We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his comprehensive briefing. This is his last briefing. It is also our last statement on the Syrian issue as a Council member. I would like to express our deep appreciation to the Special Envoy for his dedicated and highly professional diplomatic efforts …
We thank the Under Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their respective briefings.
We would also like to add our voice in condemning in the strongest terms the incidents of sexual and gender-based violence agai…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. I also welcome the presence of the President of Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, at today’s meeting, and thank him for his remarks. I also thank Mr. Hashim Thaçi for his statemen…
It gives me great pleasure to report on the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Security Council on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. This briefing covers the period from 1 January to 31 December. My predecessor served as Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group from January 2017 unti…
Let me first welcome the new Permanent Representative of Yemen. We wish him every success in his endeavours.
We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for requesting this meeting, and we are most grateful for the briefings by Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowco…
Let me start by welcoming the adoption of resolution 2449 (2018), which we believe will enable the United Nations and its humanitarian partners to deliver essential life-saving assistance to all Syrians, based on their needs. We have always believed that the Council should be united in supporting th…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Karel van Oosterom and Mr. Serge Christiane for their briefings on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). Let me also join other Council members in welcoming and thanking Secretary of State Pompeo for taking the time …
Let me begin by once again thanking Côte d’Ivoire for having organized this important open debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional
organizations in maintaining international peace and security. We are glad to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this important…
Let me also join others in expressing our deep condolences to the Government and the people of the United States on the passing away of former President George Herbert Walker Bush. He will be remembered as a great diplomat, who sat in this Chamber, and a courageous statesman who, par excellence, exc…
I would like to express our appreciation to Special Coordinator Mladenov for his comprehensive and valuable briefing on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question.
We have been closely following the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly the Ga…
We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock, Executive Director David Beasley and Ms. Rasha Jarhum for their respective briefings, which highlighted how the humanitarian crisis and the fighting in Yemen remain a source of grave concern. We are indeed moved by their …
We wish to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix, Permanent Secretary Maman Sidikou of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), African Union High Representative for Mali and the Sahel Pierre Buyoya, and the Deputy Secretary-General for Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis response at …
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed Siad Doualeh, Permanent Representative of Djibouti, and Mr. Amanuel Giorgio, Chargé d’affaires of Eritrea.
I welcome unreservedly the adoption of resolution 2444 (2018). We …
We join others in expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for organizing this timely and important high-level debate. We thank the Secretary-General, the Acting President of the General Assembly and the Presidents of the Economic and Social Council and the International Court of Justice f…
We wish to thank our colleagues from the United States for their serious efforts to ensure a consensus on resolution 2440 (2018). We also appreciate their efforts in preparing the resolution.
The developments that have unfolded in recent months surrounding the issue of Western Sahara have shown all…
We very much welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2439 (2018) on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We are pleased to partner with Sweden in facilitating the negotiation on the resolution. We thank all members for their flexibility and constructive engagement during …
I would like to thank Mr. Darusman for his briefing. We have been following
the situation in Myanmar very closely since we joined the Council. We believe that so far the Council’s constructive engagement has had a positive impact in terms of addressing the humanitarian situation in Rakhine state. W…
We would like to express our profound appreciation to the United Nations and its humanitarian partners for their untiring efforts to provide life-saving assistance in Yemen under extremely challenging conditions. We also thank Under- Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his briefing on those activitie…
We thank Joint Special Representative Mamabolo for his comprehensive briefing.
We are pleased to note that the security situation in Darfur continues to improve. With intercommunal conflict remaining low and criminality decreasing, we commend the efforts of the Government, as well as the concerted …
I would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his most useful and comprehensive briefing on the latest developments concerning the Middle East and Palestine.
It is clear that provocative actions continue to fuel tensions on the …
