chamber now, I will give a brief summary highlighting its main ideas.
I do not need to explain to a…
On behalf of the Chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities; the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter-terrorism; and the Committee establ…
I would like to thank Jeffrey Feltman and Alexander Hug for their briefings. I would also like to thank Malaysia for having convened this meeting of the Security Council involving the application of resolution 2202 (2015), in which we made a commitment to closely follow up the situation in that area…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate, and the Presidents and Prosecutors for their thorough reports. Spain, of course, would like to commend the Tribunals, their Presidents, Prosecutors and all their staff for their work in combating impunity.
I would like to begin …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for introducing the latest quarterly report (S/2015/303). The report describes the progress made with respect to the 9 February resumption of the high-level…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this plenary meeting on the aftermath of the earthquake, or rather I should say the earthquakes, that have devastated Nepal and affected several neighbouring countries since 25 April.
I am making this statement in my national capacity, but Spain aligns itself with th…
I thank you, Madam President, for having organized this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Côte d’Ivoire chapter of the West Africa Action Network on Small Arms for their excellent briefings.
I fully endorse the statement to b…
