It is my pleasurable duty and extraordinary honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement of His Excellency
In accordance with decision 74/562, and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, the official records of the General Assembly will be…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate China, your great country, Mr. President, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March and to thank it for organizing this debate on terrorism and violent extremism in Africa, two of the main challenges to peace and securit…
Over the past two years, I have had the honour to chair the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013), concerning the Central African Republic, and the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations. I would like to take this opportunity to take stock of my
tenure as Chair of the 2127 Comm…
I thank the United States presidency of the Security Council for convening this public meeting on intercommunal violence and preventing violent extremism in West Africa, a region severely affected by evolving security challenges that affect the stability and the very existence of the States in the r…
Allow me first to convey my delegation’s sincere condolences to the people and the Government of the Niger following the attack last night on a military base in Inates that killed 70 soldiers. Our thoughts go out to the families that are in mourning.
I would also like to commend Mr. Mohamed Khaled …
I would like to extend my warm congratulations to you, Madam President, and your team on the convening of this first public meeting in December, devoted to the situation in Iraq, which marks the beginning of the United States presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to express my thanks…
My delegation thanks Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and Ms Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their informative briefings on the latest developments in the political and humanitar…
This briefing gives me the opportunity to speak on behalf of the African members of the Council — Equatorial Guinea, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire — to express our views on the topic of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) and issues related to peace and security in the Sahel region and West…
My delegation commends Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, on his detailed briefing on peace and security issues in the region, in particular on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. We also thank Ms. Tania Hary, Executive Director of
Gisha, Legal Centre for Fre…
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the holding of this open debate on the role of reconciliation in maintaining international peace and security, as well as your presence here today, Mr. President, which reflects the importance that your country attaches to the issue. Côte d’Ivoire also thanks the Secretary-Gen…
I welcome the convening of this debate on the consideration of the fifty-sixth report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2019/843, enclosure). I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ms. Selma …
I join others in welcoming Mrs. Kelly Craft, our colleague from the United States, and assure her of my delegation’s full support in ensuring the success of her mandate.
I speak on behalf of the three African countries that are non-permanent members of the Security Council, namely, Equatorial Guine…
I would like to welcome the convening of this debate and thank Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto and Mr. Yury Fedotov for their very enlightening briefings. I would also like to thank Ambassador Triansyah Djani, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), for his rep…
First of all, with your permission, Mr. President, I would like
to firmly condemn the reprehensible terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 29 people in Burkina Faso yesterday, Sunday. My country shares the grief of the families affected and extends its resolute support to the Government of Bur…
My delegation welcomes this holding of this briefing and thanks Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her very informative briefing.
As the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) enters its fiftieth year, the disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation architecture, which was implemented followin…
My delegation welcomes the holding of this meeting on peace and security challenges in the Middle East and we welcome your participation, Mr. President, in this debate. We thank Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, for her briefing. We also welcome to today’s mee…
Мy delegation welcomes the convening of this briefing on the review of the situation in Yemen. We commend Mr. Martin Griffiths and Ms. Ursula Mueller for their substantive and insightful briefings.
Côte d’Ivoire, like the entire international community, remains deeply concerned about the risk of st…
On behalf of South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire — the three African members of the Security Council — I thank the Republic of Peru for convening this debate on strengthening cooperation among the Security Council, the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries (TCCs/PCCs…
My delegation welcomes the convening of this open debate on the linkages between international terrorism and organized crime. By placing this issue at the heart of its priorities in the Security Council, Peru is demonstrating once again its ongoing commitment to promoting activities aimed at counter…
I should like to begin by thanking Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for her seventh semi-annual report and the Secretary-General for his report on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2019/492). Let me also congratulate our colleague Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of…
