Spain supported today the extension of the mandate of the Joint Investigation Mechanism since it considers it fundamental that the Mechanism continue carrying out its work and that, as the Security Council decided in previous resolutions, those responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria be…
I thank you, Sir, for your work at the helm of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) on South Sudan at a particularly difficult time. We wish to thank Ms. Løj for her efforts; she has Spain’s full appreciation, gratitude and recognition for her commitment to her work as Head o…
I express great thanks to the four Police Commissioners for briefing the Council on their experience on the ground. I also thank Mr. Ladsous for his briefing.
As the previous four Council members have said and subsequent speakers will say, we fully believe in the importance of the role played by po…
It is an honour for us to see Ms. Bensouda in the Security Council once again. I am very grateful for the updated information she has given us.
In my statement, I shall focus first on two specific aspects of Ms. Bensouda’s briefing, namely, the situation of Mr. Al-Qadhafi and on the situation of to…
You, Mr. President, have asked us focus our statements on three issues at most. We will limit ourselves to talking about just one theme, that is, working as a team in the Security Council. It is a matter of promoting the approach that has come to be known as the Toledo format, in reference to the Sp…
Spain voted in favour of resolution 2292 (2016) and wishes to thank Security Council members for their support for Operation Sophia to ensure compliance with the arms embargo on Libya by sea.
The European Union supports the security of the Mediterranean. We share a series of problems that neither o…
We have read the draft press statement from the Russian Federation, and we agree with the representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom. We are ready to work on a text. However, it does not seem now as though there is enough consensus in the Chamber to adopt the draft press statement a…
At the outset, I would first like to express my appreciation for briefing of the Special Representative, Ambassador Tanin, on the text of the most report (S/2016/99) of the Secretary-General. I also like welcome the presence of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Iv…
My delegation expresses its appreciation for the presence of Minister Steinmeier in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to provide us with Germany’s priorities during its chairmanship. We trust in the German leadership, given the co…
I too would like to thank the Judges and Prosecutors representing the two International Tribunals and the Residual Mechanism. I begin by paying tribute to the outstanding work done over the past two years in the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals under the helm of Ambassador Cristián …
I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on the latest quarterly report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/579) on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as well as to joi…
We would like to thank the Nigerian presidency of the Security Council for organizing this informative briefing. This is a timely debate, which certainly suitably complements the debates we have held in the past few weeks. An effective security sector is undoubtedly a guarantee of stability, peace a…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence, as well as for his valuable contributions to today’s discussion. I would also like to thank the Nigerian presidency for organizing today’s debate and for its cohesive approach to the three debates that have been scheduled for this week to…
I thank you, Madam President, for giving us the opportunity today to hear some of those who were at the front line of the response to the epidemic and reconstruction and development efforts of the countries affected. Their opinions and views are essential to Member States in making informed decision…
We are meeting at a crucial moment in the fight against terrorism, Al-Qaida, the Al Nusra Front, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and related terrorist organizations. In that context, the United Nations and the Security Council have acted decisively with resolutions 2170 (2014) and 21…
