We welcome the presence of Secretary of State Greening and thank the United Kingdom presidency for convening this open debate. We also appreciate the briefings made by the Secretary-General, the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission, and the President of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Tr…
We wish to thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his briefing and report (S/2015/841, annex). The twentieth anniversary of the General Framework for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina is an opportunity to encourage joint work in the search for a united, stab…
We wish to thank the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, Mr. Philip Hammond, for having convened a meeting on this important issue. We would like also to thank Ms. Susanna Malcorra for her briefing, on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and that of Hi…
As this is the first time this month that I speak in a public meeting, I would like to commend the delegation of Spain on its outstanding presidency of the Security Council last month. We also express to you, Sir, our determination to support you resolutely during this month.
We once again express …
Chile reiterates its deep concern at the new cycle of violence that has been unleasehd in Palestine and Israel and East Jerusalem. We especially condemn the intentional burning of the Tomb of the Patriarch Joseph as well as the bombing of the Beersheba Central Bus Station. Those events are turning p…
We would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs for his briefing and the Kingdom of Jordan for requesting this meeting.
We firmly condemn the series of attacks and clashes in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent weeks that have killed and wounded b…
Chile voted in favour of resolution 2240 (2015) because it provides for measures to address an exceptional and extremely grave situation. Situations as appalling as that of the refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean demand that States act in accordance with international
law and the human right…
Since this is the first time that I am taking the floor in the Chamber this month, I would like to thank the Russian Federation for its leadership and work during its presidency of the Council in September. Similarly, we congratulate Spain on its assumption of the Council presidency in October. The …
We thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
A secure, democratic and prosperous Afghanistan depends l…
My delegation would like to express its gratitude to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Sam Kutesa, for his leadership on such a core and vital issue, one that is vital for the future of our Organization. We also welcome the consensus that we have managed to achieve today. We would also like…
I cannot begin my intervention without expressing, on behalf of the Chilean Government and on my own behalf, our most sincere condolences on the passing away of the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, Lieutenant General José Luiz Jaborandy, Jr. — to the Government o…
We thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing on the current situation in Kosovo. We also thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ser…
We thank the Nigerian presidency for having organized this meeting, and Mr. Dmitry Titov, Ms. Zainab Bangura and Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for their participation in this important debate.
Peacekeeping operations currently deployed in the field are mandated to cooperate in the reform of their respective …
We would like at the outset to thank the Nigerian presidency for having convened this debate and the Secretary- General for his very thorough and detailed briefing.
We have said repeatedly that the vision and contributions of regional organizations are crucial and irreplaceable in preventing confli…
First, I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. We are also grateful for the briefing by Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General.
The status quo must be overturned. Reactivating the negotiations is an unavoidable challenge, and the Cou…
We express our satisfaction at the adoption of resolution 2231 (2015), by which the Security Council endorses the agreement reached between Iran and the E3/EU+3 on the Iranian nuclear programme. We voted in favour of the resolution because we value the agreement, as it contributes to resolving diffe…
We would like to begin by thanking New Zealand for having organized this meeting as part of the activities to commemorate the shame and the pain of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. We also grateful for the briefings made by the Deputy Secretary- General and the United Nations…
I thank the Malaysian presidency and Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman for convening this open debate and commend Malaysia’s excellent leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We value the Secretary-General’s leadership in that area and the work of his Special Rep…
We thank the presidency for convening this informative meeting. We also welcome the briefings by the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mi…
We thank the Chairs of the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Non-Proliferation Committee for their respective briefings.
Since the last joint briefing (see S/PV.7184) of those Committees to the Council in May 2014, the emergence of the terrorist group calling its…
