My delegation welcomes the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and Ambassador Vlora Çitaku of Kosovo, back to New York, and thanks them both for their statements. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Za…
I would like to thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his comprehensive briefing and for his latest report to the Council (S/2016/395, annex).
Malaysia takes note of the positive developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the reporting period, as outlined by the High Representative. We we…
The beginning of the year seemed to offer fresh and renewed hope for the people of Syria. A breakthrough was made in securing access for humanitarian assistance for more than 500,000 people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas. The violence was significantly reduced, thanks to the agreement on a cess…
I join earlier speakers in thanking Ambassadors Van Bohemen and Oyarzun Marchesi, and you, Mr. President, for the briefings provided in your capacities as Chairs of your respective Committees. I also wish to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the Ambassadors for their able stewardship o…
I would like to join other Security Council members in congratulating you and your team, Mr. President, on Egypt’s assumption of the Council presidency for this month. I reaffirm my delegation’s full cooperation, and we wish you and your team every success. I also wish to express my sincere apprecia…
I wish to beging by warmly welcoming and thanking you, Mr. President, and the Angolan presidency for convening today’s open debate. We also appreciate the comprehensive concept note (see S/2016/223) circulated, which helps to guide this timely discussion. We welcome and acknowledge the presence and …
I join earlier speakers in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Nicholas Haysom for his briefing, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Saikal, for his statement.
As Afghanistan completes the first year of the transformation decade, Malaysia is pleased to …
My delegation welcomes First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić and Ambassador Vlora Çitaku of Kosovo back to New York and thanks them both for their statements. We are also grateful to Special Representative Zahir Tanin for his comprehensive…
I join earlier speakers in thanking you, Sir, for convening this debate, which we consider to be pertinent and timely. We also thank you for your helpful concept note (S/2016/102, annex), which provides a useful guide for our discussion today.
We are also pleased to have Ambassador Carlos Olguín Ci…
I thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for his briefing. I commend him and his team for their skill and dedication in taking the Committee and its work forward. I also take this opportunity to express ou…
I wish to first thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing.
We are of the view that, by bringing the Vienna International Syria Support Group process to New York, non-participating Security Council members are able to substantively engage on issues concerning the situation in Syria, on wh…
I join other speakers in welcoming Prosecutor Bensouda to the Security Council and in expressing our appreciation for her briefing, which we have listened to intently. My delegation takes note of the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor as outlined in Ms. Bensouda’s twenty-second report to the…
I would like to join other Council members in expressing our appreciation to all of today’s briefers for their insightful assessments of the latest situation in Ukraine. I would also like to acknowledge the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Lithuania and Ukraine, who are with us here today. Almos…
I join earlier speakers in thanking Special Envoy Guebre Sellassie for her comprehensive briefing on progress towards implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel and the situation in the Sahel region.
As highlighted by Ms. Sellassie, the situation in the Sahel region rema…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his views on the future of United Nations peace operations, which we have heard with much interest. I also wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/682), which we find comprehensive and forward- lookin…
I wish to welcome Special Representative Mr. Zahir Tanin and thank him for his first briefing to the Security Council. Malaysia looks forward to working closely with Ambassador Tanin in support of the work of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I also welcome Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy …
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for presenting her tenth report on Libya pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). Since Prosecutor Bensouda’s last briefing to the Security Council, in May earlier this year (see S/PV.7441), the political situation in Libya …
I join earlier speakers in thanking you, Madam President, and the Nigerian team for the calm and collected manner in which you managed and guided the Council’s work in August. We appreciate the decision to hold this wrap-up session. Mindful that New Zealand had intended to hold a similar session dur…
Malaysia is taking the floor to exercise its right of reply to the comments and allegations made by the representative of Israel.
I would first categorically reject the allegation against my country made by the representative of Israel. This is a malicious allegation aimed at tarnishing my country’…
On behalf of the Malaysian delegation, I wish to thank Mr. Linkevičius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, and Lithuania for convening this timely debate on the important issue of the protection of civilians, particularly journalists, in situations of armed conflict. We believe that his pres…
