Council members may be aware that when the formal peace talks between the Colombian Government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) opened in Havana in November 2012, only 1 of the 20 negotiators around
the table was a woman. A year later, civil society leaders organized the f…
I am sure members vividly remembered when world leaders gathered here in New York one year ago for the General Assembly. The tensions on the Korean peninsula were alarmingly high and dangerous. Since then, positive historic progress has been made and we have new momentum, but substantial challenges …
Listening to the representatives of all countries around this table, I have heard support for the idea that multilateral and diplomatic efforts are urgently needed to address the challenges of today. International peace and security, and preventing conflict and terrorism, are rightly high on our age…
I begin by thanking you, Sir, and the Peruvian presidency for hosting today’s
meeting and the Secretary-General for his statement. He knows that he has our full support.
Let me also thank our briefers: Mr. Dan Neculăescu, State Secretary for Regional Affairs and Multilateral Global Affairs in the …
First of all, I thank you, Sir, for bringing us all together to discuss the important topic of sustaining peace.
I believe that we have an excellent opportunity to advance this important agenda, based on the twin resolutions on sustaining peace (resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 228…
The situation on the Korean peninsula is the greatest threat to international peace and security facing the world today. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme illustrates, as we have already heard, a blatant disregard for its international obliga…
First of all, I thank the Secretary-General and the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Gamba, for their important briefings to the Council this morning. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his annual report (S/2017/821), because this year it has very clearly focus…
The situation in the Sahel is a source of increasing concern, as has been stated by all prior speakers. It has implications not only for the millions of people facing insecurity and hunger, but also for the wider region and globally. The root causes are complex and transboundary. The effects of the …
I have come here directly from a visit to Herat and Kabul, in Afghanistan. I met with women and girls in the midst of conflict, who are struggling to make ends meet and keep their families safe. They face a constant risk of sexual violence. While talking to those women, I wondered what the women and…
In 1954, former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld stated that the United Nations was not created to bring us to heaven, but to save us from hell. The need for a United Nations that seeks to save us from humankind’s worst impulses remains. However, in these days of uncertainty, we must also learn fr…
I thank you, Mr. President, and the United States for arranging this timely and important meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary- General Nakamitsu for the introduction to the subject.
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is definitely a growing threat to international peace and security…
The nightmare of Da’esh rule is finally coming to an end for the millions of Iraqis who have been affected. The victory over Da’esh is a result of the commitment and resilience of the Iraqi Government and people. I pay tribute to them and to the Iraqi security forces for their determination. Yet, in…
I would first like to thank this afternoon’s briefers. We value Mr. Mogae’s regional perspective, and I would also like to sincerely thank Ms. Betty Sunday for her testimony here today. It is important to bring those first-hand accounts to the Security Council’s attention.
I was here less than six …
First of all, my thoughts are with the British people, and especially with the victims of the horrific attack at Westminster, the heart of British democracy. We are angered by this callous and cowardly attack. However, we are also confident that the legendary resilience and spirit of Londoners will …
More than ever before, we share a common destiny. The destiny of everyone here is also our destiny, and we can master the challenges of the future only if we face them together. That is why we have the United Nations. That is why we meet in this Assembly.
Today, we are doing so at a time marked by …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate. I also welcome the Council’s adoption this morning of presidential statement S/PRST/2016/6 on the subject. I condemn all terrorist attacks, including the recent and horrible attacks in Iraq, in which so many have been …
Sweden aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, but I would like to make a few additional remarks in my national capacity.
Let me first thank the Russian presidency for organising this ministerial meeting on countering the terrorist threat in the Middle East and N…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your kind words about Mårten.
I am honoured to be back at the United Nations and to speak on the same topic but in a different capacity. I am now today in one person Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish, so I speak on behalf of all the Nordic countries.
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