I want to convey my country’s profound condolences, sympathy and friendship to the people of the United States on this very significant day, and underline the importance of standing shoulder to shoulder in the quest for peace.
First, I would like to thank the Russian representative for his briefing…
I can be quite brief. I will not repeat our longstanding and well known positions on the broader humanitarian and political situation. However, I wanted to take the floor to express our appreciation to Martin Griffiths for his briefing and, more important, for the very determined and energetic effor…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his briefing earlier this morning and to Mr. John Prendergast for his account of how corruption affects societies and drives conflict and for his concrete recommendations to the Security Council.
The Security Council’s mandate to maintain international p…
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Kuwait also spoke on behalf of Sweden this morning, so I can be very brief and reiterate some of the key points that he and others made.
I think that the way in which Idlib is different from Aleppo, eastern Ghouta and Dara’a has been
clearly stated. The people there …
I want first to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing.
During the conflict in Syria, we have witnessed numerous systematic and flagrant violations of international law, including violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, by all parties to th…
We thank the United Kingdom for its timely update.
We note the significance of the new information from the British investigation; we underline our confidence in the British findings. We call on Russia to change course, cooperate with the ongoing investigation and prosecution and fully disclose any…
I extend congratulations to you, Madam President, and the United States for assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We offer our respect, gratitude and admiration to the United Kingdom for the way it presided over the Council last month.
I would like to thank Mr. Gonzalo Koncke from the Or…
I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Salamé for his sobering, but always clear, assessment of the volatile situation in Libya and, more important, for his successful efforts to halt the most recent escalation of violence.
I will focus my statement on the secur…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011) of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 17 July to 5 September, during which time the Committee met once i…
I appreciate the fact that all Council members have spoken. Together with some colleagues, including Kuwait, I had indicated that we would like to discuss the political process and have a conversation with Mr. De Mistura on the way forward. However, I understand and respect the President’s decision …
I will speak on behalf of Kuwait later on in the consultations focusing on the humanitarian situation. However, I wanted to just very briefly address the dramatic escalation that we see, and I wanted to do that publicly and to express our very deep
concern over the military offensive in southwester…
On 12 May, a small group of ordinary Afghan citizens began an extraordinary journey. They left their homes in Helmand province to begin a 600-kilometre march to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. As they marched, their numbers increased and they were greeted by large crowds when they arrived in Kabul on …
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s broader debate on a region that unfortunately makes up a very large portion of the agenda of the Security Council and on which members of the Council have been divided far too often.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his thought-…
The year 2018 marks the 50-year anniversary of a historic and tumultuous year in the history of many of our countries. The year 1968 heralded the arrival of a new generation, whose members marked their arrival loudly with protests and demonstrations, including the occupation of universities, aimed a…
I congratulate Russia on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We
deeply admire and thank Poland for the manner in which it conducted business as president of the Council in May.
It is highly regrettable that the Council was unable to find unity around a meaningful decision in response …
I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his pertinent briefing. We very much welcome his commitment to addressing the volatile situation and contributing to a de-escalation of violence.
I would like to begin by expressing deep regret about the violence and about the large number of people who have…
I thank the briefers for their excellent input in today’s discussion. I should like to express our appreciation to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and of Ukraine for being present here today. We very much welcome this opportunity to discuss…
I would very much like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, Mr. Kafando, and Ambassador Jürg Lauber for their very useful briefings today. I would like to underscore that we fully support their efforts to achieve durable peace and sustainable development in Burundi.
Toda…
I would especially like to thank the Polish presidency for organizing this important open debate and to express my appreciation to Secretary-General António Guterres, Mr. Yves Daccord, Director-General of the International Committee of the
Red Cross, and Ms. Hanna Edwar for their important contribu…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Salamé for his briefing to the Security Council. As the Secretary-General’s report (S/2018/429) reminds us, the situation in Libya remains very difficult, and we commend his tireless efforts to implement the United Nations action plan and to w…
