Like the delegations that have preceded us and have spoken on our behalf, we would like to extend our congratulations to see you, Madam President, presiding over the work of the
General Assembly at its seventy-third session. We wish you every success in the important responsibilities entrusted to y…
In advocating for a peaceful solution to the question of Kosovo, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates that resolution 1244 (1999) remains the applicable international legal basis for the achievement of a holistic solution to the dispute, within the framework of political negotiation. In t…
We thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, and the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, for his statement. We also welcome the presence of Ms. Vlora Çitaku.
In advocating for a peaceful solution to…
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I also welcome the statement by Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign of Serbia. And I welcome the presence of Ms. Vlora Çitaku.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venez…
We thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, and his team for their work in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the humanitarian progress registered in Syria in the month of July. Over 480,000 …
At the outset, I wish to express our condolences to the delegation and people of the United States over the horrendous acts of violence that took the lives of so many innocent people in Orlando.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of resolution 2292 (2016) because it believes that …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for introducing the twenty-third report on the investigation into the situation in the Sudan, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2015). At the same time, my country…
At the outset, we welcome the presence and participation of Judge Carmel Agius, Judge Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. We thank them for the valuable briefing they have provided in compliance with resolutions 1534 (2004) and 1966 (2010).
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela supports th…
I would like to thank Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the challenges that the security situation in the Gulf of Guinea poses
to peacebuilding. I would also like to congratulate the Council presidency and the delegations of Angola and S…
As this is the first time I am taking the floor in a public meeting of the Security Council this month, I congratulate Spain on assuming the presidency of the Council for October. You can rely on our full support, Sir, in contributing to the successful discharge of your important responsibilities. …
I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing and to recognize his efforts in carrying out his important responsibilities in the past few years. We congratulate …
Venezuela voted in favour of resolution 2235 (2015) in the firm belief that the use of toxic substances as chemical weapons is a war crime and a crime against humanity that we categorically condemn wherever and however it occurs. My country is a party to the Chemical Weapons Convention and fully com…
The delegation of Venezuela congratulates you, Mr. President, and your team on your initiative, efficiency and leadership in guiding the work of the Security Council during the month of June. Great contributions have been made during this past month to the management of the Council.
Our country wel…
We wish to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for the presentation of the twenty- first report on the investigation on the situation in the Sudan, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005), and for the work carried out by that judicial body in the fight aga…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of resolution 2228 (2015), as we believe that the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), in coordination with the Government of the Sudan, plays an important role in the strategy aimed at achieving peac…
We are grateful for the convening of this meeting on post-conflict peacebuilding and for the presentations of Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota and Ambassador Olof Skoog.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to acknowledge the work of the Peacebuilding Commission in promoting and maintai…
Allow me to express the gratitude of the delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the convening of this General Assembly meeting to consider the agenda item entitled “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, to which my country and the other States Members of the Organiza…
