At the outset, we thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for the information he provided to us in connection with the first report of the Secretary- General on the situation in the Lake Chad basin region (S/2017/764). We also thank Ms. Fatima Shehu Imam for the statement she delivered to the …
The Plurinational State of Bolivia would like to express its satisfaction at the General Assembly’s adoption by consensus today of resolution 71/321 and hopes that it will contribute to increasing indigenous peoples’ participation beyond the modalities already envisaged in the Permanent Forum on Ind…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his…
We thank the delegation of China for having convened this open briefing, as the Security Council must continually follow up the situation in South Sudan. We also express our thanks for the information provided today by Assistant Secretary-General El-Ghassim Wane. We welcome his work and that of his …
We would like to thank Mr. Ján Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), for his briefing, and to assure him of our full support to him in implementing the tasks with which he is entrusted. We are also grateful for the…
We thank Ms. María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, for her presence in the Chamber today.
The Security Council has unanimously adopted resolution 2366 (2017), establishing the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia to monitor the implementation of the Fina…
We thank Under-Secretary- General O’Brien for his report and once again reiterate our full support for the work he has been tasked with.
The fighting that has resulted in death and destruction in Syria has now been going on for more than six years. According to the International Committee of the Re…
We express our gratitude for the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/357) presented by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mr. Ján Kubiš, and convey our strongest support for the implementation of the mandated ac…
I am grateful to Mr. Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his briefing on the current situation in Kosovo.
I also express my gratitude to Her Excellency Ms. Kuburović, Minister of Justice of the R…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Stephen O’Brien for his briefing today and for his commitment to the work he has undertaken, which we fully support.
The conflict in Syria is entering its seventh year and the humanitarian situation there continues to be very worrying. To date, according to a repor…
I would like to preface my remarks by thanking the United States presidency for having convened this very important meeting. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Mr. David Shearer, for his bri…
The Plurinational State of Bolivia thanks the delegation of the United Kingdom for having taken the initiative of introducing resolution 2349 (2017), which was adopted unanimously, thereby showing the Security Council’s commitment to combating terrorism. In that regard, we would like to highlight th…
The Plurinational State of Bolivia thanks the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, Mr. Sebastian Kurz, for his briefing in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). We also congratulate Austria on its assumption of the chairmanship o…
