We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his briefing on the latest developments in Iraq and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Since that was his last briefing, we take this opportunity to express our appreciation to him for all h…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé for his comprehensive briefing today. We continue to support his tireless diplomatic endeavours to facilitate a Libyan-led political solution to end the protracted crisis. We also appreciate the visit made by Ambassador Olof Sko…
We thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary- General Mueller for their briefings on the latest situation in eastern Ukraine.
We note the recent status report and the daily reports of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in …
We thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his briefing today. We highly appreciate and support his continued and tireless efforts to facilitate a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis.
While he informed us in his most recent briefing (S/PV.8373) of his …
We thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing on the most recent political and security situation in Mali. We also want to extend our appreciation to the military and civilian personnel of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSM…
We join others in thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his comprehensive briefing today. We very much appreciate and support his untiring diplomatic endeavours to relaunch a credible political process with a view to resolving the Syrian crisis. W…
We thank Special Representative Arnault for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2018/874). We are very pleased to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, who i…
We would like to thank the Secretary General for his comprehensive
report on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2018/824) and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We appreciate the briefing by Special Representative Yamamoto and are grateful to Ambassador Sai…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun for his briefing on the latest developments in Guinea-Bissau. We are also grateful to Executive Director Fedotov for his remarks via video-teleconference, and we commend the work that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is doing in th…
We thank Mr. Alexander Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, for his briefing. We also appreciate Sweden’s efforts in its role as Chair of the Liberia configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, and we thank Ambassador Irina Schoulgin Nyoni for her briefing…
We thank the United Kingdom for taking the initiative to convene today’s meeting. We also thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is the appropriate international body to address th…
We thank the Russian Federation for calling for this meeting. We are once again very grateful to Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his briefing. We reiterate our appreciation to the United Nations and its humanitarian partners for continuing to provide assistance to millions of Syrians in dif…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for his maiden briefing. We congratulate him on his appointment and express our support to him as he embarks on his heavy responsibilities of facilitating a diplomatic solution for the Yemeni crisis. We find it enco…
I will be very brief. We thank you, Mr. President, for responding to the request for the convening of today’s meeting. We express our gratitude to Assistant Secretary-General and Acting Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun for his briefing on the latest in the situation …
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2017/1056) on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We appreciate the briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamot…
We thank the Japanese presidency for organizing this important briefing on strategic force-generation capability and training for United Nations peacekeeping. That is indeed a very important issue that needs to be seriously considered by the Council as part of the efforts to reform United Nations pe…
We join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency, and pledge our full support in the effective discharge of your responsibilities. We also express our appreciation to Italy for effectively steering
the work of the Council last month. We would like to thank J…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and all the Force Commanders for their respective briefings. We also join others in paying tribute to the brave men and women who are serving in different peacekeeping missions around the world under the United Nations umbrella as we…
We express appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his briefing on the latest report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Iraq (S/2017/357) and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). We also join others in exp…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien for the comprehensive briefing on his recent visit to Yemen and other countries in our region, including Somalia and South Sudan, which are facing enormous humanitarian challenges. Nor can I forget to mention his visit to the Somali region of Ethiopi…
