I am pleased to introduce today, on behalf of all the co-sponsors, the draft resolution contained in document A/74/L.20, concerning the investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and the members of the party accompanying him. We are grateful…
It is a pleasure for me to speak on behalf of the co-facilitators of this political declaration, namely, the Permanent Representative of the Bahamas, Ms. Sheila Carey, and myself, as the declaration, which was first adopted at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) summit, has now also been endors…
I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month, and pay tribute to the very strong, energetic and dynamic leadership of Kuwait on the issue of the working methods of the Security Council. I also wish to thank the Kuwaiti presidency for convening t…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having organized this important discussion on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, allowing us to take stock of the work in 2018 of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).
I also thank the current Chair of the PBC, Ambass…
We express our thanks to the briefers this morning. I want to say that, from day one, climate and security was a top priority for Sweden during our tenure on the Security Council over the past two years. We listened to so many countries asking the Council to better pursue this agenda based on the re…
We voted in favour of today’s resolution on Yemen (resolution 2451 (2018)), and we strongly welcome its adoption for all the reasons that my colleague from the United Kingdom just mentioned. I want to thank her and her team and all other Council members for having worked hard in favour of this resol…
I would like to start by expressing Sweden’s immense appreciation to Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura for his tireless efforts for the people of Syria. I want to thank Mr. De Mistura for his perseverance, creativity and energy, and may I add, civility and dignity in circumstances where those values …
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for this morning’s update on Lebanon. The recent developments along the Blue Line are indeed worrisome, as they threaten Israel’s territorial integrity and Lebanon’s stability.
We are deeply concerned about the discovery of tunnels on Israeli territory. We n…
I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing today and for his tireless efforts, which we very much appreciate. The United Nations and its agencies deserve to be commended for the work that he is doing on the ground in what we understand to be a challenging and sometimes explosive environme…
I thank the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing to the Security Council. I would like to recognize and express my appreciation for the presence of Presidents Thaçi and Vučić, who are in the Chamber today.
As we see it, the main threats to …
I would like to sincerely thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Yamamoto. I would like to say how much we appreciate his update on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I would also like to thank Executive Director Fedotov and Ambassador Umarov fo…
I will try to be brief. I realize that it is very late in the day and that it has been a long meeting. I would like to say a few words on our leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), on Libya sanctions, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017), …
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for today’s updates. I would also like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of Yemen. It must be rewarding f…
The Central African Republic is now taking important steps to advance the peace process under the African Union-led African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic. In parallel, its national security forces are improving their capabilities in spite of the very volatil…
I will say a few words on behalf of the co-penholders, Sweden and Kuwait, and follow up with a few remarks in my national capacity as the representative of Sweden.
With the adoption of resolution 2449 (2018) today, the Security Council has upheld its obligation to millions of people in Syria. On be…
We thank Special Representative Fall and Ms. Ghelani for their briefings today and for their tireless and very important efforts. They can count on our support, both in the preventive action of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the humanitarian efforts of the United N…
I thank Secretary of State Pompeo for his presence here today and his engagement on the subject. I also want to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Mr. Christiane for their briefings, and of course to express our great appreciation to our Dutch colleague and his team for their very diligent w…
I wish to thank the Secretary- General, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for their valuable remarks this morning.
During our very first month as a Security Council member, in January 2017, w…
I am honoured by the presence here today of Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. I would like to
start by thanking Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and welcome his strong engagement on the issue, including in the recent efforts to prevent another conflict in…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Chergui and Executive Director of UN-Women Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, for their briefings and their very active engagement in South Sudan, including in their joint visit to the country…
