I thank the President for convening this high-level meeting and yesterday’s speakers for their briefings.
While the concept of slavery as it was known centuries ago has been abolished, we still face what is known as modern slavery. Trafficking in persons, the sexual exploitation of children and ado…
We would like to express our gratitude for the briefings that we have just heard from the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and from the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and South Sudan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom. We would like to thank them …
First and foremost, Uruguay would like to express its solidarity with the Governments of Colombia, Mali and
the United Kingdom in the light of the attacks that have taken place in those countries recently. We extend our deepest condolences to the relatives of the victims.
I thank the Chair of the …
I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of…
At the outset, we join with others in extending condolences to our Chinese colleagues.
We welcome today’s briefing on an issue that is key to the work of the Security Council. We also thank Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Mr. Chergui and Mr. Kaberuka for their briefings.
Uruguay notes the developm…
I too thank Ms. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The use of chemical weapons, wherever it may take place, is a serious threat to international peace and security, as well as a grave violation of international
law. Uruguay therefore condemns in the most emphatic terms any use of toxic chemicals as weapo…
At the outset, let me thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Wane, for his briefing on the special report (S/2017/437) of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Secretary- General of the United Nations on the strategic review of the African Union-Unit…
Uruguay thanks the Bolivian Presidency for having organized today’s informative meeting, as well as for circulating the concept note and putting forth today’s draft resolution. Due to today’s meeting being on a topic of particular importance for the maintenance of international peace and security, i…
First of all, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. François Louncény Fall, for his briefing. Uruguay acknowledges the important work carried out by UNOCA in terms of…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Onanga- Anyanga and Mr. Impagliazzo for their briefings.
The Central African Republic has swung between consolidating the achievements made since the election of President Touadéra, in particular the recent headway made in Bangui and Bambari, and a…
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his briefing on the Secretary-General’s report on the evolution of the Da’esh threat to international peace and security (S/2017/467). The report also gives an account of the United Nations activities in support of Member States for the purposes of combating …
Uruguay welcomes the holding of this annual meeting to assess the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund.
First and foremost, we would like to acknowledge, and express our gratitude for, the work of the Permanent Representative of Kenya, Ambassador Kamau, as Chair of the Co…
Uruguay would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Ladsous for his briefing, and the Department for Peacekeeping Operations for the strategic assessment carried out in the Republic of Liberia. We are also grateful to the Vice-Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and to Victoria Wollie.
Uruguay is…
We welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and appreciate his strong statement.
Uruguay voted in favour of and co-sponsored resolution 2321 (2016). We welcome its unanimous adoption, as we believe that it will be a very useful tool of deterrence in the current situation in the Democratic Peop…
We appreciate your presence at this open debate, Sir, and congratulate the presidency of Senegal for having organized it. We thank Mr. Wane, Mr. António, Mr. Menkerios and Mr. Kaberuka for their respective briefings.
Uruguay believes that cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subr…
I would like to begin by commending you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing, as well as the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, and the Police Commissioners of United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien for his briefing.
Last Friday, 19 August, saw the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day. My delegation therefore wishes to acknowledge the tireless effort and personal sacrifice of every one of the thousands of humanitarian workers throughout th…
While significant progress has been made in recent years to reduce the scourge of HIV/AIDS, many challenges still lie ahead. Indeed, the HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a threat to millions of people worldwide, which is why we attach great importance to the holding of this high-level meeting to advance th…
At the outset, let me congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate, which is of the utmost importance for Uruguay.
I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; the Chair of the Peacebuilding Co…
I would first like to welcome the presence here today of Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba. Uruguay aligns itself with the statements delivered earlier on behalf of the Southern Common Market, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Group of 77 a…
