First of all, allow me to thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing on an issue that is currently of vital importance to international peace and security. I also warmly thank Mr. Mohamed Khaled Khiari for his informative briefing.
The Council is once again frequently called on to cons…
Belgium welcomes the adoption of resolution 2498 (2019), which extends the partial lifting of the embargo to support security sector reform in Somalia. The sanctions regime contributes to the fight against Al-Shabaab and
to countering threats to peace and security in Somalia, which also affect the …
I would like to begin by thanking the five briefers, who have presented their respective perspectives on the role of the police in peacekeeping operations. The Action for Peacekeeping initiative remains our road map for focusing our efforts in the coming years. Allow me to follow the five “Ps” in my…
Madam President, I would first like to wish you every
success during your month as President of the Council. I would also like to thank South Africa for its successful presidency last month.
I commend and thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Se…
First of all, I would like to thank Special Representative Hanna Serwaa Tetteh and Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed for their briefings this morning. I would also like to commend and thank South Africa for having organized the recent visit to Addis Ababa and for facilitating the discussions that took place…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean Pierre Lacroix and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, for their enlightening briefings.
We are aware of the current political situation in the Sudan and South Sudan, and the i…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean Pierre Lacroix for his thorough briefing. I also wish to join my colleagues in welcoming the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan here among us today.
Recent months have been marked by positive and historic developm…
I would like to begin by greeting and thanking South Africa for having taken the initiative of organizing this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Mulamula, Ms. Vilakazi and Ms. Maite for their introductory remarks.
Belgium believes that regional and subregional organizations play a cru…
I would like to start by thanking the Assistant Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Ambassador Vieira for their comprehensive and detailed briefings on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.
We wish to focus on two points today: first, the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, and, secondly, the futu…
Allow me first of all to thank Ms. Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, for her informative briefing on this difficult subject that concerns us.
Building peace and security for all in the Middle East and the Gulf region is indeed a major objective of the efforts of th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, as well as the three briefers for their extremely relevant presentations.
The 1949 Geneva Conventions, whose seventieth anniversary we celebrated yesterday, have been universally ratified. Together with their Protocols Additiona…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her statement and for being with us today.
At the outset, I would like to state that Belgium deplores and condemns the attack in Benghazi this morning against personnel of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), and to…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. I also thank Ms. Amina Khoulani and Dr. Hala for their moving testimony. We can only be inspired by their courage and dedication.
As we have already stressed many times, and will not cease from doing, there is no military solution t…
Allow me first of all to thank all the briefers for their valuable contributions. I would like to especially thank Ms. Kamara and Mr. Awan for their moving and very courageous testimony and for today recalling today of what is at stake in this debate. It is not a question of talking or holding philo…
At the outset, let me thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salamé for his briefing. I commend his work and that of the entire staff of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, operating in a particularly difficult environment. I also thank Ambassador Schulz for his briefing.
As…
The plight of women in Afghanistan deserves our full attention. We welcome the recent visit to Afghanistan of the Deputy Secretary-General and Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo to address the subject, as well as this opportunity today to share ideas and recommendations with Ms. Afghani. It is importa…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to hold a cross-cutting reflection on the subject of transitions. I also thank the speakers for their informative contributions.
When speaking about transitions, it is indeed essential to mention the importance of part…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Secretary-
General’s Envoy on Youth, as well as Ms. Muganda and Ms. Ramyar, for their informative briefings.
Belgium welcomes the importance attached to the youth, peace and security agenda in the Council. Resolutions 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018) underscore the …
Belgium welcomes the adoption of resolution 2480 (2019), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and better reflects the two main challenges to stability in Mali, that is, the slow implementation of the Agreement on Peace and…
I would first to thank the briefers for their informative and detailed briefings. Today I would like to emphasize three issues — the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, national ownership and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization M…
