I thank you, Sir, for convening and presiding over today’s momentous open debate and for Spain’s leadership in the women and peace and security agenda. My delegation wishes to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his remarks, and Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women for her …
I am taking the floor to explain my delegation’s vote on resolution 2240 (2015), which was just adopted and which Malaysia also co-sponsored. We thank the United Kingdom for
facilitating consultations among Council members in its capacity as a penholder for this initiative. We greatly appreciate th…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your team on assuming the presidency for this month and to reaffirm Malaysia’s full support. I also wish to congratulate the Russian Federation on its stewardship of the Council during the past month.
I join other Council members in th…
I join earlier speakers in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Nicholas Haysom and Mr. Yury Fedotov for their respective briefings. I also take this opportunity to register our appreciation to Mr. Haysom and all members and personnel of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afgh…
I join other Security Council members in expressing appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Spain as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) for his briefing on the Committee’s work during the reporting period.
The agreement reached on the Join…
I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Head of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing. My delegation welcomes His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, an…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, and the Nigerian delegation for organizing this meeting. My delegation is of the view that the briefings today afford us an opportunity to reflect on, among other things, the role played by the United Nations in general and by the Council in parti…
My delegation joins other Council members in thanking Nigeria for convening today’s debate. We also wish to thank your delegation, Madam President, for the informative concept note (S/2015/599, annex) that has been circulated, which helps frame our debate today.
We wish to also express appreciation…
I wish to join others in congratulating you, Madam President, and the delegation of Nigeria for having convened this important briefing. I wish also to thank Dr. David Nabarro, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Ebola; Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization; His …
I join previous speakers in expressing Malaysia’s appreciation to you, Sir, and the delegation of New Zealand for convening this important and timely open debate. I wish to acknowledge the presence of many leaders and ministers in the Chamber this morning, which underscores the urgency of discussing…
I join colleagues around the table, Sir, in warmly welcoming you to the Security Council today. On behalf of my delegation, I thank you for convening and presiding over this meeting. Your presence here today clearly demonstrates the importance New Zealand attaches to the subject of today’s open deba…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor to explain Malaysia’s vote on resolution 2231 (2015), which the Council just adopted and which we co-sponsored and voted in favour of. At the outset, Malaysia wishes to congratulate the delegations responsible for reaching this historic agreement, …
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to that resolution concerning Libya. My report covers the period from 5 March to 15 July 2015, during which time t…
We commend New Zealand for convening this historic meeting of the Council to pay tribute to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide 20 years ago. We are grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their respecti…
I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing. We are also grateful to His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Repu…
With regard to resolution 2220 (2015), which the Council has just adopted, Malaysia places high hopes on the Council being able to reach consensus on this important issue. The statement that you made before the voting, Madam President, clearly amplified why this resolution is needed. However, we als…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate the Lithuanian presidency on taking the initiative to convene today’s important and far-reaching open debate of the Security Council on the human cost of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW). My deleg…
I too should like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for presenting her ninth report on Libya to the Security Council. Since her last briefing to the Council, in November 2014 (see S/PV.7306), the political and security situation in Libya has continued…
I would like to thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his briefing and for his comprehensive report to the Council (S/2015/300, annex). Since this is Malaysia’s first Security Council meeting with High Representative Inzko, I wish to express Malaysia’s strong support for his work and commitme…
My delegation takes the floor to explain its vote or resolution 2218 (2015), which the Security Council has just adopted.
We would like to underscore Malaysia’s full support for the efforts of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), as well as those of the Secreta…
