We thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing on the developments in connection with tunnels along the Blue Line. We have also taken note of the white notes we received last week. We understand the seriousness of the matter, which has enormous ramifications for the security …
We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important briefing on drug trafficking in West and Central Africa as a threat to international security. We appreciate the briefing delivered by Mr. Yury Fedotov and we take this opportunity to commend the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNO…
I would like to express our appreciation to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Ethiopia is closely following the situation and is very concerned about the recent incidents that have taken place followi…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2018/1092) on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We appreciate the briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Yamamoto, based o…
This is the last time that Ethiopia will speak on this subject in the Council, and our position on this issue remains the same. The referral by the Security Council of the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the subsequent developments concerning the President of the Su…
I would like to thank Mr. François Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing on the political and security situations in the Central African region, including the Lake Chad basin, and the activiti…
We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2018/1059) pursuant to resolution 2410 (2018). We are grateful to Special Representative Ms. Helen La Lime for her briefing on the latest situation in Haiti and the activities related to the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJU…
Let me first of all thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We have followed the situation around the Sea of Azov and we are concerned by the rapid escalation of the situation in the area. It is vital that all efforts be made to reduce tension. We support today’s call of the Organiz…
We thank Special Envoy Michael Kafando for his briefing on the current political situation in Burundi. We are also grateful to Ambassador Jürg Lauber for his briefing on the socioeconomic cooperation between the Government
of Burundi and its international partners. We have been closely following th…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing, and we reiterate our support for his continued diplomatic endeavours to facilitate a political solution to the Syrian conflict. He has devoted his full energy and decades of experience and knowledge to facilitate a peaceful end to the Syria…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix, Commissioner Smaïl Chergui and Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for their respective briefings.
The African Union-United Nations joint mission to South Sudan, which took place at the beginning of October, could not have been more timely. It provid…
I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. I also welcome the presence of Mr. Dačić, Serbian First Deputy …
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui for her briefing. We also appreciate the statement by Ms. Joséphine Mbela.
As indicated in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2018/882), progress has been made in the implementation of the Democratic Republic of…
We express our appreciation to the Chinese presidency for organizing this briefing meeting on the activities of United Nations
police forces in peacekeeping operations. We thank Assistant Secretary-General Alexandre Zouev for his briefing. We are also grateful to all the three Police Commissioners …
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his comprehensive briefing on the latest report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2018/974, annex). We would like to reiterate our support for the soverei…
We thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing.
We appreciate the continued efforts by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to clarify all outstanding issues regarding the initial declaration of the Syrian Government on its che…
Like others, I would like to start by expressing our sincere condolences to the people and the Government of Indonesia following the plane crash.
We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his briefing. We express our appreciation to the United Nations and its humanitarian part…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Mr. Onanga-Anyanga; the Special Representative of the African Union to the Central African Republic, Mr. Moussa Nébié; and Mr. Koen Vervaeke for their briefings on the latest developments in the Central Af…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports under this agenda item (A/73/269, A/73/270 and A/73/273). I would like to associate my delegation with the statements delivered by the representatives of Morocco and Egypt on behalf of the Group of African States an…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui and Special Envoy Said Djinnit for their comprehensive and informative briefings, as well as for their continued efforts and capable leadership in the field.
We note the significant progress that has been made in the preparati…
