I should like in turn to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Yamamoto, for his briefing and for his tireless efforts to achieve a lasting peace in Afghanistan. I thank Ms. Sima Samar for her briefing and for her commitment to the promotion of women’s rights in Afghanistan,…
I will start by paying tribute to the men and women who serve the flags and the values of the United Nations on the ground. The Security Council owes it to them to continue the work it is doing as part of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative.
Today I would like to raise a few questions and unders…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Mr. Aboul Gheit, for their informative briefings. I also extend a warm welcome to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland.
Regional cooperation is one of the pillars of…
At the outset, may I warmly thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Salamé, for his statement and for joining us this morning. I wish to thank him in particular for his work and his tireless commitment as well as that of his Mission’s personnel, all of whom are working in a pa…
At the outset, I would like to warmly thank the Under- Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, as well as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, for their very insightful briefings.
We are aware of the current politic…
First of all, allow me to warmly thank the speakers for their informative briefings and to warmly thank Mr. Apakan and Mr. Sajdik for their work of recent years.
On 24 April, the Russian President signed a decree to facilitate the granting of Russian citizenship to residents of certain areas of the…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Mr. Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their enlightening briefings.
With regard to the humanitarian situation, I refer to the statement made by …
Belgium would like to begin by warmly thanking His Excellency Mr. Dian Djani, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for his very comprehensive briefing.
Belgium notes with satisfaction that substantial progress has been made in the global implementation of resolutio…
At the outset allow me to express my country’s deepest condolences to the Government of New Zealand and to the families of the victims following the terrorist incident in Christchurch yesterday.
Today Belgium voted in favour of resolution 2460 (2019) renewing the mandate of the United Nations Assis…
Allow me, at the outset, to also express my sincerest
condolences for the recent tragic accident in Ethiopia that led to numerous deaths, including those of many members of the United Nations family.
I would like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto for his insightful briefing and admirable co…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Shearer, for his briefing and exceptional work under difficult conditions. I would also like to warmly thank Ms. Jial for her touching remarks.
Today, I would like to address three aspects of the situation…
First of all, we would like to thank Equatorial Guinea for organizing today’s open debate. We would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, the African Union High Representative, and the founder and Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes for thei…
At the outset, allow me to warmly thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her informative briefing. Belgium also welcomed the recent February
visit by Assistant Secretaries-General Keita, Fernandez- Taranco and Wahba. We believe that the visit served to underscore our obligation to ident…
At the outset, I would like to thank Assistant Secretaries-
General Mueller and Jenča and Mr. Apakan and Mr. Sajdik, representing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, for their enlightening and informative briefings.
Four years since the conclusion of the Minsk agreements, we n…
At the outset, I welcome and thank Côte d’Ivoire for its initiative to convene a debate on a subject that is so crucial to the work of the Security Council in exercising its responsibilities.
For Belgium, the importance of regional and subregional organizations in conflict prevention is irrefutable…
First of all, Belgium associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union.
Today’s open debate on multilateralism is very timely. Given the scope of the challenges we are facing, we want to emphasize more than ever our support for multilateralism and the imp…
Belgium aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union, as well as those to be made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict and by the representative of Qatar on behalf the Group o…
Belgium associates itself with the statement of the European Union, as well as with those of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security and the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect, of which it is a member.
The figures are worrying. Peacekeepers are increasingly being killed on …
First of all, as others have done before me, I would like to convey our deepest condolences to the Afghan people and their Government for the terrible attacks against Afghan civilians and security personnel. Belgium strongly supports the efforts of the international community to ensure security, sta…
At the outset, I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s important debate.
Belgium fully aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union, and I would like to make the following comments in its national capacity.
Trafficking in human beings attacks th…
