The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela takes the floor today on a date of great importance for the Palestinian cause, as it marks yet another anniversary of the adoption of resolution 181 (II), which established the plan to partition Palestine.
What appeared to be a good-faith effort to resolve the s…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the decision of the President of the General Assembly to appoint the Permanent Representatives of Georgia and the United Arab Emirates as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations. We express our full support to them to contribute…
We thank the delegation of France for presiding over the work of the Security Council during the current month and for convening this open debate. We also appreciate the briefings by the Secretary-General and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, to whom we …
I would like to begin by congratulating the delegation of France on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. I also congratulate the delegation of Ethiopia for its leadership last month. Likewise, we welcome the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head o…
At the outset, we wish to express our country’s support for the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking (see A/72/ PV.24).
Trafficking in persons is a despicable crime that infringes upon human dignity and constitutes a seriou…
Before explaining our vote, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you formally on your election to lead the Assembly for this session. I know that we already congratulated you earlier, but I would like to reiterate it here in plenary. You can count on our full support.
The Bolivarian Republic…
We would like to reiterate our support for the statement by the representative of Syria. Our country is opposed to seeing the topic of the responsibility to protect included on the Assembly’s agenda at its seventy-second session, and we will provide our reasons for that decision in our explanation o…
At the outset, we would like to welcome Mr. José Luis Cancela, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay. We are delighted to have you, Sir, presiding over today’s important debate. We therefore thank Uruguay, a sister country, for convening today’s debate, and congratulate the entire delegation,…
At the outset, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to the delegations of Egypt and Somalia and to their Governments and peoples on the appalling terrorist attacks committed in their countries. We strongly condemn these criminal acts and reiterate our abso…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is aware of the importance of addressing a topic of such relevance to humanitarian agenda — the tragic plight of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean basin.
In 2016, more than 5,000 people either died or went missing during perilous sea crossings, and, in …
At the outset, we wish to offer our best wishes to the United Kingdom delegation for successfully guiding the work of the Security
Council this month. We also thank Ukraine for the skill with which it led the work of the Council in February. We also extend our gratitude to the Secretary-General for…
With the permission of the Security Council, I would like to begin my statement by echoing the many heartfelt condolences expressed today over the passing of our friend, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin. His sudden departure is an irreparable loss not only for his family, to whom we extend our sympathy and…
In order to ensure the smooth running of this meeting, I will now read a summarized version of the statement that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to address to the Council on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. The complete text of the statement will be published on the page of t…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for having convened this extremely important open debate in the light of recent events and the persistent situation in the Middle East. We also express our gratitude to the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nicko…
At the outset, on behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we congratulate your country, Sir, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, as well as the new non-permanent members of the Council. Likewise, we appreciate the convening of this very important open debate and the …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the adoption of resolution 2334 (2014) in the conviction that it represents a unique opportunity to advance the peace process and restore trust between the parties, while allowing the Security Council to abandon its habitual inaction by engaging it in bu…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important vote on a draft resolution (S/2016/1100) that well may well be historic as a contribution to peace. Our country, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, together with Malaysia, New Zealand and Senegal, decided to co-sponsor and ca…
First of all, I would like to reiterate our expressions of solidarity and condolences to the Government and the people of the Russian Federation folowing the brutal assassination of their Ambassador, Andrey Karlov ,yesterday in Turkey. We call for an end to hate speech against the Russian Federation…
We thank Mr. Yamamoto for his briefing and for his work, and Mr. Fedotov for his briefing. Our thanks also go to Ambassador Van Bohemen of New Zealand for his work at the healm of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011).
As this is our last participation in the…
We associate ourselves with your words of condolences, Mr. President, and we would like to reiterate our deep dismay over the killing of Ambassador Andrey Karlov. We would also like to express all of our solidarity and support to the Russian Federation, its people, its Mission and Government. I woul…
