I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive briefing on the situation and for his work.
France aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
France welcomes the fact that the European perspective today serves as the main eng…
At the outset, let me thank you, Sir, for organizing this open
debate, and to endorse, in advance, the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
Today I would like to focus on three main themes that should, from my country’s viewpoint, be priorities for the international community…
I thank the Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for the very thorough briefing he has just made on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past quarter, as well as for his observations.
The proliferation of radiological, biological, chemical …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing. I also thank the Ambassador of Afghanistan for his first important statement to the Council.
France aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
For Afghanistan, 2015 was a yea…
I too would like to thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for his presentation of the quarterly report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and his entire team for the excellent work they have been doing for nearly a year.
The Vienna agreement of 14 July and the Council’s ad…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and assure him of my country’s full support in his new role and wish him every success. I also thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and the Ambassador of Kosovo for their statements. I take this opportunity to e…
I, too, would like to the Spanish Ambassador for his briefing on the quarterly activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
The Vienna agreement of 14 July between Iran and the E3+3, and the adoption a week later of resolution 2231 (2015) by the Counc…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank the Ambassadors of Spain, New Zealand and Lithuania for their briefings and for the leadership of the Committees they respectively chair.
Terrorism remains an extremely present threat, as we are reminded by the all too frequent attacks that are currently taking pla…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for presenting the most recent report of the Secretary- General (S/2015/303) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Kosovo, Mr. Dačić and Mr. Thaçi, for the…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing and the Foreign Ministers of Kosovo, Mr. Hashim Thaçi, and Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, for their statements.
Just two months after our most recent debate in the Security Council on the situation in K…
First, I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his briefing and forf the unstinting work he accomplished with his team over the past two years at the head of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). The dynamism, vigour and high professionalism were th…
I want to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Vučić, and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Thaçi, for their statements.
Today we are reviewing the events of 2014, the year of the implementation of the hi…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, and your entire team for all the work done in November. The programme was extremely tightly packed, which sometimes gave the impression of running the New York marathon here too in the Council, but at a pace not quite as fast as the sprinters. You, Sir…
First of all, I would also like to thank Ambassador Oh Joon and the entire Mission of the Republic of Korea for all the work done over the past two years at the head of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). During its chairmanship of the Committee, South Kore…
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her report and her briefing. I wish to take this opportunity to reaffirm our full support to her and to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
There have been moments in history when the Council has united to prevent or stop atrocities that, in the terms of the Rome…
I should first thank you and all your team, Madam President, for all the work you have done in October. In an extremely busy period you have led our discussions with great professionalism and energy, for which many thanks.
It is always a challenge to be the final speaker and to produce a synthesis …
I thank the Australian Ambassador for his presentation of the quarterly report of the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and for all the work he has accomplished with his team for nearly two years.
The Iranian nuclear programme has for more than a decade now…
I would like to start by thanking Ambassadeur Gasana and his entire team for their work this month. This second Rwandan presidency, which has been just as professional as the first, has unfortunately been marked by the tragedies in Ukraine and the Middle East. In a heated climate, Sir, you have work…
The emotion that was upon us on Friday has not left us, but today we have gathered to act. Resolution 2166 (2014), which we have just adopted at the initiative of Australia, underscores the importance of quickly conducting an investigation into the circumstances of this abominable tragedy. We owe it…
I would like to thank the current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the Ambassador of Brazil, as well as his predecessor, the Ambassador of Croatia, for their briefings.
At the heart of the activities of the United Nations, peacebuilding remains a challenge that deserves the full attenti…
