I will present this statement on behalf of the co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file: Kuwait, Germany and Belgium.
I would like to start by thanking Reena Ghelani, Director for Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for her valuable briefing. I wo…
I thank Special Representative Onanga- Anyanga, Commissioner Chergui, Director General for Africa of the European External Action Service Vervaeke, and my colleagues Ambassador Ipo and Ambassador Hilale. I also want to welcome the presence here today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Central A…
First of all, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations for their briefings.
I would like to address three main points.
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I too would like to thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings.
In Belgium’s view it is essential that the Stockholm Agreement be respected and implemented in a realistic space of time. In view of the urgency of the humanitarian situation, the …
At the outset, we would like to thank and congratulate the Secretary-General for his report (S/2019/103), which highlights the latest trends in the international terrorist threat posed by Da’esh. We also thank Ms. Coninsx and Mr. Voronkov for their excellent briefings. We are pleased to note that th…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tanin, for his briefing. I also welcome the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and the Ambassador of Kosovo to the United States, Ms. Vlora Çitaku, for their…
We thank Equatorial Guinea for organizing this important and timely debate on maritime security. We also thank Mr. Fedotov and Mrs. Ukonga for their briefings.
As you mentioned, Mr. President, 90 per cent of world trade is maritime, and Belgium has always been a hub of international maritime trade.…
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you on Equatorial Guinea’s assumption of the presidency of the Council. I should like also to
congratulate the delegation of the Dominican Republic on the outstanding work it did during its presidency of the Council last month.
I wish to thank…
When 3 million people flee their country because of its economic and political collapse, the threat to the stability of the region becomes evident. For Belgium, it is clear that the Security Council has a responsibility to address the situation in Venezuela, which constitutes a threat to internation…
I, too, would like to congratulate Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu on his new role and thank him for his briefing. I also thank his predecessor, Jean Arnault, for his considerable contribution to the peace process. Finally, I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Col…
I should like at the outset to sincerely thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and for the work that he and his team are doing. I should like also to welcome the presence here today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.
As t…
Allow me first to thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I would like to particularly commend his efforts, as well as those of the entire staff of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), who work in a particularly challenging enviro…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this briefing. I also thank my colleague the Permanent Representative of Poland for her detailed account of the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan. I commend her dynamic way of l…
At the outset, I wish to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her briefing, all the more valuable as it was informed by her recent visit to Mali. I would also like to welcome the Malian Foreign Minister, Ms. Kamissa Camara, who is participa…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Leila Zerrougui, Mr. Nangaa Yobeluo, representing the Commission électorale nationale indépendante, Ms. Mohammed, the Permanent Observer of the African Union (AU), Mr. Malanji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zambia, representing the Southern Africa…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Chambas for his very comprehensive briefing. Belgium salutes his daily work on behalf of prevention, reconciliation, lasting peace and the promotion of the rule of law in West Africa.
The precarious security situation continues to worry us. I…
I would first like to thank the United Kingdom for requesting this briefing on the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement. I would also like to thank
the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency…
Belgium notes the various statements made by the European countries that have endorsed the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, implying their support for the Compact. We also want to point to the statements made by Secretary-General Guterres and by Prime Minister Charles Michel o…
Belgium of course fully aligns itself with the statement just made by the observer of the the European Union, and I would like to add the following observations in my national capacity.
First, we would like to begin by congratulating Dr. Denis Mukwege and Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who were awarde…
Belgium fully aligns itself with the statement just made on behalf of the European Union.
I would like to comment briefly on three points: the peace process, elections and the role of Afghan youth. However, first of all, allow me to thank Special Representative Yamamoto, not only for his briefing, …
