I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her presentation of the twenty- second report on the investigation of the situation in the Sudan. We also commend the work of the Office of the Prosecutor and the Court in combating impunity and promo…
We want to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for his presentation of the quarterly report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). Similarly, we would like to express to him and his team our gratitude for the efforts undertaken to promote and fulfil the…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reiterates its support for the work of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and acknowledges the valuable contribution of its staff to protect civilians, especially vulnerable groups such as women and children, as well as their role in facilitating …
We welcome the presence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and of the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman. We thank them for their briefings.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela notes with concern that, over the past …
We thank Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for their …
We wish at the outset to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and Head of Office for the Sahel for her briefing.
As reflected in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/866), the security situation in the Sahel region remains unstable, giving rise to concern at the direct effects th…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
Once again, the General Assembly has brought us together to discuss the issue of Palestine on the occasion of the International Day of Solida…
I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our condolences to the
Government and the people of France, as well as to the peoples and the Governments of the other countries that have suffered the latest terrorist assaults, including the downing of the Russian airliner and the attack early th…
We would like to reiterate today our solidarity with and our condolences to France for the terrorist attacks on French soil, as well as to Lebanon, the Russian Federation, Iraq, Syria and the many countries that are being assaulted on a daily basis by the terrible phenomenon of terrorism. We welcome…
We would like to welcome and pay tribute to you, Madam President. We thank Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his briefing. We also congratulate him for the work he is doing as head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanit…
We thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We welcome the presence of the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, and the Police Commissioners of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in t…
At the outset, we reiterate our congratulations to Spain on the extraordinary job it did during its presidency last month, and we offer our full support to the incoming United Kingdom presidency so that it can complete its mandate successfully.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela thanks the Prosec…
Venezuela deeply appreciates the efforts by Ambassador Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica and Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on reform of the Security Council during the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. We welcome Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, Permanent Repres…
Venezuela abstained in the voting on resolution 2244 (2015) because we feel that the negotiating process that led to its adoption was not broad enough to take into account the various points of view held by delegations. Our request to extend the consultations in order to produce a consensus text was…
We are grateful
to you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on such an important topic. We welcome the participation of the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Mogens Lykketoft; the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson; and Ambassador Jürgenson, who is representing the President …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting on the subject of Palestine. We are also grateful for the briefing by Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela continues to be very concerned about and firmly condemns the violent situation…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is deeply concerned about the serious humanitarian emergency of refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants who are the result of the tragedy of war, political instability, poverty, terrorism and the widespread violence that plagues important regions of A…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has supported and will continue to support the efforts of the parties to the conflict in the Republic of South Sudan to end the fratricidal war that has led to the suffering in the youngest nation in the world. We also reiterate our support for the work done by t…
I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom and Mr. Yury Fedotov for their briefings. I would also like to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his statement, as well as to take this opportunity to acknowledge, and commend him on, his work as the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan. I wish him every s…
We thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for his briefing. We would like to express our appreciation for his diligence and commitment in fulfilling the tasks of the Committee under his responsibility.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela once again expresses its satisfaction over the adoption of …
