At the outset, I would like to thank the Uruguayan presidency for convening this important open debate on the protection of civilians and medical personnel in armed conflicts.
The plight of civilians as a result of the ongoing conflicts in various corners of the globe, particularly in the Middle Ea…
I should like to begin my statement by thanking Mr. Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing today and for his efforts as Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during the past reporting period in circumstances we know to be difficu…
I should like to begin by thanking all Member States for their
support for Egypt’s efforts to achieve consensus in the Security Council regarding a comprehensive international framework for countering terrorist narratives. We have achieved consensus on resolution 2354 (2017) so as to establish such…
At the outset, it is my pleasure to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his briefing. We affirm our full support for the Special Representative in shouldering his responsibility, and for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in its …
Perhaps you would agree with me, Mr. President,
that the election of President Farmajo, with broad popular support, the establishment of the new Somali Government, as well as the concrete steps taken to realize the hopes and aspirations of the Somali people through the establishment of State instit…
At the outset, I extend my thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his comprehensive briefing to the Security Council on the report (S/2017/387) of the
Secretary-General. Egypt reiter…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for holding this important debate. We also extend our thanks to Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and to all of the briefers for their valuable contributions.
This year’s report (S/2017/249) of the Secretary- General on conflict-related se…
My delegation would like to thank the delegation of the United States for its constructive efforts to ensure the adoption of resolution 2352 (2017), unanimously extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. The resolution to extend the mandate unanimously reflects the…
I thank members for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the ongoing work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and its Executive Directorate (CTED).
CTED is mandated until 31 December 2017 to assist Member States, on behalf of the CTC, to achieve the full implementation of Security…
On behalf of the Chairs of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism; the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated indiv…
I would first like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today on the thirteenth report of the Prosecutor of the ICC to the Security Council in accordance with resolution 1970 (2011).
Egypt welcomes the Court’s efforts to ensure Saif Al-…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his valuable briefing before the Council today and especially for his vision, which takes into consideration in a balanced manner all the dimensions of the issue under discussion today.
The current situation on the Kor…
The Security Council is holding monthly meetings on the situation in Syria to reaffirm members’ positions vis-à-vis the unprecedented suffering of the Syrian
people. We reiterate our words of condemnation and regret to the media and our peoples. We have grown used to it; the Syrian people has grown…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Senegal for their briefings.
The Security Council has been meeting intensively since July 2016 to discuss the situation in South Sudan following the armed…
The Middle East is shaken by upheavals that are unprecedented in modern history. There are long-standing and escalating disputes.
We have spoken at length about the possibility of preventing the slide towards widespread chaos in the region. We have often warned of injustice against Arabs caused by …
This debate on the two annual reports of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/71/768) and on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/71/792) are different from those we have had in previous years. Indeed, the adoption of the two identical resolutions, General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution …
I would like to thank Ambassador Skoog, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, and Mr. Martin Kobler for their valuable briefings today. I would also like to thank Mr. Kobler for his tireless efforts, along with those of the United Nations Support Mis…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing.
It has been 70 years since the United Nations was established and its Charter adopted, laying a firm foundation for international cooperation in the Organization’s three main areas of work: the maintenance of…
At the outset, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. I would also like to express our appreciation t…
We wecome the adoption of resolution 2350 (2017), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for a period of six months, concluding in October. It has been 13 years since we first established the MINUSTAH mandate. We welcome the fact that responsibilities wi…
