Let me begin by expressing my agreement with my Russian colleague, who clearly said that we should not have had the debate today. Why do I say that? With all due respect, Sir, you will remember how last week I criticized the fact that the draft rollover decision had been submitted without prior cons…
To be very honest, as I always am, Mr. President, I have to say that I was shocked when we received your rollover decision last week before consultations with the Group of Four (G-4) countries at the very least — I do not know about the others. It contradicts the practice of your predecessors
who, …
Today’s debate is a very important one, and I want to thank you, Mr. President, for your introductory remarks, in which you reminded us of the values and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; I would like to add to that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is important to keep th…
As Germany has been mentioned specifically, I would like to exercise the right of reply.
My United States colleague said in his intervention that we had worked on autopilot with respect to resolution 75/90. I would like to reject that; Germany did not work on autopilot. We held close to a record nu…
Germany aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union later in today’s debate.
Of all the special years for Afghanistan declared in the past two decades, 2020 was indeed singular. Most important, it saw the start of the Afghanistan peace negotiations on 12 S…
Let me at the outset align myself with the statement delivered by the representative of Brazil on behalf of the Group of Four (see A/75/PV.27), but first let me add a few words in my national capacity.
Once upon a time, in a world very different from today’s, the United Nations was created. Since t…
Germany voted in favour of resolution 2550 (2020) and supports the new mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. However, we express our strong reservation about the wording with regard to the humanitarian principles.
The humanitarian principles are the fundamental basis for t…
Let me too thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s very important meeting on the International Court of Justice.
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and the most important guardian of international law, as it is the only Court with a lega…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the following 71 States parties to the Rome Statute: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denm…
I should like first to thank all the briefers.
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has Germany’s full support and, as my Indonesian colleague said in his intervention, it is more important than ever, and we look forward to t…
It is very good to see Martin Griffiths and Mark Lowcock on the screen. I just want to say that we still have one coronavirus-free seat here and that it would be great if perhaps next time one of them could be here in our midst.
I wish to echo what Martin said at the beginning when he described how…
Let me first say that the Security Council has come home. I thank you, Mr. President, for all your efforts. I think it is good that we are back in the Chamber and that we are able to see and talk to each other. I thank you very much for your initiative.
With regard to Mali, let me first thank the E…
You responded to me, Sir, in your capacity as President of the Security Council, so I am now responding to you, in your capacity as President. I want to stress that the result is the same — you prevented the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from speaking here in the Council.
In your national capacity, Mr. President, in the introduction to your long citation, you said that those who questioned the presence of Mr. Bustani here were bringing shame and disgrace to the Council. So let me ask you: who was it who brought shame and disgrace to the Council? Was it the 12 countri…
I fully support what my British and French colleagues have just said. Since your proposal, Mr. President, was to say that there must be a majority voting against, may I remind you of the year 2018. At the time, the Netherlands presidency wanted to invite Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations…
It is my honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. Foreign Minister Maas is in a coronavirus-disease-induced quarantine and has recorded the statement himself.
We heard earlier that this was the thirty-third briefing on Yemen and the humanitarian situation, and I think that we have never had a more sombre briefing than we had today. I have hardly ever heard Martin Griffiths, who is the eternal optimist, as down and frustrated as he was today. Mark Lowcock …
At the outset, we would like to welcome the start of the Afghanistan peace negotiations in Doha last Saturday. It is a major achievement, which we have all been awaiting for many years. We would like to thank and congratulate all
sides involved, especially our Qatari friends for their facilitation …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for putting this very important issue on the agenda of the Security Council. We heard from the three wonderful briefers as they gave a very bleak picture of where we stand with regard to terrorism. Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo mentioned Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, the I…
