I would like to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zahir Tahin, for his comprehensive briefing, to congratulate him on his appointment to his new position and to wish him every possible success in his endeavours. Similarly, I would like to welcome Mr. Dačić, F…
Allow me to join others in expressing our condolences over the passing away of the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
I thank you, Madam President, and your team for your successful conduct of the work of the Security Council during the month of August. Allow me t…
I would like to begin by expressing our appreciation, Mr. President, for the way in which you have conducted the work of the Council during the month of June, during which there were several events of note and the adoption of several important resolutions and decisions. My congratulations also go to…
At the outset I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, for their exhaustive briefings this morning.
The relative improvement of the …
At the outset I would like to welcome Judges Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow and thank them for their outstanding achievements and the exceptional work carried out by the Tribunals.
The Council established both the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and t…
At the outset allow me, Sir, to express our sincere thanks to you for presiding over this important debate. I also commend the role of the Mission of the United States of America for taking the initiative to introduce presidential statement PRST/2015/11, which we have just adopted. We welcome that d…
The Jordanian delegation expresses its warmest gratitude for the opportunity to discuss the very important topic of the protection of journalists in conflict situations. We thank the Deputy Secretary-General and Mr. Christophe Deloire and Ms. Marianne Pearl.
Significant progress has been achieved i…
I would first like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for his comprehensive briefing, and to warmly welcome Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaç…
I wish to start by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing. Jordan has taken note of the conclusions contained in the High Representative’s forty-seventh report on implementation of the Bosnia
and Herzegovina peace agreement (see S/2015/300, annex). The report i…
At the outset, allow me to express my thanks and appreciation to you and your team, Sir, for your excellent stewardship of the work of the Council this month. There have been many developments in the international arena on issues related to the work of the Council. Our work culminated at the end of …
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and I congratulate him on assuming his role as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for th…
At the outset, I would like to thank your delegation, Sir, for its successful leadership of the Security Council over the past month. In that regard, we welcome the initiatives of your presidency focusing on international peace and security and peacebuilding.
I would like to recall in particular th…
Allow me at the outset to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to you, Sir, and your team, for the excellent manner in which you have managed the work of the Security Council throughout this month.
We commend the initiative of Chad to organize the open debate on the theme “Threats to inte…
As I am the lucky thirteenth speaker in this session, I do not have much to say. However, I would like to join all the previous speakers in extending our thanks and appreciation to you, Mr. President and all the members of your team for the able and successful manner in which you conducted the Counc…
I, too, would like to thank the briefers for their presentations this afternoon.
Jordan is extremely concerned by the worsening security situation and the increase in shelling in eastern
Ukraine, which follows a period of tenuous calm in the region. We now fear a resumption of full-scale fighting.…
Allow me at the outset to extend to you, Madam President, and to your team my delegation’s gratitude and appreciation for your excellent conduct of the work of the Council this month, which has seen important international developments with respect to various items on the Council’s agenda.
In addre…
First of all, I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his highly informative briefing. I also welcome the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, and thank them f…
First of all, I would like to join all other speakers today in thanking you, Mr. President, and your colleagues for the exceptional manner with which you have handled the affairs of the Security Council during what has been a very busy month.
I will not review the substance of what has been on the …
Jordan expresses its deep regret over the criminal incident that led to the downing of the Malaysia Airline aircraft over eastern Ukraine yesterday. We also express our deepest condolence to the Government of Malaysia and to all the families of the victims who were killed in that disastrous incident…
Jordan, on behalf of the Group of Arab States, called for the convening of this urgent meeting to discuss the latest grave developments in the Gaza Strip. We thank the members of the Council for responding quickly to our call.
Jordan rejects and condemns in the strongest terms the repeated aggressi…
