My country’s delegation would like to express its most sincere condolences to the Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations as well to the Government and the people of Russia for the passing of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. In our view, Ambassador Churkin was an exceptional diplomat when …
At the outset, I should like to express my sincere thanks and
congratulations on the adoption of the significant resolution 2341 (2017), on the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks. I would also like to thank the Ukrainian presidency of the Security Council for convening thi…
Egypt voted in favour of the Security Council’s adoption today of resolution 2337 (2017), on the developments in The Gambia, because we hope that it will eventually help to achieve a breakthrough in the current political impasse there. We believe in the importance of the Council’s aim, which is to p…
My delegation would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for preparing this important report (S/2016/1136) on monitoring the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), on Iran. I would also like to welcome my friend and colleague Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi as facilitat…
There has been a conviction that conflicts and events in the Middle East would undermine attention on the question of Palestine and that efforts to sustain the status quo would lead to tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories, thereby affecting stability in the region.
That conviction, howe…
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Secretary- General António Guterres and to express Egypt’s full support for his work under his important mandate. I would also like to express our appreciation to Sweden for convening this debate, which addresses a central aspect of the future ro…
With regard to the Syrian crisis, the efforts of my country have been focused on one priority, namely, putting an end to the suffering of the Syrian people. We are committed to that approach and support any approach that prioritizes the Syrian people, regardless of the interests that can be seen at …
My delegation deplores the fact that the Council has once again failed to reach a united position concerning a key question that falls under the mandate of the Security Council to on the maintenance of international peace and security.
Less than a week ago, we managed to adopt unanimously resolutio…
Since the beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948 and the wait for the Palestinian people to exercise their right to an independent sovereign State and their inherent right to a life of dignity and freedom, despite the resounding silence of the international community and dozens of Security C…
I would like at the outset to express my heartfelt condolences to the delegation of the Russian Federation for the horrific terrorist act that claimed the life of the Russian ambassador in Ankara.
I would like to congratulate the Spanish delegation on its capable presidency of the Security Council …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing today on a central issue in the Middle East that is ever present in our minds but ever absent from the Council, namely, the Palestinian question.
We had hoped that, to guide our future work, the Secretariat wo…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 2327 (2016), extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). Despite the impediments we faced during the negotiating process, the limited time the pen-holders made available for a serious, substantive negotiatio…
Egypt welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2325 (2016). Allow me to express our sincere appreciation
to the Government and the delegation of Spain for their leadership of the comprehensive review of resolution 1540 (2004). Today’s resolution is a well-deserved result following the efforts …
I would first like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing to the Security Council today on her twenty-fourth report, in implementation of resolution 1593 (2005).
In her report, the Prosecutor reviews a number of challenges and makes some …
At the outset, I wish to thank the Spanish presidency of the Security Council for having convened this important meeting and for the initiative to discuss the topic under consideration. I should like also to thank all briefers for their valuable interventions. In addition, I wish also to offer thank…
Our meeting today is taking place shortly after the very important meeting that the Security Council organized in mid-November (see S/PV.7819). Today’s meeting clearly highlights the importance that the Security Council attaches to the latest developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We …
First of all, I would like to express our gratitude to the United States for its efforts in preparing resolution 2321 (2016), adopted today. We thank China for its diplomatic and political efforts aimed at restoring stability and ensuring security on the Korean peninsula, and for its support for the…
We are meeting today to listen once again to an account detailing the suffering of our brother people of Syria under the blows of protracted proxy conflict, against a backdrop of successive failures — not just a failure to reach a final settlement of the crisis, but a failure even to mitigate it. De…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of Senegal for convening this important debate on water, peace and security. I would also like to thank the briefers for their important contributions.
Our planet suffers from the unequal geographic distribution of potable water resources. As ever…
I thank Mr. O’Brien and Ms. Hoff for their briefings this morning.
At the outset, let me stress once again what has already been agreed on repeatedly by the international community: that there can be no military solution to the Syrian crisis. A comprehensive settlement is required in order to bring…
