My delegation thanks the South African presidency for convening today’s important debate.
In my very first statement to the Council on the situation in the Middle East in April 2015 (see S/PV.7430), I spoke of a growing tide of complex and interconnected challenges that threatened to push the regio…
Let me start by saying that Pakistan supports efforts aimed at improving the analytical and qualitative value of the Council’s annual report (A/73/2). The information in the report is a useful quick-reference compendium and overview of the Council’s work during the reporting period. However, as we h…
Let me begin by conveying our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2019/703)and to our good friend, Special Representative Tadamichi Yamamoto, for his very insightful briefing.
The situation in Afghanistan remains a source of concern for the international community, especially fo…
Let me begin by thanking the Russian presidency for organizing this debate, and Under-Secretary General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing this morning.
Over the decades, peacekeeping has become the United Nations flagship enterprise and one of its pivotal tools to manage complex conflicts that p…
Allow me, too, to begin by thanking Peru for organizing today’s debate. Let me also thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the other briefers for their insightful briefings this afternoon.
My country has been a consistent troop/ police-contributor (TCC/PCC) to United Nations peacekee…
Let me also start by congratulating Peru on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and for convening today’s open debate on this all-important topic. I also thank the briefers for their insightful presentations this morning.
The nexus between terrorism and transnational organized crime is …
Pakistan’s delegation thanks you, Madam President, for having convened this meeting of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect (R2P) and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
But the responsibility to protect as a principle evokes differ…
Let me too begin by thanking Special Representative Yamamoto and my good friend, Ms. Sima Samar, for their briefings.
The situation in Afghanistan remains a source of concern to the international community. Persisting conflict, instability and turmoil and a fragile economy continue to compound the …
I would like to thank Indonesia for convening today’s open debate.
As we all know, 2019 marks the seventieth anniversary of the adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the twentieth anniversary of the Security Council’s decision to put the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict …
Let me start by conveying my delegation’s appreciation to the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Fernández de Soto Valderrama of Colombia, for his statement and his contribution to the work of the Commission. We also appreciate the stellar work undertaken last year under the cha…
Let me also start by thanking Indonesia for organizing this debate and for bringing much-needed colour to this Chamber. Let me also thank the Secretary-General, the Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Director of the Challe…
Let me too begin by thanking the German presidency for convening this open debate.
Discussions on this agenda item invariably leave us with a mounting sense of despair at the deteriorating situation in the region. Escalating violence, worsening humanitarian crises and untold human suffering have se…
As we mark the first International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, this momentous occasion not only serves to affirm our stronger commitment to a rules-based multilateral system, but also offers us an opportunity to recommit to its most sublime expression, the United Nations. The Uni…
I would also like to join my colleagues in thanking Germany for convening today’s important open debate.
We will soon be approaching the twentieth anniversary of the Council’s adoption of its landmark resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security, which mobilized global efforts to elimina…
Let me also begin by thanking Germany for convening today’s open debate on women in peacekeeping — an integral tool for achieving some of the priorities under the women and peace and security agenda. I also wish to convey our appreciation to Secretary-General António Guterres and the other briefers…
At the outset, let me join others in expressing my country’s strongest condemnation of the horrendous Islamophobic terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March, in which 50 precious lives were lost. Nine of those who were martyred in the mosques were from my country, Pakistan. One of …
Let me start by saying that terrorism remains one of the most complex and imposing challenges of our time, claiming innocent lives, causing widespread destruction, undermining social stability and disrupting State structures. The recent terrorist attack in Christchurch showed that terrorism cannot b…
For the past several decades, the people of Afghanistan have experienced epic
suffering caused by war, internecine conflicts and foreign interventions in their country. Violence and turmoil in Afghanistan have not only undermined peace and security and development in the country and the region; the…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s gratitude to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its important work and comprehensive report (А/73/35).
Seventy-one years ago today, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II) , which envi…
Let me begin by conveying my delegation’s gratitude to the Chinese presidency for convening today’s debate, and to the Secretary-General and the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security for their insightful and informative briefings.
Let me at the outset also pay tribute to the eight …
