I too would like to welcome this briefing on the latest developments in the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I congratulate Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his enlightening briefing, which once again reminds Council m…
I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her useful and informative briefing.
In adopting resolution 1593 (2005), which referred the situation in Darfur since 1 July 2002 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the Security C…
My delegation thanks Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, for their detailed and particularly…
My delegation congratulates Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix and
Mr. Andrew Gilmour for their enlightening assessments of the current situation in Darfur. We also welcome their relevant recommendations.
Despite the joint efforts of the United Nations and the African Union within the framework of the Africa…
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the holding of this high-level briefing. We are delighted to see you, Sir, once again presiding over our discussion, which is part of the very rich programme of work of the Kuwaiti presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. Like those who spoke before me, I woul…
My delegation commends the presidency of Kuwait for holding today’s briefing on the topic of mediation as a tool for conflict prevention. I am also pleased to welcome to the Chamber Ms. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well a…
I would like to thank the Kuwaiti presidency and the Security Council for organizing this briefing on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). I would also like to welcome the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Tiébilé Dramé, Minister for Foreign A…
I thank the Kuwaiti presidency of the Security Council for organizing this briefing on missing persons in armed conflict. I also have the pleasure of welcoming your presence among us, Mr. President, which demonstrates that, as with many countries that have witnessed the horrors of war, the question …
I too thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, for their enlightening briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Deputy Prime Minis…
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2473 (2019), extending for a further 12 months the authorization to Member States to engage in inspections on the high seas of vessels heading to and leaving Libya, with a view to enforcing the strict enforcement of the arms embargo.
The a…
Allow me to begin by wishing you, Mr. President, all the best for the presidency of the Security Council, which falls to your country for the month of June. I also congratulate Ambassador Djani and his entire team on the high quality of the Indonesian presidency, which led the work of the Council wi…
As your presidency draws to a close, Mr. President, we would like to commend you for your efforts to ensure that our work is carried out in the best conditions. We thank you for your excellent work.
My delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 2472 (2019), which renews the mandate of the Afric…
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the holding of this meeting on the renewal of the sanctions regime for South Sudan. My delegation decided to abstain in the voting on resolution 2471 (2019) for the following reasons. On 12 September 2018, after several years of conflict, the warring parties in South Sudan sig…
I thank Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief
Coordinator, for her briefing on the latest developments in the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Since the end of April the north-western part of Syria, in particular Idl…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé for his excellent briefing on the current state of the security and humanitarian situation and the political process in
Libya, as well as the activities carried out under the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. I offer him our full suppo…
My delegation thanks the Indonesian presidency of the Security Council for having organized this briefing on the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel). I welcome the presence among us this morning of Mr. Alpha Barry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso and President of the Council of Mini…
Мy delegation welcomes your presence, Madam President, as well as that of the Secretary-General and the high- level representatives of some States members of the Security Council at this open debate on the training and capacity-building of United Nations peacekeeping operations. That high-level part…
On behalf of the African countries that are members of the Security Council, that is, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa, I should like to thank the German presidency and you yourself, Madam Minister, for having convened this open debate on the participation of women in peacekeeping operations. I wo…
You have not been very democratic today, Mr. President, as you have subjected us to this barbaric tool, but we will make do.
We note with interest that the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) will end on 15 October, as envisaged by the Security Council. Th…
Mr. President, at the beginning of my statement,
I would like to extend to you my best wishes for a successful German presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for organizing this briefing on the challenges of international humanitarian law and the strengthening of international peace and…
