We wish to thank Mr. Nicholas Hayson, Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the Ambassador of Afghanistan, Ambassador Saikal, for their statements.
We would also like to convey our condolences to the families of the victims in the wake of the terrorist attack per…
Venezuela is grateful for the presence and briefings of Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson; Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Mr. Nick Grono, Chief Executive Officer of the Freedom Fund; and, especially, Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, whose…
We would like to welcome the presence here today of the Deputy Secretary-General, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, the Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Chief Monitor of the Organizati…
We thank the President for having convened such an important meeting and also for the concept note (S/2015/846, annex) that he has circulated. We also thank the Secretary-General for his valuable briefing.
The concept note focuses on two very specific recommendations, which were formulated in the r…
We appreciate the briefing made by Mr. Tanin, whom we welcome, and congratulate him on his new appointment. We wish him every success in his new functions.
We would also like to thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Ms. Flora Çitaku for t…
We thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin lnzko, for his briefing.
Twenty years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, Bosnia and Herzegovina has pursued its efforts to consolidate peace and stability at both the national and regional levels, although some ch…
I wish at the outset to thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. My delegation expresses its gratitude to Ms. Malcorra, Mr. Kay, Mr. Téte António and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke for their briefings.
Despite the security constraints, the political situation in Somalia has seen pro…
Allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of June and assure you that you can count on our support. I would also like to extend our thanks to the Lithuanian delegation for the work
carried out during the month of May. I would li…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela abstained in the voting on resolution 2220 (2015) despite the efforts made by Lithuania in leading the negotiations.
Venezuela participated actively and constructively in the process. We believe that the resolution has some positive but weak el…
We would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this quarterly debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We welcome the briefing by Mr. Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the statement by Mr. Tanin, the …
We welcome the participation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at this meeting. We also wish to thank Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for her briefing.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela attaches special importance to the r…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on presiding over this important debate on the Middle East, including the Palestinian
question — an issue of particular importance to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I would also like to welcome Mr. Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, Assistant Secretary-General a…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is honoured to see a Latin American country presiding over the Security Council.
Building peace in countries emerging from armed conflict is one of the fundamental tasks of the United Nations system and deserves our full attention. Venezuela would like to thank …
Venezuela congratulates the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on its commendable work in promoting the right to self-determination, independence and sovereignty of that sister nation. Accordingly, we welcome the Committee’s report (A/69/35).
For Venezuela…
