I thank you for joining us in the Security Council, Madam President. I think that your presence here again underlines your country’s commitment to the issue that is at stake today.
Germany remains steadfast in its commitment to Israel’s security as a Jewish and democratic State. The German Governme…
First of all, I would like to welcome and thank Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, for her briefing. I would also like to thank her for her work and that of her team. From her statement today, it was clear to everyone that she is dedicated to the subjec…
I should like to respond to the accusation that we are applying double standards and to say that we are very consistent in our policy here. As my French colleague said earlier, we were not against the agenda item, we just wanted to postpone it. Why did we want to postpone it? Because today is the da…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, and Mr. Meza-Cuadra for your briefings on your work. From our own experience, we know humanitarianow cumbersome that sometimes is and we are grateful for your efforts. However, I would like to echo what our United Kingdom colleague said earlier in not …
As we are working very closely with France on this issue, I would like to express my support for the statement just made by my French colleague and say that Germany also objects to the adoption of the agenda item that you just read out, Mr. President.
I too would like to start by paying tribute to Paddy Ashdown, one of Mr. Inzko’s predecessors who did a fantastic job in in the country at the time. I would also like to pick up the quotation that Mr. Inzko used: “Bosnia is not a place we can leave
behind.” In this respect, I thank him for his work…
First, let me make a few remarks about the situation in Libya. In general, Germany remains very concerned about the situation on the ground. We continue to witness a military escalation. There are continued reports about the shelling of densely inhabited areas. We repeat our call on all parties to r…
I should like to join others in welcoming you, Madam President. I think your presence here underlines the importance that your country attaches to peacekeeping, something that has also been demonstrated through the concept note (S/2019/359, annex), on which I would like to congratulate you. You have…
I thank you, Madam President, for having called for this meeting today.
It is very important that we defend multilateralism. Multilateralism stands for cooperation and common solutions, and it is against competition and confrontation. But multilateralism is more than pure cooperation as such — ther…
The position of the German Government with regard to the occupied Golan Heights is clear. I refer to my statement yesterday (see S/PV.8489) and to the common European position. Security interests, as urgent as they may be, do not justify annexation. However, the presence of troops of the Syrian regi…
I will deliver this statement on behalf of the three co-penholders: Kuwait, Belgium and Germany. Let me thank Mr. Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for their comprehensive…
At the outset, Sir, I should like to echo what you said towards the end of your briefing in thanking the entire team, and especially the members of the Security Council Affairs Division, who did outstanding work. With your permission, I also wish in particular to thank the interpreters. What they di…
Very briefly, I would like to thank both the Palestinian and the Israeli representatives for partially responding to my request to put aside their speaking notes, but I regret the fact that neither of them responded to the questions that I put. Can the representative of Palestine not say how the Pal…
I must say that our discussions with Nikolay Mladenov and the briefings he presents belong to the most depressing exercises undertaken by the Security Council.
As our South African colleague reminded us, this organ was created for the maintenance of international peace and security. We have interna…
I thank the French presidency for having chosen two women as speakers — or, in the new French, as “briefers” — which was very encouraging. I would like to thank Ms. Zerrougui for her testimony. As she said, the context is much better than the last time she briefed the Security Council (see S/PV.831…
The result we just witnessed — 15 votes in favour — was the objective that the co-penholders, Indonesia and Germany, had from the very beginning. It was key for us that we demonstrate today that the Security Council is
unanimous in its decision on Afghanistan and on the United Nations Assistance Mi…
It is a great pleasure to see High Representative Mogherini here at the Security Council. None of my remarks run counter to what she has just said. I wish only to repeat that the European Union and the United Nations have the same foundational principles. I think that is quite powerful. We share the…
At the outset, I too would like to express my condolences and those of my country to the Ambassador of Ethiopia for the terrible human suffering resulting from yesterday’s plane crash, and to echo my Indonesian colleague’s words about our own nationals who were among the United Nations personnel kil…
Like my colleagues, I too will start by taking note of International Women’s Day. I am grateful to my Russian colleague for mentioning Clara Zetkin, who originated the movement.
I think it is very timely that we are discussing the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the situation in …
I too would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on taking over the joint presidency and presiding over the Security Council for the month of March. We will fully support you in discharging your duties.
As we have said previously with regard to our desire for somewhat more interactive discussio…
