At the outset, permit me to convey, on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Head of State, the Chadian delegation’s warmest congratulations and best wishes for success to Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her successful election as P…
I thank Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
Chad is following with great co…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for his comprehensive briefing on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). I commend him on his commitment and leadership.
The renewed increase of the phenomenon of terrorism throughout t…
I thank the United States presidency for convening this ministerial
meeting on Syria. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his statement.
The situation in Syria remains a major source of grave concern. The war in that country has gone on for far too long, and the Syrian people continue t…
I too would like to thank the United States presidency for organizing this special Council meeting of finance ministers devoted to the fight against terrorist financing. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and
Mr. Je-Yoon Shin, President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), for t…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting to enable me, as Chairman of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, to share with Council members some of our thoughts on the activities of that Group.
During its chairmanship of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations in 2015, Chad has organ…
I thank the United States presidency for organizing today’s meeting on a subject as important as it is topical — trafficking in situations of conflict.
I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson; Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; and Mr. N…
I wish at the outset to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court (ICC), for presenting her report and to commend her leadership.
Unfortunately, the security situation in Darfur, despite a relative period of calm, remains characterized by intercommunal violence, crim…
I must first thank the United Kingdom presidency for having organized this briefing on the situation in Somalia. I also thank Mr. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minster of Somalia; Ms. Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General; Mr. Nicholas Kay,
Special Representative of the S…
I would like to begin by conveying my gratitude to the Spanish presidency for having organized this public debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General, for his briefing. I welcome the presence a…
I thank the Spanish presidency for having organized this debate on the Security Council’s working methods, including the question of the appointment procedure for the future Secretary-General. I also thank the Deputy Secretary- General, Mr. Eliasson; the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Lykket…
I thank Jordan for the initiative of calling for this public meeting and the Spanish presidency for having convened it immediately afterwards. I also thank Mr. Tayé-Brook
Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
Chad is deeply concerned about the outbreak of v…
I thank Spain for having organized this high-level open debate to review the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and assess its concrete outcomes. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his statement, as well as Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, and the civil …
Resolution 2240 (2015), which we have just adopted, authorizing the European Union military operation in the southern Central Mediterranean to fight human trafficking and migrant smugglers on the high seas of the Mediterranean, was the object of lengthy negotiations with a view to obtaining a broad …
I would like to thank Spain for having organized this debate on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, as well as your entire team, on acceding to the presidency of the Security Council, and I assure you of the suppor…
Before I begin my statement, on behalf of the delegation of Chad, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, the United Nations as a whole, the Government of Brazil and the bereaved family of General José Luiz Jaborandy, Jr.
I would first lik…
I thank Nigeria for having organized today’s meeting on consolidating Security Council engagement on security sector reform through the further implementation of resolution 2151 (2014). I also thank Mr. Titov, Ms. Bangura and Ms. Nakamitsu for their briefings.
Creating professional security institu…
I thank the Nigerian delegation for convening this meeting on regional organizations and contemporary challenges of global security. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing.
Chad aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the African Union to the United Natio…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting of the Security Council on the topic of threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, at which the Council has adopted presidential statement S/PRST/2015/14, concerning the Multinational Joint Task Force against Boko Haram. Chad we…
I would like to thank New Zealand for having convened this open debate on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
The Middle East is at a critical juncture today, characterized by the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the …
