First, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his useful briefing this morning. I also thank the Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Vieira, for the update he gave from a peacebuilding perspective. Let me at the outset also com…
The Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities remains a vital tool in our counter-terrorism efforts, and Sweden,
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Let me also thank Special Adviser Thiaw, Ambassador Jinga, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Mr. Ghanem and Mr. Rioux for sharing their valuable perspectives with the Security Council this afternoon.
We fully recognize the immense security challenges that the countries of the Sahel a…
I would like to thank Executive Director Fedotov of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for his briefing to the Council today.
Transnational organized crime not only finances and fuels conflict but also reinforces corruption and undermines institutions, thereby destabilizing alread…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix and Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their briefings to the Security Council today. I would also like to thank Ambassador Wronecka for her briefing and for her professional leadership of t…
It has been a privilege and an honour to serve as the coordinator between the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Security Council in 2018. Through presidential statement S/PRST/2018/20, we aim to consolidate the steps taken to advance the work of the Peacebuilding Commission, in particular vis-à…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for her update today and for the charts reflecting the mandate implementation dashboard, which really help to illustrate the progress on the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti
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Let me too congratulate you, Mr. President, and your delegation on assuming the presidency and assure you, Sir, of our full support during the month of December. Let me also take this opportunity to thank China for an impeccably run presidency in November.
I would like to thank Special Adviser Khan…
I would like to join others in welcoming Ambassador Lauber and Special Envoy Kafando back to the Security Council today, as well as thanking them for their useful briefings. They both have our strong support in their important endeavours. We also appreciate the solid and comprehensive update in the …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General De Mistura for the update on the constitutional committee. We would like to say that we very much appreciate and support his tireless efforts to set up the committee before the end of the year. We are deeply disappointed with Syria’s demonstrat…
Let me also begin by thanking the High Representative, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his informative briefing today. Sweden continues to fully support his mandate and his important work for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Twenty-three years have passed since those intense November weeks in Ohio, when the DaytonA…
Since this is the first meeting for me personally this month, let me also congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team on your presidency and to thank Bolivia for its very active presidency last month.
During the conflict in Syria, we have witnessed the repeated use of chemical weapons as well as…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2441 (2018), reaffirming the Council’s sanctions measures against Libya, and we would like to thank the United Kingdom for the transparent and inclusive negotiation process.
Sweden, together with the Netherlands and with the strong support of partners, is parti…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, as well as Ms. Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings to the Security Council today.
It has been almost five years since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the beginning of its agg…
We too welcome the unanimous adoption today of resolution 2439 (2018), on the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the ongoing efforts to respond to this crisis. We appreciate the close collaboration with our Ethiopian partners and we thank all Council members for thei…
I too would like to express our deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Indonesia for the plane crash this morning.
The representative of Kuwait has already spoken on behalf of Sweden as co-penholder, but after listening to this morning’s statements, I want to take the floor just to…
I would like to thank all today’s briefers for their valuable input and perspectives, and for their efforts to build peace in the Central African Republic. I would especially like to thank our colleague Ambassador Adom for his leadership on the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013…
Let me begin by thanking the Permanent Representative of Mali, Ambassador Konfourou, for joining the discussions today, and let me also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his informative briefing.
We recognize recent progress in the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation…
I would like to start by thanking Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and for his tireless efforts. The United Nations and its agencies deserve to be commended for the work that they are doing on the ground every day in a very challenging environment. We stand fully behind their efforts an…
I would like to first extend our thanks to our briefers for their updates this morning on the situation.
We welcome the fact that the security situation in Abyei has remained relatively calm, while we are aware that the situation still remains unpredictable and tense. The situation could quickly de…
