First of all, let me begin by extending a very warm welcome to you, Mr. President; it is great to have you here in New York. Let me also thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive and unfortunately, once again, very sobering report.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is first and foremo…
First of all, I thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov and Ms. Michèle Coninsx for their briefings. I also thank the various United Nations
entities and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team for preparing an excellent report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/612).
As the report states, the thre…
Let me first of all thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Commissioner Chergui for their comprehensive and insightful briefings.
Let me start by commending the agreement signed on 17 August and the establishment of the transitional Government. We acknowledge and commend the people of the Sudan …
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her comprehensive briefing.
Under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, almost 3,000 ground-based intermediate-range missiles were verifiably destroyed. The INF Treaty was an important pillar and a real cornerst…
Let me begin by thanking our two Special Representatives of the Secretary- General, Mr. James Swan and Ms. Pramila Patten, for their comprehensive briefings. I would also like to extend a particularly warm welcome to Mr. Swan, who is joining us in the Council for the first time. I further thank Amba…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa for her update and briefing.
We strongly condemn the cowardly attack that took the lives of staff members of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and injured others, including Libyan nationals. We extend our heartfelt condolences t…
First, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing, as well as Ms. Amina Khoulani and Dr. Hala for sharing their moving stories with us. The losses and heavy blows of fate they and your families have suffered stand for thousands of other Syrian families who have l…
First of all, I would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland, His Excellency Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, for convening this important debate.
Today some 420 million children worldwide are affected by conflict. We therefore face the real danger that the Security Council sits idly by as …
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 by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 22 May to 29 July, during which time the Committee held two infor…
Let me first thank all our briefers this morning for their insightful presentations.
Germany welcomes the report of the Secretary- General (S/2019/492) on the ongoing implementation of Security Council resolution 2231 (2015). It is a key contribution to monitoring compliance with resolution 2231 (2…
First of all, let me thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive briefing.
We remain fully and permanently committed to a negotiated two-State solution, based on the internationally agreed parameters, as the only viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that meets Israeli an…
I would first like to thank our briefers: the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Mr. Matondo and Mr. Vervaeke for their very comp…
Let me first thank Ms. Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today. I thank her and her entire team for their dedicated and tireless efforts over all these years.
Like South Africa, we are also gravely concerned by the escalation of violence and the excess…
Let me first thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tadamichi Yamamoto and Ms. Sima Samar for their insightful briefings, as well as the Permanent Representative of
Afghanistan for her statement. We also thank Special Representative Yamamoto and the United Nations Assistance Mission …
Let me also thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant Secretary- General Gilmour for their briefings.
We continue to follow the situation in Khartoum very closely and support the mediation efforts of the African Union and Ethiopia, which should pave the way to a civilian-led transition. …
I would like to thank Secretary-General Guterres and, of course, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States for their briefings. I would also like to extend a very warm welcome to the Foreign Minister of Poland.
We very much welcome your initiative, Mr. President, to discuss this issue here…
Let me first thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Annadif for his briefing. Let me also welcome His Excellency Foreign Minister Dramé for joining us at our meeting.
At the outset, I would like to make a few remarks on the political process and the peace process. We welcome the swif…
Let me also thank Her Excellency Ms. Mary Robinson and His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon for their briefings.
Germany very much welcomes the Secretary- General’s vision and priorities, which strongly focus on conflict prevention and resolution. We highly appreciate the work of the United Nations good …
I should just like to comment very briefly on a statement made by our Russian colleague. I want to register the fact that I found his remarks on the European Union, NATO and States that support Kosovo, as well as on the history of the conflict in 1998 and 1999, to be unfortunate, particularly unhelp…
Germany feels that this is a welcome opportunity to discuss forward-looking solutions. We are concerned that the Council should not be used or abused in attempts to rewrite or reinterpret history. We should try to come up with solutions in a concrete way.
In that spirit, Germany affirms its commitm…
