I would like to thank Special Envoy Kubiš and Ms. Bensaad for briefing the Council today, as well as Ambassador Tirumurti for his update from the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya. In particular, I would like to take this opportunity to pay t…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lyons and Ms. Karim for their powerful briefings.
The situation in Afghanistan the briefers describe today is of deep concern. The risks of a humanitarian catastrophe are real and are exacerbated by the onset of winter and an eco…
I thank you, Madam President, for this debate and for the focus that Mexico is putting on women and peace and security this month. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing, and in particular Ms. Boughani and Ms. Lusala for their perspectives from their respective field locations…
I thank you, Mr. President, for bringing this important discussion to the Security Council. I also thank the Secretary- General and Ms. Tibán Guala for their briefings.
Systemic inequality and exclusion are often significant drivers of insecurity and protracted internal conflicts. Addressing those …
I want to thank High Representative Obasanjo and Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for their important briefings. I also thank the African members of the Security Council — namely, Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Ireland, for calling today’s meeting and …
First, let me thank you, Mr. President, and the Permanent Representatives of France and the Niger for leading our visits last weekend. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Wane, for his support, as well as the two country teams and the Secretariat. We a…
I would like to thank Kenya for using its presidency to shine a spotlight on the Great Lakes region and for encouraging renewed commitments from the Security Council to seek sustainable solutions to the drivers of conflict in the region. Let me also thank Special Envoy Xia, Ambassador Caholo and Mrs…
I would like to thank all our briefers — Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ndiaye, Ambassador Adeoye, Ambassador Skoog and Ms. Derom — for their presentations. We also welcome the participation of President Touadera and support the findings set out in the report of the Secretary-Genera…
First, let me thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing today and the important work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I would also like to thank our two briefers, Ms. Daniela Soto and Ms. Bibiana Peñaranda, for their persp…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Keita, Ambassador Abarry and Ms. Mbangu for their briefings.
I will focus my intervention primarily on two issues, namely, the state of siege currently in place in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mi…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, and the Irish presidency for bringing us together today to underline our support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Let me also thank our three briefers for their presentations and reiterate the United Kingdom’s congratulations to Mr. Floyd on his …
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Perthes, Ms. Hala Alkarib and Ambassador Jürgenson for their briefings. I would like to make three key points in response to what we have heard today.
First, I would like to join Mr. Perthes in recognizing and commending the …
I would like to start by offering my thanks and congratulations to this year’s co-facilitators for the Alignment Process, Bangladesh and Slovenia, and to the co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly, El Salvador and Slovakia. The fact that we we…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Ms. Adam for their powerful briefings today.
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for leading us today in paying tribute to those killed or injured in…
Let me also offer the United Kingdom’s condolences in connection with all those who lost their lives in today’s terrorist attack in Kabul.
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. He described a desperate situation, and it is right that the Council considers how it can help. I would therefor…
I thank today’s briefers.
As we have heard, the situation in Dara’a is severe. Some 50,000 civilians have been besieged there since June. Heavy bombardment has led to the displacement of 37,000 people, and at least eight civilians have been killed. Civilian infrastructure has been targeted by the S…
I welcome Mr. Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, in his new functions. I would like to thank all of our briefers today, and I would like to welcome the Secretary-General’s appointment of Ambassador Grundberg as Special Envoy to Yemen. We look forward to working with him, as…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate.
Two years on from its territorial defeat, Da’esh remains a significant global threat. The recent attacks in Baghdad and the continuing violence in Syria provide further tragic evidence of that fact. We therefore welcome the Secreta…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks on the subject.
Without peacekeepers, there is no peacekeeping. They are our most valuable asset for protecting civilians, championing the rule of law and ultimately paving the…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
What is happening now in Afghanistan is a tragedy. We have long believed that the only path towards sustainable peace in Afghanistan and regional stability
lies in a negotiated political settlement. We have worked hard to breathe life into peace nego…
