I would first like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important high-level meeting on multilateralism and diplomacy for peace, and also for your tireless efforts in leading the General Assembly towards strengthening multilateralism as the international system in our contemporary world…
I would like to begin by expressing our appreciation to Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Great Lakes Region, for his valuable and last briefing. I wish to thank him for his tireless efforts since his tenure began to engage in dialogue and cooperation with the Governm…
At the outset, we thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his valuable briefing. We take this opportunity to offer him and his team our full support in undertaking their difficult task. We hope that his efforts will be crowned by future success in order to move forward the Syrian political process.
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I welcome you, Mr. President, as you preside over our meeting today. I would also like to thank the
briefers — Ms. DiCarlo, Mr. Lamamra and Mr. Gounden. I thank them for their detailed and valuable briefings, which included a wealth of information on various aspects of the Silencing the Guns in Afr…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Michel Kafando; the observer of the African Union, Ms. Fatima Mohammed; and the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Jürg Lauber, for their valuable briefings. I would like to addr…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). We have taken note of the content of her briefing on the twenty-eighth report of the ICC concerning the Sudan.
The Security Council must deal with the issue of Darfur in a consistent and…
Seventy years have passed since the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), concerning the Palestinian question. However, the brotherly Palestinian people continue to suffer from the Israeli occupation of their territories, not to mention the egregious and grave violations of international hum…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for her briefing on developments in the Sea of Azov.
The recent escalation of tensions in the Sea of Azov is very worrying. We call on both sides to exercise self-restraint and undertake all me…
At the outset, I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, Mr. Michel Kafando, and the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Jürg Lauber, for their valuable briefings, in which they informed us on recent developments in Burundi.
In my statement …
At the outset, I thank Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), and Ms. Joséphine Mbela, civil-society representative, for their valuable briefings.
We are less than t…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his important briefing. The State of Kuwait expresses its appreciation and gratitude for all his efforts over the past four years in carrying out his difficult task. We are certain that he will make further efforts until his last day in…
First of all, I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I would like to thank your delegation, Mr. President, for convening this open debate and discussing this important topic. I a…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation and thanks to the Chairperson of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar, Mr. Marzuki Darusman, for attending this meeting and for his comprehensive briefing. The efforts of the fact-finding mission are indeed appreciated.…
Allow me first to thank Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, for his valuable briefing to the Council. I should also like to thank Mr. Moussa Nébié, Special Representative of the African Union to the Central African Republic; M…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs. Mr. Mark Lowcock, for his briefing to the Council on the latest developments pertaining to the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
I will focus in my statement on two issues: developments in the humanitarian situat…
At the outset, I would like to express my condolences to our brothers in the Republic of the Sudan following the death of former President Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar Al-Dahab. May God rest his soul in peace.
I would also like to thank the Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Mr. Mamabolo, …
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Carlos Trujillo García, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, who is present with us today for the first time. I also want to thank Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verificat…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and South Sudan for their valuable briefings.
Today, I would like to discuss three matters regarding the United Nations Interim Security Force f…
At the outset, I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Sudan and South Sudan, the Special Envoy of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the representative of the Organization for Community Empowerment for…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his valuable briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Sweden, in his capacity as C…
