My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned
Countries, and by the representative of the Republic of Ecuador, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/72/PV.38).
We wish to present …
I hope that you, Mr. President, will be patient and listen to our comments on the briefing by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
The Government of my country has considered the thirty-ninth monthly report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/445). It expresses its concern and regret …
We would like to thank the Uruguayan presidency for convening today’s important meeting.
We have taken due note of the concept note on the protection of civilians and medical care in armed conflict (S/2017/365, annex), including on the implementation of resolution 2286 (2016). In that context, we r…
We are pleased at Uruguay’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
We have taken note of the report of the Secretary- General under consideration (S/2017/249), which contains information submitted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violenc…
First of all, my delegation wishes to thank both the Russian Federation and Bolivia for joining us in the convening of this urgent meeting.
At the very outset, I have a question for the Under- Secretary General, who said that the Syrian Government described the attack as “an aggression”, but he did…
Several members of the Security Council today made statements that have unequivocally further demonstrated that my country, Syria, is the victim of two simultaneous acts of aggression. The first involves the attack by the permanent members of the Council, and the second concerns the attack by proxy …
At the outset, my country regrets that the Security Council has been unable to denounce the terrorist bombing in Damascus on Saturday. The Council must assume its responsibilities and condemn the two terrorist attacks that took place in Damascus today. The Council’s work is hampered by several of it…
First, I would like to express our most heartfelt condolences on the passing of Mr. Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, a friendly State. We will always remember him and his positive spirit and wisdom, which we feel in every room of the Organization. May he rest in pe…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important meeting. I would like to affirm Syria’s support for the Security Council’s credible and genuine efforts to combat terrorism, which reflects the international unanimity about the fact that today terrorism is one of the w…
We condemn Mr. Mladenov’s continued failure to deal with the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan and with ongoing Israeli violations and practices there, which are part of this particular agenda item. They also form an integral part of Mr. Mladenov’s mandate as Special Coordinator.
This debate c…
At the outset, allow me to welcome you, Mr. President, as you preside over this important meeting. I would also like to express my congratulations to you, Sir, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also take this opportunity to congratulate you and …
My country’s delegation would like to pay tribute to the good relations that exist between Syria, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and other peace operations. We would like to reiterate the Government’s commitment to supporting the mission with all possible tools.
As everyone…
We welcome all the sincere and dedicated efforts to address the issue of Syrian refugees. However, including the item as it is, focusing on global awareness of the tragedies of only the Syrian refugees in the Mediterranean Basin, who represent only 20 per cent of all asylum seekers in Europe, we bel…
The opinions expressed by the delegations of certain countries, including their insistence on dealing with the tragedy of migrants and refugees with a specific focus on Syrians alone and their rejection of the proposal made by the Russian Federation to retain that part of item 130, which focuses on …
This issue is of interest to every State, whether it be one of destination or origin. This global phenomenon must be tackled by all of us, and all of us must work to find ways to solve it. We must be objective in examining every one of its aspects and effects all over the world, as well as its chief…
At the outset, I should like to record my country’s objection to re-including agenda item 130, “Global awareness of the tragedies of irregular migrants in the Mediterranean Basin, with specific emphasis on Syrian asylum seekers”, for the following reasons.
First of all, the phenomenon of migration …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Egypt’s accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
Yesterday, in Aleppo city alone, 28 civilians were killed, including infants, in addition to 80 persons who were wounded following the targeting by armed terror…
The Israeli occupation of the Arab territories and its severe consequences have negatively affected the security and stability of the region. The situation is extremely dangerous, given the deliberate international failure to compel Israel to put an end to its occupation of Arab occupied territories…
I should like to begin by congratulating you once again, Mr. President, on your country’s election as a member of the Security Council and on its accession to the presidency of the Council for this month. I should like also to congratulate the other new members of the Council, and I thank you for ha…
I wish to start by congratulating your country, Sir, on its election as non-permament member of the Security Council and on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January.
This morning we addressed two identical letters to the Secretary-General and to the President of the…
