We thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his briefing on the latest developments with regard to the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
We remain concerned that negative actions taken by the parties continue to stok…
Allow me, first of all, to join other colleagues in expressing our sincere condolences to the Russian Federation.
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings on the Syrian political and humanitarian track. We reiterate our support for the c…
We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for requesting this meeting. We also thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths for his briefing. We continue to support his tireless efforts to facilitate a political solution to the crisis in Yemen and we commend his diplomatic endeavours to relaunch the pol…
Allow me, Madam President, first of all, to take this opportunity to express our solidarity with the Government and the people of the United States on this day, which marks the commemoration of the tragic events of 11 September. My country was among the first to face the scourges of terrorism and kn…
We thank Secretary- General António Guterres for his briefing on the topic of our discussion today. We also are grateful to Mr. Prendergast for his remarks.
We all recognize the negative effects of corruption on the political, economic and sociocultural stability of societies. It undermines account…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing. We support and appreciate his indefatigable efforts in the search for a
peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis and in response to the urgent and difficult situation in Idlib. We also thank Director John Ging of the Office for the Coordinat…
We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2018/795) pursuant to resolution 2410 (2018). We are also grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing on the most recent developments in Haiti and on the activities of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJU…
We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for its briefing and updates on the outcome of its investigation of the Salisbury incident. We also take note of the statement delivered by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Parliament, which was circulated among members
of the Security Co…
We thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. We welcome the confirmation by the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that the Secretariat has verified the destruction of all 27 chemical weapons-production facilities declared by the Syr…
We thank Mr. Gonzalo Koncke, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and Mr. Felix Maradiaga for their respective briefings. We would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, His Excellency Mr. Denis Moncada Colindres.
We have been …
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, for his briefing and Ambassador Skoog for his report, in his capacity as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya. We strongly support the Special Rep…
We would also like to congratulate our colleagues from the United Kingdom for their professionalism and efficient manner in presiding over the Security Council. Allow me to congratulate you as well, Madam President, for assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of September, a difficult m…
I would first like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Aristides Gomes, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, as well as to join other speakers in congratulating Special Representative José Viegas Filho on his appointment as Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea- Bissau (UNIOGBIS…
We thank the United Kingdom for organizing this meeting, and we are pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over it. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres for being here with us this afternoon and for his briefing on the security and humanitarian situation in Myanmar. We…
We thank Director John Ging for his briefing. We reiterate our appreciation to the United Nations and its humanitarian partners for continuing to provide life-saving assistance to millions of Syrians in challenging circumstances.
We note from the report of the Secretary- General (S/2018/777) that t…
I would like to express my appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx for their briefings on the seventh report (S/2018/770) of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ Da’esh) to inter…
We thank Special Envoy Michel Kafando for his briefing on the current political situation in Burundi. We are very much encouraged by the continued stable security situation in that country, even after the 17 May constitutional referendum. It is also encouraging that the results of the referendum wer…
I would like to join others in taking this opportunity to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to congratulate Sweden on its successful presidency last month. We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths for his useful briefing and his c…
We would also like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock and Under-Secretary-General Virginia Gamba for their briefings.
The humanitarian situation in different parts of Syria remains dire due to military operations, including in the south-west. Civilian casualties, destru…
We thank Special Representative Arnault for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2018/723). We are pleased that the Vice-President of Colombia, His Excellency Mr. Óscar Naranjo, is here with us today.
The first and second roun…
