For the sixth time in its two years as a member of the Security Council, Uruguay has voted in favour of a resolution with regard to the provocative acts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. That underscores the gravity of the threat posed to international peace and security.
As my delegati…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto; the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yury Fedotov; Ambassador Kairat Umarov; and Ms. Wazhma Frogh for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Mahmoud S…
I would like to begin by thanking the Japanese presidency for convening today’s open debate. It has the full support of my delegation. We also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
If we were to analyse the threats and challenges to international peace and security that existed at the momen…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for presenting the fourth report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/1030) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I thank Ms. Joanne Adamson, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Delegation of the European Union to…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their comprehensive and very sincere briefings.
This is the last time that Uruguay will make a statement on the Syrian conflict as a member of the Security Council, a conflict that has left the world horrified an…
I would like to thank High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu for her comprehensive briefing. I also thank the Secretary-General for his 6 December biennial report (S/2017/1025) on small arms and light weapons, which illustrates the very serious and negative consequences of the misuse …
First, I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Francois Louncény Fall, for his briefing on the activities of the Office and his assessment of key trends in the areas of the p…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her thorough presentation of the twenty-sixth report on the activities of her Office with regard to the situation in Darfur. We believe that this type of transparent and frank report provides added valu…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General of Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Special Envoy …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his very complete briefing.
As we do every month, let me acknowledge the constant work, sacrifice and courage of the staff of the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and of its partner agencies in Syria and bordering countries…
At the outset, I wish to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for their respective briefings.
Last Sunday marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the release of Casablanca, a classic of the silver scre…
At the outset, I express my appreciation for the briefing delivered by Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, which has provided us with a comprehensive overview of the latest events in South Sudan.
I reiterate once again Uruguay’s profound concern about the cris…
As we did with the delegation of France in October, we commend you, Mr. President, on your decision to hold this meeting as an open briefing. We encourage other Council members and the new members that will join the Security Council next year to continue with this practice.
As we do every month, we…
I would once again like to thank Mr. Kubiš, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive and informative briefing and for the ongoing work that he and his team have been doing in an environment as complex as Iraq. I would also like to pay special tribute to Major Anna P…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres; Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children; and Mr. Smaїl Chergui, Co…
Allow me, first of all, to thank Mr. Michel Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, and Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings.
Uruguay reiterates its concern about the political, humanitarian and human ri…
Uruguay voted in favour of draft resolution S/2017/970, introduced by Japan for the following reasons.
First, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) was established by resolution 2235 (2015). It is our Mechanism.
Secondly, if the…
