We join others in expressing our appreciation to Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing. My delegation supports the recommendations of the special report (S/2018/530) and would like to make the following observations.
We are encouraged by the continuing improvement in the s…
I commend the German presidency of the Security Council and Her Excellency Ms. Ursula von der Leyen for highlighting the important role that women play in peacekeeping. I wish to express my warm appreciation to the Secretary-General and today’s briefers for their insightful briefings, which indicate…
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere condolences to the people and the Government of New Zealand and other countries whose citizens fell victim to the heinous attack in Christchurch.
It is reprehensible that a house of God was attacked and that one killer was able to cause such horrif…
I congratulate France on its successful stewardship of the Council in March and its decision to address this very timely and critical issue. We thank all our briefers, especially Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, speaking on behalf of the United Nations, for their contributions to today’s discussio…
The delegation of Kazakhstan thanks the Dominican presidency of the Council for organizing this open debate. We commend you for the choice of this very timely and critical issue and look forward to greater awareness and action in that regard.
We also express our appreciation to today’s briefers — M…
As an observer of the African Union, we join in and associate ourselves with the statements already made by the members of the African troika and to be made by the Ivorian presidency, which has so ably and effectively conducted the stewardship of the Council this month. Mr. President, please accept …
We thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their comprehensive updates on the latest developments in South Sudan. We also commend Ambassador Wronecka for her enormous efforts an…
I join others in thanking Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary- General Lowcock for their clear and comprehensive updates, and commend them both for their efforts to bring about a political and humanitarian solution in Yemen. They can rest assured of our full support in all their undertakings…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General François Louncény Fall and Ms. Reena Ghelani, Director for Operations and Advocacy of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their informative briefings that have contributed to our meaningful discussion to…
I thank the Chinese presidency for convening today’s emergency meeting on the latest developments in the Azov Sea.
Kazakhstan, as a member of the Council, is open to dialogue and is ready to debate international security issues in the context of transparent discussions in order to prevent internati…
We would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, Mr. Michel Kafando, and the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding
Commission, Ambassador Jürg Lauber of Switzerland, for their insightful briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Burund…
I thank the Chinese presidency for convening this timely open debate on multilateralism, which represents one of the great contributions of the United Nations to humankind. We would like to express our appreciation to Secretary- General António Guterres, Ms. Alya Ahmed Said Al-Thani, Acting Presiden…
I thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his comprehensive update on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina based on his recent report (S/2018/974, annex). We are also pleased to see in the Chamber the delegations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Union, Serbia, Croatia and neighbouring…
My delegation thanks the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her informative briefing and the professional work of her able team.
Despite the willingness of and some actions between the key parties aimed at eliminating all remaining ambiguities, we are still not ab…
As this is the first open meeting of the Security Council under your leadership, Sir, I wholeheartedly wish the Chinese presidency every success in its endeavours this month, as it holds this important international position, and assure you of our full support.
We would like to thank the Prosecutor…
I want to express my appreciation to Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their important updates.
Kazakhstan takes a balanced approach to resol…
At the outset, I would like to say that we, as a country with a strong stance on achieving a world free of terrorism and on promoting dialogue among civilizations and religions, are deeply shocked by the tragic shooting in a sacred place of worship, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, and on t…
We thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing on the results of his visit to Damascus. We appreciate his visit and thank him for all his efforts to achieve peace in Syria. We highly value his engagement in intensive further consultations in the period ahead so as to ascertain the possibilities …
I commend the Bolivian presidency for having convened this debate on sustaining peace through women’s political and economic empowerment. I express warm appreciation to the Secretary-General, António Guterres, for his astute recommendations, as well as to Under- Secretary-General Mlambo-Ngcuka and U…
The situation in Myanmar and that of the Rohingya refugees remain among the most critical problems of concern for the international community. The world is today witnessing one of the most serious catastrophes and violations in the humanitarian space, with the displacement of more than
700,000 Rohi…
