The State of Kuwait attaches special importance to this agenda item, which we take up every year in the General Assembly. Our meeting today coincides with the celebration by the United Nations of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. We reiterate my country’s principled an…
At the outset, we welcome the adoption of resolution 2498 (2019), which renews the sanctions on Somalia for one year. We thank the United Kingdom, the penholder, for its transparent approach and constructive cooperation throughout the negotiations. Renewal reflects the importance of continuing to su…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru, whom I wish to thank for convening today’s meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General, the representatives of the World Bank and the African Development Bank, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Carlo…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Raisedon Zenenga, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), for his important briefing on the efforts of the United Nations represented by UNSOM to achieve stability…
I would like, at the outset, to welcome Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani as the new Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004,) on preventing non-State actors and terrorist groups from developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting or using …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and Mr. Ramiz Bakhtiar, the Afghanistan youth representative, for their comprehensive briefings t…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for the valuable briefing by Mr. Alexander Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
We are discussing an extremely important topic today on the Security Council’s…
