As speakers before me have done, I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for your great efforts to ensure that we could today adopt resolution 69/321 by consensus. I also thank our colleagues the Ambassador of Croatia and the Ambassador of Namibia for their dedicated work to make this a succe…
I would like to express Colombia’s satisfaction with today’s adoption of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development (resolution 69/315, annex). This is a historic event and the beginning of a new era, as the Secretary-General said. I would like to congratulate
President Kutesa and the Assembly for…
I would like to join those who have preceded me in congratulating the New Zealand presidency on convening today’s open debate, which is clear evidence, based on what we have heard, of its timeliness and of the severity of the problems facing small island developing States (SIDS).
For my country, th…
I would like to offer my sincere condolences on the passing of the dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the United Nations. As many who have spoken before me have said, he played a very important role for us. He was the first person who met us and …
I thank the Secretary-General for his detailed briefing, which truly conveys the devastating impact of the earthquake in Nepal, which not only claimed a great many lives and wounded many people, but also destroyed much of the country. On behalf of the Government of Colombia, I wish to extend my deep…
I should like at the outset, Mr. President, to extend my gratitude to His Royal Highness and to your country for having convened today’s debate. This issue is of particular relevance against the backdrop of today’s world and makes it very clear how closely linked emerging challenges to international…
I would like to acknowledge the work of the Ambassador of Brazil, Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), who achieved important progress and oversaw robust activities in 2014, as can be clearly seen in the reports of the Commission (A/69/818) and the Peaceb…
I would like to thank you and your country, Madam President, for bringing us together in this open debate. As many have said before me, it could not have been held on a more significant date than the anniversary of Boko Haram’s abduction of girls, and I would like to express our solidarity with the …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and your country for convening this important debate. We listened closely to the statements made this morning by the Secretary- General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and His Beatitude and to the moving words of parliamentarian Dahkil.
Col…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate of great importance to us.
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I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, as well as the representatives of UNICEF and all the non-governmental organ…
As this is my delegation’s first time to address the
Security Council during Australia’s presidency, let me wish you, Madam President, and your delegation every success and congratulate you on your presidency. I believe that the statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs this morning set the pac…
At the outset, I express my thanks to the Secretary- General for his report (S/2014/693). I also thank the
Assistant Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and the High Commissioner for Refugees. I also thank you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate on the occasion …
I would like to thank you, Madam President, and all Security Council members for the dedication and for having chosen to convene this debate on the situation
in Haiti. We also thank Special Representative Sandra Honoré for her detailed briefing to the Security Council and her tireless commitment, t…
I thank you very much, Sir, for convening this very important open debate. I also thank the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg and the group of friends of this cause.
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I wish to express my appreciation for the very moving words spoken by the briefers, including Mr. Whitaker, Sandra U…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on a topic of the greatest importance for the international community. This provides an opportunity for us to seek support as we attempt to understand how the Security Council and the United Nations system can make a meaningful contribution to conflic…
I would like to express Colombia’s condemnation of the recent kidnapping of members of the Turkish Consulate in Mosul, Iraq. I express the deepest sympathy of the Government and people of Colombia to the hostages, their families and the Turkish authorities.
Unfortunately, recent events such as thos…
Colombia has just lived through five decades of armed conflict that particularly affected the most vulnerable groups among our people, children and women, who are nearly always in the most isolated and rural areas. We face many huge challenges. Obviously, a country that has experienced such prolonge…
First, I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate on the situation in Haiti. I recognize and thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for the detailed report she presented to the Security Council today (S/2014/162).
Colombia aligns its…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, the members of the Security Council, Ms. Zerrougui, and in particular Mr. Alhaji Babah Sawaneh, who today put a face and a smile on the story of so many others in places, such as Colombia, where so many children have experienced these difficulties.
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