I am not going to dwell too long on the vote that we needed to take today. It is unfortunate that we had to vote on a briefer. My delegation would be the last to stifle any kind of view that should or needs to be brought to the Council, or that others feel should be brought to the Council, as long a…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Voronkov and Ms. Coninsx for their briefings, which we very much appreciated. We are also very grateful to the participant from civil society, Ms. Mona Freij, for her courageous briefing to the Security Council today. Her briefing serves to remind us of the horrors perpe…
South Africa would like to thank Prime Minister Rama for his briefing in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). We wish to commend the good work that he continues to do in his region to support the maintenance of international peace a…
We would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Mark Lowcock for their briefings on the current situation in Syria.
South Africa notes with concern the reports of the escalation of violence in north-west Syria. All parties to the conflict must make every effort to reduce tensions and refrain from …
Let me start by thanking Under Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing. We would like to emphasize that the issue of small arms and light weapons remains an important one for the African continent, as it exacerbates conflict situations and enables threats to international peace and security. We…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Director of the Coordination Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for the information that they provided to us today.
My delegation wou…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the observance of two minutes of silence that you organized this morning. We would like to convey the condolences of the Government of South Africa to our brothers and sisters of the Niger on the terrible loss that they suffered. We also remember with sadness the larg…
South Africa is extremely disappointed that the mandate of the Syrian cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism could not be renewed today. During the course of the negotiations, South Africa’s position was and remains that we must ensure the renewal of that lifesaving humanitarian assistance p…
Allow me to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo,
Ambassador Pecsteen de Buytswerve and Ambassador Skoog for their insightful briefings.
My delegation joins others in welcoming the eighth report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2019/934). I w…
Let me also add our voice of thanks to Mr. Mladenov for his briefing and to Ms. Raemer for the perspectives that she shared with us.
South Africa thanks the Secretary-General and welcomes the second written report for 2019 on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) (S/2019/938).
We hope that …
Allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for his briefing. In that regard, I would also like to commend UNAMA’s personnel and Mr. Yamamoto for their vital contribution to supporting Afgh…
It is a pleasure to see you here with us again, Mr. President, and we thank you once more for your generosity and having hosted us last night — we really appreciate that.
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, Mr. Özerdem and Ms. Elman for their briefings on this very important topic on…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Mark Lowcock for his detailed briefing, as usual.
Syria and its people are at a unique juncture, at which the prospects for peace and stability are within their grasp. As South Africa has stated previously, the situation in Syria must be resolved through negotiatio…
We would like to start by again thanking Mr. Lacroix for his very pertinent and in-depth briefing, as always, in addition to conveying our thanks to the Police Commissioners who briefed us today, as well as to our briefer from Bangui.
In line with the presidency’s instructions, we will try to be a …
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Valentine Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing and report (S/2019/843, enclosure) on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Ms. Selma Korjenić for her briefing.
As evident from the High Representative’s briefing and r…
Let me begin by thanking Ms. Ursula Mueller for her briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria. We, too, are deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Syria, particularly with regard to the thousands of civilians who continue to suffer.
While we continue our deliberations here …
As mentioned in our statement to the Council earlier (see S/PV.8622), my delegation continues to be very concerned about the devastating human tragedy unfolding in Syria, in particular the situation in and around Idlib. The highest priority of the Council should be to stop the killing and end the su…
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We would also like to express our appreciation to the briefers for their comprehensive inputs.
Foremost, let me express our appreciation and greatest support to the former Special Represent…
Like others, we would like to thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Ms Michèle Coninsx, Executive
Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, for their briefings on the Secretary- General’s strategic-level…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Lieutenant General Ngondi for their briefings. It is good to see a fellow brother from Africa speaking to us today. I would also like to thank Major General Pearce for her briefing.
Let me also extend condolences to the families of all pe…
