I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your briefing on the work of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. My delegation welcomes your able leadership of that Committee. I also take this opportunity to congratulate the members of the Somalia…
I join earlier speakers in welcoming you, Madam, to the Council and in thanking the delegation of Venezuela for convening this debate. I wish to also acknowledge the presence of the high-level representatives of Angola and Spain.
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be delivered by…
Echoing Churchill’s remarks, I too would like to say that if I had had the time, I would have prepared a shorter statement. I join other Security Council members in congratulating you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Uruguay for having successully lead the Council during the productive month of…
On behalf of my delegation, I warmly welcome You, Sir, to the Council and I thank you for presiding over this meeting. We highly value your presence and the high-level representations today from Senegal, Ukraine and Angola. Your participation in this open debate provides prominence to a topic that h…
I should like to greet Foreign Minister Holguín Cuéllar of Colombia and join earlier speakers in congratulating the delegation of Colombia on this historic and momentous occasion, which undoubtedly marks the beginning of the end of the long-running conflict in that country. In this regard, I wish to…
Once again, I wish to welcome you to New York, Mr. President, and to congratulate you and the delegation of Uruguay on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I also take this opportunity to acknowledge the presence of the high-level representatives of Spain and Ukr…
I join earlier speakers in thanking Assistant Secretary-General Kang for her briefing, which provided a vital update on ongoing efforts to respond to the critical health needs of civilians in the hard-to-reach and besieged areas in Syria.
We deplore the unacceptable human cost of the ongoing confli…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting in an open format, to accord the issue the attention that it deserves. My delegation is appreciative of the insightful briefings by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed; the United Nations High …
I join earlier speakers in thanking Special Representative Nicholas Haysom for his briefing. We also commend Mr. Haysom and all members and personnel of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their dedication in carrying out their duties under challenging circumstances. I a…
I join previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to you, Madam President, and to the United States delegation for convening this meeting, which my delegation supports. The initiative is timely and appropriate in seeking to shine a light on the heinous practice of human trafficking, increasing…
I join other Council members in thanking Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), for his briefing to the Council. I wish to also take this opportunity to commend and express my delegation’s appre…
In accordance with sub-paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). The report covers the period from 15 July to 10 December, during which the members of the …
I thank both the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Al Hussein, and Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for their respective briefings, which my delegation listened to intently. I also take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/70/393) and …
I wish to express my appreciation to the briefers — Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mecha…
Madam President, I thank you for convening and for presiding over this debate, to which we all attach importance. We believe that the debate today on the interlinkages between security, development and the root causes of conflict is apt and timely. I wish to also express my appreciation
to Secretar…
Madam President, I thank you for having convened this important meeting and for presiding over it. Like earlier speakers, I wish to convey our deepest condolences to the delegation and the people of France in connection with the appalling and repulsive terrorist attacks that took place in Paris last…
I join earlier speakers in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, and the Deputy Police Commissioner of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the Police Commissioner of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic…
I would like to thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his briefing and for his comprehensive reports to the Council, including
the special report of 4 September. Listening to his latest update on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I cannot help but feel that despite the voluminous work…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this urgent and important meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary- General Zerihoun for his briefing.
Malaysia is gravely concerned at the provocations and escalating violence in and around the holy sites of the Old City of Jerusalem. We con…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 10 States members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and my own country, Malaysia.
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