I would like to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
We are meeting today to bid farewell to a symbol who has always been known to the international community, one of the symbols of the Arab nation who belongs to the pioneering generation of founding leaders, His Highness S…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening this important meeting of the General Assembly on an innovative initiative that we have been following for almost three years and which today resulted in resolution 76/262. We welcome the adoption of this unique resolution, which manda…
On behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States, I would like to extend our deepest and most sincere condolences to the Government and
the people of the United Republic of Tanzania and to our colleagues at the Permanent Mission of Tanzania on the passing of their late President, His Excellency Mr. Jo…
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to convey to you, Mr. President, the Arab Group’s support for your efforts to guide the work of the General Assembly during its current session, in particular within the framework of reforming…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. François Louncény Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing, and to commend the efforts and activities of UNOCA in Central Africa in its fulfilment of its …
We thank Under Secretary-General Lacroix, Ms. Fitah-Kona and the Police Commissioners from the peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Abyei and Mali. I would like to address three issues during our discussion today — the pivotal work of the United Nations Police, their antici…
At the outset, we thank the Permanent representative of Belgium in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia, for his detailed briefing on the Committee’s activities and the relevant information on its most salient work cov…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, for their invaluable briefings.
In the context of our debate today, I would like to focus on thr…
I will deliver this statement on behalf of the Syria humanitarian co-penholders: Belgium, Germany and Kuwait.
At the outset, we would like to express our appreciation to Assistant Secretary-General Ursula Mueller for her comprehensive briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria. Our thanks also…
I would like at the outset to express our appreciation for the valuable briefing by Mr. Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, and to welcome him today on his first briefing to the Council. We fully support his efforts to stabilize the situation in the Great La…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Shearer for his valuable and comprehensive briefing. I would also like to very briefly touch upon three main points — political developments, the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the humanitarian situation.
In relation to po…
At the outset, we would like to thank Ms. Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Ambassador Vieira for their valuable briefings. We also thank Mr. José Viegas Filho, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, for his efforts during his term as Head of the U…
At the outset, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
Madam President, it is a pleasure for me to express our sincere appreciation to you on behalf of the Arab Group and our support for your wise leadership of the negotiations process at the current sessi…
A few moments ago, the Permanent Representative of Belgium made a statement, on behalf of the co-penholders, regarding the humanitarian situation in Idlib and the neighbouring areas. I would now like to address a few points concerning the political process of the Syrian crisis.
The co-penholders — …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Mr. Mark Lowcock and Ms. Henrietta Fore for their valuable and comprehensive briefings. I also thank the Ambassador of Peru in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014). I will focus on two topics:…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her valuable briefing on the seventeenth report of the Court to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We welcome once again the efforts of the ICC to lay the foundations for ensur…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Islamic world on the blessed month of Ramadan and to thank Indonesia for choosing the topic for today’s debate. I also want to thank Secretary-General António Guterres
for his informative and important statement, and the Force Commander of the United …
Kuwait voted in favour of resolution 2468 (2019), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara until 31 October. We had hoped for a unanimous renewal by the Security Council for one year. We stress the importance of the role of the Mission and of ensur…
At the outset, we would like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his informative briefing and for his tireless efforts since he assumed his post. The State of Kuwait reiterates its full support for his efforts to revive the Syrian political process in order to arrive at an equitable political S…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for her valuable and comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank Ms. Nada Majdalani and Mr. Gidon Bromberg for their comprehensive and important briefings.
Today we commemorate 52 years of Israeli occupation, as well as the twenty-fif…
