At the outset, I thank Ms. Rugwabiza for her valuable and detailed briefing and welcome the participation of Her Excellency Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic, and of the Permanent Representative of the R…
At the outset, I thank Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane for his valuable briefing, and we welcome the participation of Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali, in today’s meeting.
The persistence of violence in Mali is a major source of serious challenges facing the country, …
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Helen La Lime for her thorough briefing and her efforts in Haiti. We also welcome the participation of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as the representatives of Belize and the International Organization of la Fran…
At the outset, I thank the briefers for their valuable briefings. We express our appreciation to Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his efforts, and we welcome the participation of the Foreign …
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Keita and Ambassador Biang for their valuable briefings. We also listened carefully to the briefing by Mr. Mudinga. We welcome the participation of the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda in today’s meeting.
The diffic…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing and for presenting the Secretary- General’s most recent report on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), which paints a bleak picture of the current situation on the ground.
The Middle East region urgently needs a fundamental positi…
At the outset, I thank all the briefers for their statements, which have once again confirmed the bleak situation in Afghanistan. The discrimination against women and girls, the collapse of the local economy, the lack of liquidity and the continued terrorist attacks, in addition to extreme weather p…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Helen La Lime, Ms. Ghada Waly and Ms. Valerie Guarnieri for their thorough briefings and for providing a detailed picture of the developments in Haiti, which the United Arab Emirates continues to follow closely. I also welcome the participation of the Foreign Ministers of …
I thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča for his thorough briefing on recent developments between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and I welcome the participation of the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan in today’s meeting.
We welcome the ceasefire agreement reached between the two parties yesterday evening, and …
I thank Ms. Rochdi for her first briefing to the Council since taking up her new post and Mr. Griffiths for his thorough briefing. We also listened carefully to the briefing by Mr. Darwish.
At the outset, we would like to emphasize the importance of ensuring that the Syrian crisis remains at the fo…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Perthes, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for his comprehensive briefing on recent developments in the Sudan, including the most recent efforts of the trilateral mechanism. We also followed the briefing by Mr. Ibrahim Mudawi and welcome th…
At the outset, I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan for his comprehensive briefing. I would like to express our appreciation for his tireless efforts and the efforts of his team in supporting the Government and the people of Somalia. I would also like to thank Ms. Lortan and …
At the outset, we wish France every success in managing the Council’s work this month and stand fully ready to provide every necessary support. We also thank China for its effective management of the work of the Council last month.
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this annua…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo and Ambassador Kamboj for their thorough briefings. We also welcome the participation of Ambassador Elsonni in today’s meeting and thank him for his important briefing about the situation in Libya.
We express our sincere condolences and sympathy to t…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Joyce Msuya for their thorough briefings.
Our meeting today comes at a time when the political process in Syria is going through a state of stagnation and as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, in addition to difficult security chall…
I thank Mr. Grundberg and Ms. Mudawi for their comprehensive briefings on the political and humanitarian developments in Yemen.
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the extension of the humanitarian truce for an additional two months in accordance with the terms of the initial agreement and the initia…
At the outset, I would like to thank France for its efforts in facilitating the consultations process and the other members of the Council for their participation. I also want to thank Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, for her valuab…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and your team for convening this important meeting. We also thank Ambassador Osama Abdelkhalek and Mr. Monwar Hossain for their briefings on the updates of the important work of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). We value their dedication to …
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Brazil for convening today’s important debate and for keeping the children and armed conflict agenda a priority for the Security Council. I would also like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the effo…
At the outset, we join other speakers in expressing our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck
south-east Afghanistan yesterday, and we wish a speedy recovery for the injured. The United Arab Emirates will always stand ready to alleviate the suf…
