I would like to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Modibo Touré, for his briefing. I commend him and his team for the valuable work being undertaken in support of the people of Guinea-Bissau. Let me also extend my thanks to the Permanent Representative of Bra…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov for his informative briefing. The fact that we now have a dedicated Under- Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism to brief us on such matters and to help us to move forward on the all-of-UN approach to counter-terrorism and the prevention of v…
I thank the President for convening today’s important debate. I would also like to thank Japan and the many preceding Chairs of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions for their efforts. The work of the Working Group and the consolidated presidential note 507 are e…
I also want to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I also thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
In recent weeks there have been new, alarming reports of alleged chemical-weapon attacks in Syria. The most recent a…
Let me start by joining other Security Council members in paying tribute to you and your team, Mr. President, for your excellent stewardship of the Council during the month of January. As the first country from Central Asia to preside over the Council, we commend the focus on regional approaches to …
At the outset, I thank Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing and, more importantly, for the work that he and his team do on the ground, which is extremely important.
Sweden aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the European Union.
I want to first reiterate our long…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix, Chairperson Mogae and Ms. Mueller of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their very candid and sobering briefings to the Council this afternoon.
We remain deeply concerned about the security and the humanitarian situati…
I want to begin by thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing to the Council today and express our thanks to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2017/1105) and to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Annadif and his team for their excellen…
Yesterday the Council members were briefed by Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman on yet another alleged chemical-weapon attack in Syria. Allegations of the use of such weapons continue to be reported. There are some 60 cases of the reported use of chemical weapons in Syria that are currently be…
I would like to align myself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the European Union (EU).
I would like to thank you and your country, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to bring the comprehensive issue of regional cooperation and the links between security and developm…
It is good to see you back at the United Nations, Mr. President. I want to begin by thanking Kazakhstan for convening today’s timely meeting on a very important issue. Your country’s historic contribution to disarmament and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is commendable. Indeed,…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Chambas, for his briefing today and recognize and acknowledge the very important work he does, of which today he listed the very important positive developments in the region. I know and I would like to pay tribute to the…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Jean Arnault, for his briefing this morning, and assure him that we continue to support his efforts and the work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.
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I would also like to welcome the…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his briefing this morning. I would
first like to acknowledge and very much welcome the appointment of Ms. Leila Zerrougui as the new Special Representative. Of course, we acknowledge and greatly appreciate the services of Mr. Maman Sidikou.
Since our pr…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made later today on behalf of the European Union and with the Nordic statement.
I want to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and the Japanese delegation for scheduling today’s open debate, which provides us with an opportunity to continue our …
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman, Ambassador Adamson and, of course, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi for his report,
as well as for his excellent work as Facilitator. We welcome the Secretary-General’s report (S/2017/1030) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). The conti…
It is not every day that the Council takes decisions that have a direct impact on the people affected by conflict, but today is such a day. On behalf of the co-penholders, Egypt and Japan, I strongly welcome the adoption today of resolution 2393 (2017), which maintains a vital humanitarian lifeline …
We regret that the Security Council was unable to adopt draft resolution S/2017/1060 before us. Here in the Council, we recently outlined in detail the reasons that we disagree with the recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and with the plan to move the United States…
I thank you, Mr.President, for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ms. Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their engagement, briefings and appeal to act.
We recognize the com…
I should like to begin by thanking Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr. Miroslav Jenča, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for their very powerful interventions today.
We welcome the discussion today in the Council on the human rights situat…
