I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Security Council on the thorny issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, better known by its English-language acronym “GERD”. Allow me also to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your wise conduct of the affairs o…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your excellent presidency of the Council during the month of April. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council, for the first time, on the implementation of resolution 2046 (2012), on the outstanding issues between South Sudan an…
Before the Council is the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic (S/2019/147), which I have the privilege to introduce today for the last time in my capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic. I would like at…
I am very pleased to brief the Security Council this morning, together with my friends Moussa Nébié and,
from Brussels, Koen Vervaeke. I am also happy to see Ambassador Adom.
I am very honoured to be able to address the Council today to provide an update on the situation in the Central African Rep…
Allow me first and foremost to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for the excellent way in which Russia has organized the FIFA World Cup. This being the era of the selfie, I should have liked to take one with you behind the ball on y…
It is an honour and a welcome duty to speak before the Security Council today. I look forward to taking part with the other important Central African Republic partners here at this meeting, in particular my colleague and brother Ambassador Nébié, Special Representative of the African Union to the Ce…
It is an honour for me to address the Security Council only a few days after the important visit of Secretary-General António Guterres to the Central African Republic. It was a visit rich in symbolism, which he undertook as a signal of the solidarity of the United Nations and the international commu…
Today, the Security Council is considering the Secretary- General’s report on the situation in the Central African Republic (S/2017/473).
This meeting is taking place at a very important point in time. It affords us an opportunity to express the international community’s concern regarding the Centr…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November and for the contribution of your country to efforts towards a more stable, peaceful world.
The dominant development, beyond anything else, is Burundi’s entry …
It is a great privilege for me to take the floor today on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to inform the Security Council of the implementation of the mid-term mandate of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB), in accordance with the relevant provisions of resolution 2090 (2013), of 13 F…
