Out the outset, I thank His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, reporting the lack of progress and the contradictions of the Organization with regard to the Palestinian question. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the dedication of the Secretary-General to pe…
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Alfonso Dastis Quecedo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, and the Spanish presidency for organizing today’s important open debate. We would also like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Jan Eliasson; the High…
In conveying a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Rafael Catalá, Minister of Justice of Spain, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela thanks the President for convening this important briefing to address an issue of major interest to our country, namely, strengthening international judicial cooperatio…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted against the convening of today’s meeting to review the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea because we believe that it is an initiative that shows the Security Council’s growing interference in issues outside its specific comp…
I apologize for taking the floor again but I must make a few comments on the illusion under which the delegation of the United States is operating with regard to my country’s vote.
First of all, as the Ambassador of China stated so eloquently, I would like to recall the high level of responsibility…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. Following Uruguay’s example, I wish to briefly express some views before the discussion on this item in closed
consultations. I thank Mr. Mladenov and Mr. O’Brien for their briefings.
We stress once again — as we do every mon…
We would like to thank Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS); Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide; and Ambassador Seck, in his capacit…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. We thank the briefers, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, and the Police Commissioners of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, the United Nations …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela abstained in the voting on resolution 2317 (2016), for we believe that the part referring to Eritrea, as presented to us, is unfair. As Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, we have been working …
First and foremost, we would like to thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his
briefing and to reiterate our full support for his work on the matter.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela once again reaffirms its full support and respect for the sovereign…
As President of
the Non-Aligned Movement, I have the honour to speak today on its behalf. We would like to thank the delegation of Senegal, especially Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal, for organizing today’s important debate. We are also grateful to Deputy Secretary-Gener…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to express its gratitude for the briefings delivered by Special Envoy of the Secretary- General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator Stephen O’Brien and Regional Director for the …
In the end, there has been a genuine debate among the members of the Security Council, which we commend. In other cases, it has proven impossible to discuss issues as complicated as those we are witnessing in the humanitarian field. Now, not only are we calling into question the United Nations syste…
As the current Chair of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the 120 States Members of the United Nations that comprise this mechanism for consultation and joint political action.
I begin by extending a warm welcome and revolutionary …
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate on women and peace and security. We commend the briefings by the Secretary-General and by the Executive Director ofUN-Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, whom we commend on her excellent work leading that body, as well …
At the outset, we would like to express our gratitude to the Russian delegation in its capacity as President of the Security Council for convening this very important debate so that we can address the very critical situation of the Palestinian people and the Middle East. We would also like to expres…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for the timely convening of this debate on the situation in the Republic of Haiti. We commend the Secretary- General’s report (S/2016/753), which was introduced by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabil…
Unfortunately, today the Security Council has effectively shown its inability to achieve consensus on how to manage and resolve the horrible tragedy faced by the people of Syria since the beginning of the war. The fundamental reason for the lack of unity is based on the fact that certain permanent m…
With the firm commitment to fully respecting international humanitarian law, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela condemns indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population and humanitarian personnel carried out by any party. It also condemns air strikes carried out against hospitals and health…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela abstained in the voting on resolution 2312 (2016), which extends for an additional year the mandate of resolution 2240 (2015), on the illicit smuggling of migrants and human trafficking in the Mediterranean Sea. We did so because we believe that the reasons that …
