We would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his informative briefing, and to reiterate once again the total support of Uruguay for his work.
Uruguay appreciates the submission of the third report on the implementation of resolution 23…
First of all, allow me to thank the Mr. Jeremiah Mamabolo, Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/746).
Uruguay underlines the report’s indication that, despite the de…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and Ms. Fatima Shehu Imam for their briefings.
We welcome the holding of this meeting, which once again allows us to exclusively address the situation in the Lake Chad basin. It undoubtedly gives greater visibility to a g…
Uruguay would like to thank Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, and Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and…
First of all, allow me to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, Mr. Haile Menkerios, for his briefing on the Secretary- General’s report (S/2017/744) on ways to strengthen the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union on issues of peace an…
I am grateful to the Secretary-General for his report of 30 August (S/2017/745) and to Special Representative Jean Arnault for the briefing he just delivered. Moreover, we commend him on the efficient work that he has carried out at the head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia. The important a…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, and your team on having conducted the work of the Security Council so efficiently during this month. At the same time, we predict a successful presidency for Ethiopia for the month of September and express our full support in its endeavour.
Moreover, we than…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
The position of Uruguay with regard to the conflict between Israel and Palestine and, even more important, on how to reach an agreement that will end it, is well known, and I will therefore be very brief. Nev…
I should like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, as well as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for their informative and exhaustive briefings. I would also like to welco…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your briefing in your capacity as Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic R…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing.
I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, for his statement and take note of the statement delivered by…
I would like to thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his thorough briefing.
I would like to express Uruguay’s heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo for the cowardly attacks of 13 August in Ouagadougou…
I would like to thank Ms. Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General, for her thorough briefing on the joint visit of the United Nations and the African Union to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria a few weeks ago. I would also like to thank Ambassador Téte António, Permanent Observer…
Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2371 (2017) and welcomes its unanimous adoption by the Security Council. The fact that Council members are united on the issue is crucial to our response to the serious threat that North Korea’s defiant attitude in continuing its nuclear and ballistic-missile pr…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ms. Ursula Mueller, for her comprehensive briefing. We reiterate our gratitude to her and her entire team for their ongoing eff…
Allow me first to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, Mr. Michel Kafando, and the Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Jürg Lauber, for their briefings.
Uruguay notes that since the last briefing of the Council on Burundi (see S/PV…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his informative and comprehensive briefing and thank him and his entire time for their ongoing work in the context of such a difficult field of operations such as Iraq.
Uruguay recognizes the arduous work of the Special Represent…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his thorough briefing. The events and trends in West Africa and the Sahel in the last period show the countries’ commitment to sustainable peace and stability in the region. It is f…
I join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, and your delegation for bringing this item to the attention of the Security Council, and in particular for guiding the process that led to the adoption of resolution 2365 (2017) — for your transparency and inclusiveness and for providing early draf…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for the presentation of the third report (S/2017/515) of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I am also grateful for the briefings provided by Ambassador Cardi, Permanent Representative of Italy a…
