I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. I want to thank the Bolivian delegation as well for calling the Security Council’s attention to this important issue. Of course I want to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev for his briefing to us here today. We hope that today’s discussion will h…
I want to thank all three briefers for their presentations today. We commend the continued hard work of Special Representative Yamamoto on the ground in Afghanistan.
The United States welcomed President Ghani’s announcement of an extension of the temporary ceasefire with the Taliban after the Eid a…
I very much thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing. I welcome Foreign Minister Coulibaly.
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It is a pleasure to see him here again in New York.
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We are gravely concerned about the continued deterioration of the security situation and the correspo…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Keita and Permanent Secretary Sidikou for their excellent briefings. We are encouraged to hear that the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) continues to make progress towards full operationalization. We also thank Ambassadors M…
I, too, would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Ambassador Vieira for their briefings today, and, although Executive Director Fedotov has left us, we want to express appreciation for the renewed vigour that he has to counter narcotics trafficking and transnational organized crim…
I thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing and for all the good work that he and his team do on the ground. I also want to thank Ambassador Çitaku and Foreign Minister Dačić for their participation today.
The United States strongly supports Kosovo, its independence, its sovereignty and i…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for convening the Force Commanders here this week. We think that it is an extremely valuable event when Force Commanders have a chance to come together and discuss the common challenges they face in today’s environment. As missions deal with ever…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency for this month.
I would like to thank the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Inzko, for his very frank update on the developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We gre…
The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is a peacekeeping mission that should have finished its job a long time ago. It is a
mission that began 27 years ago, almost to the day. It is a mission that was designed to help achieve a specific purpose — one that it has n…
I should like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Mr. Zouev, as well as Ambassador Schoulgin Nyoni of Sweden, for their remarks today. I would especially like to welcome Mr. Liberty to the Council today and to thank him for his briefing and for telling…
I would like to thank Ambassador Llorentty Solíz for his briefing on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) — a landmark resolution in its day, which has become one of the pillars of the international non-proliferation architecture.
Given the ongoi…
Like others, I want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Annadif for his briefing, which is always excellent, and also Ambassador Skoog for leading the mission to Mali and for his briefing today. I would also like to join others in welcoming Foreign Minister Coulibaly back to New…
Today’s resolution 2410 (2018), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) for another year, is about Haiti. It is about the continuing progress the country has made towards security and stability. It is about adapting the United Nations peacekeeping …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing today.
Last October, the transition from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to the more focused, police-only United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) marked a turning point for the country. The…
I would like to welcome you, Sir, as you preside over the Security Council today. I would also like to thank Ambassador Delattre for France’s work on this very important mandate.
We are entering a critical time with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and today’s vote represents a pivota…
I would also like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed, Mr. Bila and Ms. Nagarajan for their briefings today. One year after the Security Council’s mission to the region and its adoption of resolution 2349 (2017), the presentations are an important reminder that much work remains to be done to…
I thank you very much, Minister Kaag, for using the occasion of International Women’s Day to highlight the critical importance of including women in Afghanistan’s political process. In addition, it is truly a pleasure to see you, Madam, presiding over the Security Council today on behalf of the Neth…
I thank Foreign Minister Alfano for his briefing on the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and for his leadership of the organization. The United States greatly appreciates the OSCE’s efforts in promoting security, stability and good governance in the region…
The United States wishes to thank Côte d’Ivoire for its steadfast work as penholder for resolution 2404 (2018), and we also wish to thank our fellow Council members for their collaboration during the negotiations.
The United States believes that the resolution we have just adopted will bring about …
I wish to thank Mr. Touré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and Ambassador Vieira not only for his briefing but also for his leadership of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission.
Recently, the Security Council has witnessed significant succe…
