Let me join others in thanking Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Ms. Tania Hary, Executive Director of Gisha, Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, for their briefings. I also welcome the observer of the Observer State of Palestine and the representati…
Allow me to acknowledge the presence of the honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, His Excellency Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, at this important debate, which seeks to end the injustice of the embargo against Cuba.
South Africa aligns itself with the statements delivered by the r…
At the outset, let me thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
(ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her comprehensive briefing on the situation in Libya.
South Africa continues to support resolution 1970 (2011), which calls for a cessation of violence against civilians and mandates the I…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. Please be assured of South Africa’s support for your efforts this month, Madam President. On a slightly different note, I would also like to congratulate the E…
We want to thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over our meeting today, as well as the Russian Federation, Mr. Vassily Nebenzia and his team for the excellent manner in which they managed the Council programme for this month. Allow me to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-Gen…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Mladenov, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing on the situation in Israel and Palestine and welcome Ministers for Foreign Affairs Al-Malki and Safadi of the State of Palestine and of Jordan to the Security Council.
As we a…
We join other delegations in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. We also express our heartfelt gratitude to Special Representative David Shearer for his briefing, which was, as usual, comprehensive. We thank him and his team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNM…
We thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. South Africa wishes to express its support for Mr. Griffiths and commends his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the situ…
Please allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yury Fedotov; and Ambassador Djani, C…
We appreciate the convening of today’s debate. Similarly, we would like to join colleagues in condemning the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso that claimed 29 lives.
My delegation would like to thank the Under- Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, for his detailed briefi…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the Russian Federation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. You can count on our support. We would also like to thank Poland for the way they managed the work of the Council in August.
I would like to thank Mr. Ghas…
We welcome you to New York, Mr. President, and thank you for presiding over this meeting of the Security Council today. My delegation would also like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his briefing and tireless efforts in taking forward the…
My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. We would also like to thank the Under- Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smaïl Chergui, for their comprehens…
We thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting on threats to international peace and security. My delegation also appreciates the briefing by Ms. lzumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
South Africa’s primary concern on matters of inte…
South Africa wishes to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Mr. James Swan; the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten; the Special Representative o…
We thank you, Mr. Minister, for presiding once again over the Council’s deliberations. We thank the Polish delegation for having convened today’s debate on the challenges to peace and security in the Middle East. My delegation also appreciates the insightful briefing of Ms. Viotti, Chef de Cabinet i…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Ursula Mueller for their briefings. South Africa wishes to express its support for the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy and commend him on all the e…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council — Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa. We would like to thank the briefers this morning for their comprehensive briefings and for particularly re-emphasizing the importance of respecting international hum…
Allow me to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. I also thank the civil society briefers, Dr. Hala and Ms. Khoulani, for their statements this morning.
Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945 from the vestiges of the brutal and devastating Second Wor…
At the outset, I would like to thank Poland for organizing this open debate on children and armed conflict. The debate is timely, as it coincides with the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1882 (2009), which gave an additional emphasis to the children and armed confl…
