I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate. We also thank the briefers for their important contributions.
The Netherlands aligns itself fully with the statement that was just made on behalf of the European Union.
In my national capacity, I would like to highlight three issues: …
I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on organizing today’s meeting. Multilateralism is under pressure at a time when we need it more than ever. The Kingdom of the Netherlands therefore agrees with her that we should renew our commitment to multilateralism, discuss the c…
Let me start by commending Germany, as well as France, for their excellent stewardship with regard to the
women and peace and security agenda during the past two months.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and …
The Kingdom of the Netherlands welcomes today’s debate on the third report (see A/73/741) of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria. I thank Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the Mechanism, for her insightful briefing, as well as for the quality and comprehensiveness of th…
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for organizing today’s important debate, and to thank the briefers for their contributions. Allow me also to commend the Security Council on its unanimous adoption of resolution 2462 (2019), which the Kingdom of the Netherlands proudly co-sponsored.
The Kingdom…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to express our sincere thanks to Côte d’Ivoire for organizing this briefing. We wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Ambassador Vieira for their informative briefings.
Please allow me to focus on three important points in r…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is pleased that the Council has ultimately been able to adopt unanimously a text that will increase the chances for peace in Yemen.
In line with resolution 2417 (2018), on the link between conflict and hunger, resolution 2451 (2018) calls on the parties to allow and f…
Allow me at the outset to thank Côte d’Ivoire for having organized this briefing in a timely fashion. I also wish to thank all speakers for their briefings.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands wishes to emphasize the following three points: first, the need for an integrated and coordinated approach to t…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting. I also would like to thank the Mr. Fedotov, Executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for his very informative briefing.
Transnational organized crime causes and aggravates conflict, and that was on…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Lacroix; Her Excellency Ms. Joanna Wronecka; and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their valuable …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
As we commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, we should take a mom…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative Yamamoto and Executive Director Fedotov for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Umarov of Kazakhstan for his annual briefing on the excellent work of the Security Council Committee established
pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011). I would …
The Kingdom of the Netherlands joins others in welcoming the Prosecutor back to the Security Council. We thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her briefing and her report.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands wishes to avail itself of this opportunity to reiterate its full support for the International Cri…
First, allow me to thank Special Representative Fall and Ms. Ghelani of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their very clear briefings today. Let me also thank their teams for the very important work that they are doing.
I will focus on three issues today: fir…
I would first like to thank Special
Representative Helen La Lime for her efforts on behalf of Haiti and for her first briefing to the Council.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
We are following the situation in H…
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your team on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December. You can count on my full support and that of my entire delegation. I would also like to thank the Chinese delegation for its professional steering of the work of the …
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her update on the situation in and around the Sea of Azov.
At the outset, I would like to support the procedural point that was put forward by the United Kingdom and Poland. In line with General Assembly resolution 68/262, adopted by an o…
(spoke in French): The Kingdom of the Netherlands would like to thank Special Envoy Michel Kafando and Ambassador Jürg Lauber for their informed advice on the situation in Burundi. We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2018/1028) and welcome his announcement that he will present the Coun…
Let me first thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his clear and comprehensive briefing. We very much appreciate Mr. De Mistura’s unwavering commitment in the remainder of his term in office. I would like to focus on the following three points today: the urgent need to convene the constitutional commit…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to start by thanking all three briefers for the valuable joint visit to South Sudan last month, and for their briefings today in the Council. I would like to also thank them for emphasizing the need for tangible action to ensure the meaningfu…
