Germany is also concerned about the continuing military attacks. We condemn in particular the attacks on Saudi Arabia and the recent ones in general. It is very clear that for this conflict, as for many others, there is no military solution. We therefore support all the efforts of Martin Griffiths t…
The fact that Peru has put the issue of transition at the top of the Council’s agenda and that you, Minister, are here suggest that, for Peru, today’s meeting is the flagship event if its presidency. You put the issue of transition on the agenda and Germany fully supports it because we deeply believ…
A recent study showed that in 2016, there were 408 million young people who lived in settings affected by armed conflict or organized violence. Based on the statement just made on behalf of our African colleagues, the number could be as high as 600 million. We know about conflict-stricken places in …
Let me start on a positive note, namely, that Russia and Mr. Nebenzia’s intervention today insisted that we should not populate the issue of the language law with other topics. That is positive because, from our perspective, the adoption or the discussion of a language law does not really constitute…
First of all, I thank you, Mr. President, for putting this topic on the agenda. At least from what we have heard so far, this is a matter on which the Security Council really is united — again, it is a very important issue.
Let me start by thanking Mr. Lacroix for his briefing and the work he is do…
I too would like to thank you, Sir, for your presidency. I cannot do so in as dignified a way as Ambassador Matjila did, but I mean it. I was very happy to find when I entered the Chamber this morning that you had the curtains open. I see that they are closed again. I do not know if that is due to p…
I would like to start by returning the expression of gratitude to the United Kingdom in agreeing to co-penholdership on this and to work together on resolution 2479 (2019), and I would like to thank all delegations for their cooperation during the negotiations and for their support for the resolutio…
I would first like to thank all the briefers. I hope that David Shearer and Andrew Gilmour will forgive me if I single out Lydia Minagano first in my remarks. This is the second time since March that we have had a very impressive woman from civil society in South Sudan briefing the Council.
While w…
If you, Mr. President, were to put out the hourglass again, we would see more clearly that we are speaking within the five minutes.
I will deliver this statement on behalf of the three co-penholders: Kuwait, Germany and Belgium. I would like to thank the briefers for the information that they provi…
Germany welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2476 (2019), although we are disappointed that it did not receive the Security Council’s full support.
We welcome the mandate for a strategic political United Nations presence that will support the Haitian Government in tackling the many challenges pr…
Kuwait, Belgium and Germany, the co-penholders of the humanitarian dossier, are in favour of a balanced approach to the choice of briefers. We expect every briefer to respect today’s humanitarian, non-political agenda, and we trust that the Head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre will support that…
First, I wish very briefly to thank both Commanders for their responses to the questions, their level of detail and their commitment to their tasks, as reflected in their answers.
I want briefly to come back to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I am somewhat afra…
At the outset, I wish to commend you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate. You have been very successful in terms of holding the shortest and most interactive briefings ever.
Germany wishes to pay tribute to the peacekeepers, soldiers and police deployed worldwide and recognizes their actions…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the three humanitarian co-penholders — Belgium, Kuwait and Germany. We would like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-
Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for their…
I will be brief. Germany supports what was said, in particular by my colleague of the United Kingdom at the beginning of the meeting. Having listened to the earlier statements, I must say that there is unity in the Council with regard to Yemen. I believe that we must our utmost to gain traction on t…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for personally attending the meeting today. I think that underlines the importance that Kuwait, based on its history and experience, attaches to this issue. While I am praising you, I would also like to extend my congratulations to your Permanent Representative,…
I would like first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Kuwait’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. I would also like to wish you, Sir, an Eid Mubarak. We also wish to extend our thanks to Indonesia for its presidency during the month of May.
I would like …
I will start where my Belgian colleague left off and thank you, Mr. President, for presiding very successfully over the Security Council during the month of May. I have my batik shirt ready for the party tonight.
Last month, Germany kept the curtains open throughout its Council presidency last mont…
I am speaking on behalf of the penholders, including Belgium and Kuwait. My statement is warranted given the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia asked about what message should come out of our meeting. I would like to respond to that. I regret that he left the Chamber, but I understand that he left wh…
I would first like to thank the briefers for their comprehensive presentations. I am still thinking about Mr. Zenenga’s description of the demoralized United Nations staff after the attack on the compound on 1 January, the expulsion of Special Representative Haysom and, also with regard to the Unite…
