I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for the updated and very useful information he has given us.
The worsening humanitarian situation, exacerbated by the renewed hostilities bet…
My delegation warmly thanks Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. João Vale de Almeida,
Ambassador of the European Union to the United Nations; and Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, in his capacity as Security…
Having come this far in the month, we are pleased with the excellent way in which you and your team are steering the work of the presidency, Mr. President. We congratulate you and encourage you to maintain that momentum throughout the month. We also thank Special Coordinator Mladenov and his team fo…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary- General Andrew Gilmour for their pertinent briefings.
The Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea is extremely concerned about development of events in the Sudan — a historic land to which we can wi…
At the outset, my delegation thanks the delegation of Kuwait for having convened this meeting of vital importance. We thank His Excellency Mr. António Guterres for his extensive and exhaustive briefing. We also thank Her Excellency Ms. Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, and His Excellency Mr. Ban K…
At the outset, the delegation of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea would like to thank the delegation of Kuwait for organizing this important briefing on missing persons in armed conflict, as well as for its excellent leadership with respect to resolution 2474 (2019), which the Council has just adop…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and
United Nations Legal Counsel, for their infor…
At the outset, my delegation would like to
express its gratitude for the valuable briefings just provided by Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Ms. Henrietta For…
Before I begin my statement, I would like to express our full solidarity with the Libyan people who continue to suffer the barbarity of war to this day.
My delegation would like to express its gratitude and congratulations to Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for h…
I would like to join the members of the Security Council who have preceded me in welcoming Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thanking him for his report (S/2019/364, annex) on the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegov…
We thank the Special Envoy, Mr. Pedersen, for his updated briefing on the work he has done since his most recent report to the Council (see S/PV.8475).
We are aware that much remains to be done in Syria. As we seek a way to put an end to the terrorist groups operating in Idlib based on the Russian-…
First of all, allow me to join those who spoke before me in expressing my delegation’s thanks to Ms. Ursula Mueller for her briefing and to Ms. Nujeen
Mustapha for her important and moving testimony. We believe that her remarks have not left a single Council member unmoved. We therefore express our…
In taking the floor on behalf of Equatorial Guinea, I would first like to convey the heartfelt congratulations of the Head of State and Government of my country, His Excellency Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to all the members of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the successful work that i…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting and commend your presence here as the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, as well as that of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali, His Excellency Mr. Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, and all …
I commend the French delegation for its leadership in drafting the text of resolution 2463 (2019). We know that it was not an easy task, and we reiterate our appreciation and gratitude to the various high- level Government officials who have joined us in the Chamber today.
We take the floor briefly…
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea congratulates Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, for his detailed briefing on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. We appreciate…
I would first like to express our gratitude to Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov and his team for their comprehensive report (S/2019/251) and their ongoing efforts to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East, particularly with regard to the Palestinian question.
Equatorial Guinea would like t…
We thank Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her
briefing, which captured in broad terms the main developments in the country, the progress made by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in the fu…
First of all, like the other delegations, Equatorial Guinea would like to express its deepest condolences to the Government of Ethiopia and to the families and the Governments of the States of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that took place yesterday, Sunday, 10 March, who included a gro…
We congratulate the French delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of March. We thank the French delegation for its kind words about my delegation and wish it a productive presidency.
The delegation of Equatorial Guinea would also like to welcome to the Security Council M…
