I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tanin for his briefing, and welcome Foreign Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku to the Council Chamber today.
Today’s briefing will be Sweden’s last meeting on Kosovo during our current tenure as a member of the Council. During …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš for his briefing. Let me join others in expressing our sincere gratitude for all the work he has done in support of Iraq during his time as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We very much appreciate his tireless efforts,…
Allow me to join others in welcoming you, Sir, to the presidency and assuring you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation throughout the month of October. I would also like to congratulate the delegation of the United States for its excellent stewardship of the Council during the month of Se…
I would like to join others in welcoming Special Envoy Kafando back to the Chamber today and to thank him for his update this morning. While welcoming the positive developments that the Special Envoy has reported on, we must not underestimate the frailty of the security situation in Burundi and the …
Madam President, as this is our first open meeting under the United Kingdom presidency of the Security Council, allow me to take this opportunity to wish you the very best for the month ahead. We look forward to working with you and your team and assure you of our full cooperation.
I also want to t…
I join others in thanking Assistant-Secretary-General Zerihoun and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Fedotov for their useful briefings today. I would also like to thank Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Chair of the
Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for …
Let me begin by joining others in congratulating you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the
month of May. We look forward to working closely with you, Madam, and your team in the coming weeks. Let me also express my appreciation for the clear and insightful bri…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team on the professional and efficient manner in which you have conducted the Council’s work over this past month. It has been a busy month and, looking back, there are four items from the programme of work that I would like to briefly reflect upon.
First…
I associate myself with the statement that will be delivered by the observer of the European Union later today.
Let me join others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré Braithwaite, for her comprehensive briefing to the Council, and for her inv…
I would like to start by joining other Council members in paying tribute to you, Mr. President, and to your team for your excellent stewardship of the Council during the month of February. The Council’s most important task is to address threats to international peace and security in an effective way…
