First of all, I would like to express our condolences for the victims of the most recent attacks, most notably in Kabul on 6 March. It is sad to see violence flare up again after some days of calm. Those responsible must be brought to justice.
Let me affirm once again Germany’s commitment to Afghan…
When coming to the Chamber this morning, I walked with our colleague from South Sudan, who was in a very enthusiastic mood. I asked him why he is in such a good mood. He said, “well, do we not have a fantastic result here?” I said, “well, it was the third deadline that was finally met.” He said, “we…
I wish the delegation of China well as it takes up the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I would also like to thank Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent
Representative of Belgium, for the Belgian presidency of the Council in February, although we did not win a prize.
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It was only yesterday that we spoke in this Chamber, and we did not think that we would be meeting again today. But we are witnessing a dramatic escalation in Idlib. The situation is becoming more worrying — more than 30 Turkish soldiers have been killed. Germany strongly condemns the attack. We exp…
It has been six years since Russia illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula. We cannot and will not accept this breach of international law by a permanent member of the Security Council. Germany stands firmly with Ukraine in support of its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationa…
There is not very much I can add to what my American colleague just said and what was said by the two briefers at the very beginning of today’s meeting — this is a nightmare we are confronting.
Let me add a couple of quotations to those already cited. In his statement of 17 February, Mark Lowcock h…
Since my Russian colleague mentioned my intervention, I would like to give a very quick answer to one of the questions, namely, whether I believed that the separatists in charge in Donetsk and Luhansk were puppets of the Kremlin. Yes, I do believe that.
Germany would like to welcome to the Council all the briefers, in particular Ms. Heidi Grau and Mr. Halit Çevik, who follow their Swiss and Turkish predecessors, Heidi Tagliavini and Ambassador Apakan, to whom I would also like to pay tribute today. I welcome the fact that Russia requested a meeting…
I am still a bit speechless after having listened to the fairy tale of our Russian colleague. I am under the impression that, if we continue our discussions about Ukraine, one day our Russian colleague will say that Ukraine invaded Russia and not the other way around.
I hope that next time our coll…
I deliver this statement on the humanitarian situation in north-west Syria on behalf of the co-penholders, namely, Belgium and Germany.
At the outset, let me thank our briefers, Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock, for their insight into unbelievable human suffering…
It is an honour to have here the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I think it is very rare that the Security Council meets a person who is at the same time a basketball player, an artist, a Prime Minister and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. I we…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also congratulate your predecessor, the Ambassador of Viet Nam. I commend your choice of the important topic that we are discussing today. It is a topic that…
Let me first thank all those who have highlighted and supported the Berlin conference and the subsequent process. I wish to reaffirm that the conference was held exclusively in the interests of the Libyan people and in support of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, Mr. Ghassan Sala…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for putting this item on today’s agenda as the culmination of your presidency. I must say that I was very impressed when I heard the remarks of the Secretary-General with respect to the achievements of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN…
I too would like to thank the Special Envoy and the Deputy Special Envoy, who is here today, for their work and the report.
I would like to begin my statement where the Deputy Special Envoy began — with the Constitutional Committee. For us, it is no surprise that, starting with the second round of …
I would like to start where my colleague of Belgium ended, by referring to the common position of the European Union, which will be expressed later in our discussion.
As the Ambassador of Germany, I would like to echo the remarks made by the Ambassador of the United States about the Holocaust and t…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham for their briefings.
I would like to start on a positive note. First, from what has been said so far in the Council, we see some
agreement between us. That was expressed earlier this week (see S/PV.8701), when all 15 members agr…
On Monday, we all observed a minute of silence for the latest victims whom we and the Niger mourned. I think that we are all aware that they were only the most recent victims in a spiral of violence that we are observing. I would also like to convey, at this stage, my condolences and those of the Ge…
I wish to thank you personally, Sir, for having called the two minutes of silence on Haiti and the Niger before the meeting. On this occasion, I would like to convey to the Ambassador of the Niger the condolences of the Government and the people of Germany for the heavy loss his country has suffered…
Let me first thank all those around the table, who have worked very hard to achieve tonight’s result, in particular our colleagues and friends from Kuwait and Belgium, who have worked very hard for two years to keep the humanitarian mechanism alive.
As we sit here, it is night in Idlib. The people …
