I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. We welcome the continuing attention of the Security Council to the women and peace and security agenda, and we thank the briefers for their insightful remarks.
Resolution 1325 (2000) constitutes an important milesto…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States.
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Madam President, for convening this high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
We gather in this …
I would like to thank the French presidency for convening this open debate and initiating the Security Council’s adoption of a new resolution on countering the financing of terrorism (resolution 2462 (2019)). We need to better understand the link between financial activities and terrorism, despite t…
Turkey’s position with regard to the crisis in and around Ukraine is clear. We fully support Ukraine’s territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders. We do not recognize the illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea.
With millions of citizens of Crim…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for bringing yet another critical issue to the attention of the Security Council. Climate change is an existential challenge, and its adverse and transboundary impacts on the economy, health and the environment pose major threats for future ge…
The situation across the Middle East continues to be a source of grave concern. Terrorism, violence and humanitarian crises have escalated and engulfed millions of innocent people in the region. In the face of that grim reality, we must maintain our focus on the urgent need to resolve the Israeli-Pa…
I would like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Fedotov, for their briefings, as well as the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Saikal, for his statement. We also thank the Secretary- General for h…
Turkey is pleased to co-sponsor the draft resolution before us today (A/73/L.44). We look forward to its adoption by consensus.
We deem this comprehensive draft resolution to be very important, as it highlights the achievements and responsibilities of both Afghanistan and the international communit…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate and for her commitment to the Security Council reform process.
We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group (see A/73/PV.36). I would also…
I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on a matter of increasing relevance.
Seventy-three years ago in San Francisco, we committed ourselves to strengthening the three pillars of the current international system, namely, peace and security, human rights and d…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his comprehensive briefing. He identified the main challenges that lie ahead on the political track. As his mission comes to an end, I would like also to express our deep appreciation to him for his tireless efforts in finding a political so…
At the outset, let me join others in offering our condolences to our Russian friends for their loss yesterday.
As the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation explained, the summit between the Turkish and Russian Presidents in Sochi yesterday focused on the situation in Idlib. I would als…
I would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, and Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for his statement. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2018/824).
Toda…
At the outset, I also would like to pay homage to the memory of the victims of 9/11. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families. We should never forget that tragic day or lower our guard, and should always remain united in the fight against terrorism.
The Permanent Representatives of the Russ…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Mediation and its two co-Chairs, Finland and Turkey.
I would like to thank the United Kingdom for organizing this open debate and putting forward several important questions to guide the discussion. We also welcome the participation of…
We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2018/465) and Special Representative Virginia Gamba for her tireless efforts in taking the children and armed conflict agenda forward. We welcome the adoption of resolution 2427 (2018), which we co-sponsored.
Unfortunately, children continue to be d…
I would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, for th…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the MIKTA countries — Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia. MIKTA represents a diverse group of countries with different cultural, historical and religious backgrounds, located in different corners of the world. Yet o…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this timely debate on the Middle East and North Africa. The future of the Middle East should remain a major part of our discussions on the maintenance of peace and security globally. Events in this region have ramifications worldwide, and Turk…
We welcome the inclusion of the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity on the formal agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. At a time when the atrocities committed in various corners of the world conti…
