At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism; Ms. Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate; and Ms. Joana Cook, Senior Research Fellow at the International Cen…
At the outset, I would like to welcome again to the Security Council Mr. Óscar Naranjo Trujillo, Vice-President of Colombia. I also thank Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his valuable briefing and h…
I would like to welcome our new colleague the representative of the United States of America. We wish him every success and look forward to working closely with him.
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central Afr…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). We take note of her briefing on the ICC twenty-seventh report on the Sudan.
The State of Kuwait, in its capacity as the Arab member in the Security Council, recalls the 514th resolution …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his valuable briefing on the latest developments in Mali, especially in the light of the upcoming presidential elections in July and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations…
At the outset, I would like to thank Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their informative briefings on the progress made in the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
By the …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Michel Kafando and the Permanent Representative of Switzerland, in his capacity as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their valuable briefings.
We have followed with interest the efforts made by the Government of Burundi …
I would like to begin by thanking Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping
Operations, Mr. Maman Sidikou, Permanent Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel, Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, and Мr. João Vale de Alme…
At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Mr. Mauro Vieira, Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Comm…
Kuwait voted in favour of resolution 2414 (2018), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), as we believe that the presence of the Mission in such circumstances is of the utmost importance, given that it contributes to enhancing and consolidat…
At the outset, I would very much like to thank Mr. Alexander Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Ambassador Schoulgin Nyoni, speaking on behalf of the Chair of the Liberia configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Mr. Chid Liberty for their valuable…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs,
for his briefing today. The Security Council has been preoccupied, especially of late, with the situation in Syria, which has seen dangerous and accelerating developments. That is why we need to…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate your friendly country, Mr. President, o assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. We assure you that the State of Kuwait will support you throughout your presidency term. We are fully confident that your wisdom and experience will help guide t…
I would like to begin by welcoming Mr. Angelino Alfano, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy. I also seize this opportunity to congratulate him on Italy’s chairpersonship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2018. I wish him every succe…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for your kind words about Kuwait. Given your professionalism and that of your staff, we are certain that the Kingdom of the Netherlands will preside over the Security Council in an outstanding manner during the month of March.
I would like to begin by than…
I would first like to thank Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his valuable briefing, in which he informed us of the most important achievements and challenges facing the peace process and ceasefire i…
At the outset, I welcome the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Lacroix, to the Security Council and thank him for his detailed briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/1113) on phase one of the reconfiguration of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to highlight the support of the Arab Group for your efforts, Mr. President, at the helm of the General Assembly during this session. In that regard, our Group welcomes the appointment of Ambassador Kaha Im…
