We welcome the Security Council’s adoption this morning of resolution 2274
(2016), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year.
We appreciate the welcome accorded in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/218) to the progress that has …
We thank Venezuela for organizing today’s open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding. In a world beset with conflicts, turmoil and suffering, this is an opportune moment to discuss that important subject.
Pakistan was among the pioneers promoting the idea of a dedicated United Nations institutional…
Pakistan is pleased to see the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela presiding over the Security Council, and we appreciate its convening of today’s debate on a subject of fundamental importance. There is no better way to mark the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations than by renewing our collecti…
We would like to thank the President for convening today’s debate, which affords Member States the opportunity to express their views on the Secretary-General’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism (A/70/674). We welcome the Secretary-General’s initiative and believe that we can best address …
The Pakistan delegation welcomes this timely debate on the Middle East. We thank the Secretary-General for his incisive briefing to the Council.
The Middle East, the cradle of civilization, is today the centre of conflict, terrorism and massive human suffering. The causes are both current and histo…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s thematic debate. It underscores the pivotal importance of the issue, especially as civilians have come to represent the ever-increasing proportion of victims in ongoing armed conflicts — in an era that the Secretary-General rec…
My delegation would like at the outset to express its appreciation to the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report on agenda item 16, “Culture of peace”. We commend UNESCO and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations for their valuable contribution to interreligious and intercultural dial…
We appreciate the delegation of Germany’s efforts in steering the negotiations on the annual draft resolution (A/70/L.23) on Afghanistan, which Pakistan will co-sponsor and the General Assembly will adopt.
The people of Afghanistan have endured conflict, civil war, foreign invasion and instability …
As we mark another International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People today, let us start by acknowledging that the tragedy of Palestine — including the occupation of some of Islam’s holiest sites, in East Jerusalem — has been at the heart of the turmoil in the Middle East. It is this conf…
The carefully framed title of the item that we are discussing today illustrates the moral dilemmas and conflicting interests and responses evoked by the current tide of humankind flowing from the conflict zones of the Middle East and Africa to the envisioned safety of Europe. Increasingly, humanitar…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting. My delegation welcomes this opportunity to express its views on the report of the Security Council (A/70/2). This annual debate is useful in reviewing not just the work of the Security Council but also the man…
Let me, at the outset, say how pleased my delegation is to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the General Assembly during this landmark seventieth year of the United Nations. You can count on my country’s support in fulfilling your responsibilities.
Pakistan fully associates itself with the sta…
We appreciate the Secretary- General’s report on the work of the Organization (A/70/1), which presents a substantive assessment of the activities of the United Nations over the past year and contains many reflections that we need to heed.
The world has been transformed fundamentally since the Unite…
We thank the Spanish presidency of the Council for convening today’s important debate on women and peace and security.
The briefings of the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and representatives of civil society have all been instructive and very valuable.
Resolution 1325 (2000)…
Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning and acknowledging the presence of several Panel members at this important debate.
The work of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations was seminal in nature. The Secretary-General’s initiative in convening the …
It is a pleasure to speak in the Security Council under your able presidency, Sir. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/684), and we greatly appreciate the briefings provided to the Council by Mr. Nicholas Haysom, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Head of t…
The Pakistan delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group.
We supported decision 69/560, proposed by the President to continue the intergovernmental negotiation
process on Security Council reform. We believe that it is…
Let me start by thanking the Foreign Minister of New Zealand for earlier presiding over this meeting. We also thank the Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for the Middle East Peace Process for his comprehensive though sobering briefing.
Peace in the Middle East appears more distant than e…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative Nicholas Haysom for his perceptive briefing.
Today Afghanistan stands on the cusp of challenge and opportunity. Its path into the Transformation Decade is challenging on every front, dealing as it must with insecurity, economic fragility and …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s timely
and important debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his thoughtful briefing to guide our deliberations.
The negative consequences of the misuse of arms — small, light or heavy — are well known and amply doc…
