I would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important meeting and for your personal leadership and leadership of the Nigerian delegation on the issue of advancing security sector reform. It is critical and appropriate that the Security Council emphasize the role of security secto…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important debate. We would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his briefing.
While the nature of threats to global security has become more complex and challenging over the course of the United Nations 70-year history, the partnership betw…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Prime Minister of Samoa and the Minister of Finance of Seychelles for their briefings, and I thank all of the other distinguished leaders who are present to participate in this open debate today. In particular, I would l…
I thank you, Mr. President, and the Malaysian delegation for your leadership this month.
Much of our time this month has been spent addressing security challenges in Africa, and much of that on Burundi. Yesterday, Burundi recklessly moved forward with elections, despite the African Union (AU), the …
The public discussion of Darfur in recent weeks and months has centred on three terms: hibernation, exit strategy and non-cooperation. In each case, however, there is a deeper story to tell, and with respect to all three the discussion would benefit from a renewed focus on those men, women and child…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Patriota and Skoog for their briefings earlier. I also thank Ambassador Patriota for his work as the outgoing Chair of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), especially during the outbreak of the Ebola virus in
the three countries on th…
I would like to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Aman
for presiding over this meeting and for Malaysia’s leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui and…
I thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their reports and, as always, for their steadfast dedication to advancing global justice. At this time, I would like to express particular gratitude and thanks to President Meron in his last briefing before the Council as …
I thank Special Representative Zarif for his briefing. We welcome Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers Thaçi and Dačić back to the Security Council. We would also like to extend our thanks to the men and women of the Kosovo Force and the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, who cont…
We adopt resolution 2220 (2015) today, almost two years after the Security Council adopted the first-ever Security Council resolution on small arms and light weapons (resolution 2117 (2013). It is a pioneering text, and we should all support it. The new elements of the resolution will help mitigate …
My Government very much welcomes this meeting and the greater attention being paid to the danger posed by the illicit trafficking in and stockpiling and use of small arms and light weapons. I would like to thank Lithuania
for its leadership on this issue and also to thank the Secretary-General for …
I thank High Representative Inzko for his work and his briefing today. We reiterate our support for him and his Office, as well as for the Council’s mandate and the European Union (EU) military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we commend his continued efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On beh…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, his Special Representative Laila Zerrougi, Deputy Director Brandt, Ms. Bodin and Mr. Nzita for sharing their insights to day and for the work they are doing to safeguard the world’s children.
In this Chamber we make choices about internationa…
I would like to thank the Ambassador of Spain for his briefing. We also thank Spain for its leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) in carrying forward its important work.
The Committee’s work has been an integral element of our broader diplomacy.…
I should like to welcome European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to the Security Council and to thank you, Mr. President, and the Secretary-General for your briefings today.
As you rightly point out, Mr. President, we face pressing and unprecede…
I would like to welcome the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office, Minister Dačić, to the Security Council and thank him for his briefing on OSCE activities under Serbia’s leadership. The partnership between the OSCE and the United Nations is critically imp…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zarif for his briefing. We welcome Foreign Ministers Thaçi and Dačić back to the Security Council.
I commend both countries for their continued dedication to the normalization of relations. We particularly welcome Kosovo’s continuing integrati…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this important meeting. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Kang, Ms. Durham of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Ms. Elman of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
for their informative and moving briefi…
I certainly understand the desire of the representative of the Russian Federation to speak about other conflicts and other crises, rather than the situation and their tactics of continuing to support the separatists who are
wreaking havoc in Ukraine. It seems that while Russia continues the same ta…
Let me begin by thanking the Deputy Secretary-General and Ambassador Patriota for their leadership on this issue and for their briefings this morning. I also thank you, Mr. President — Foreign Minister Muñoz — for your presence here today, I also thank Chile for convening this important discussion.
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