I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed; the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein; and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang for their briefings. We welcome the upd…
We, too, thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain for his briefing in his capacity as Chair of the Security
Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), and we congratulate him on his energetic leadership of that very important Committee.
This briefing comes at an important …
I would like to thank Special Representative Haysom for his briefing and Ambassador Saikal for his statement.
The situation in Afghanistan is a sobering but compelling demonstration of how hard it is for a country to escape the ravages of civil war, terrorism and the breakdown of civil order, even …
We thank Secretary Kerry and the United States for convening today’s meeting and for preparing the resolution that we adopted today (resolution 2254 (2015)). We also acknowledge and thank the other Foreign Ministers for coming to our meeting today.
We appreciate that this meeting and the resolution…
Let me congratulate you, Secretary Lew, for convening this meeting today of so many finance ministers, and I acknowledge the presence of so many of your colleagues in the Chamber today. Sadly, the New Zealand Minister
of Finance was not able to join you, Mr. President, but he does send his greeting…
We thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Fedotov and Mr. Grono
for their briefings. And I pay tribute to Nadia in the same spirit as others have today. Her testimony is very confronting because of its reality, but it is also confronting to us in our reality in the Council.
When I came to this pl…
We thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain for his briefing in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). New Zealand is a strong supporter of the mandate of the Committee. We commend the Panel of Experts on its good work and encourage both the Committe…
We, too, thank Ms. Bensouda for her briefing.
We are deeply concerned about the situation in Darfur. At Ms. Bensouda’s most recent briefing on this item (see S/PV.7478), New Zealand spoke at some length about the gravity of the situation and the need for accountability. While, as Ms. Bensouda has r…
I would like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson, Mr. Šimonović, Mr. Ging and Ambassador Apakan for their briefings today. I also welcome the participation of the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania in this meeting.
In resolution 2202 (2015), the Council unanimously called on all part…
I should like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors for the clarity and specificity of their briefings. They have reminded us of the significant practical issues that need to be addressed as the Rwanda and Yugoslavia Tribunals wind up their work. They need our continuing support as they go thr…
New Zealand looks forward to the adoption of the draft resolution (A/70/L.23) on the situation in Afghanistan, which we are co-sponsoring. We hope it will be adopted later in the week. It reflects the progress made and recognizes the challenges facing Afghanistan.
Like everyone else in the Hall, Ne…
I would like to express the condolences of the Government of New Zealand to the Malian people and those affected by the attack in Bamako on Friday. Such attacks seem endless, and we are horrified anew every time.
In the light of Friday’s attack, it is all the more important that the parties to the …
New Zealand stands in solidarity with the victims, families, fellow citizens and Governments who have suffered from the recent horrendous attacks perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). We are today one week from the terrible events in Paris, and less than a day from those in…
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling today’s briefing and for your concept note (S/2015/848, annex), and I thank the Secretary-General for attending today and for giving us his briefing.
Today’s topic and the Secretary-General’s briefing address the role and effectiveness of some of the Counc…
We thank the United Kingdom for convening this debate and you, Madam Secretary, for presiding over this meeting.
We want also to express our condolences to the Government and people of France over the horrific attacks that took place in Paris on Friday, and to the Governments of Lebanon and Iraq ov…
I thank you, Mr. President, and let me also thank and congratulate the United Kingdom for organizing this briefing. We fully agree with the comments of Ambassador Power of the United States that this is an important event and that we should annualize it. It might seem slightly odd for those operatin…
The presence in the Council today of Secretary Hammond confirms the United Kingdom’s strong commitment to Somalia. We also wish to thank the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General Kay and Ambassador Téte António for their
briefings, and Prime Minis…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your team on the United Kingdom’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month, and by thanking Spain and the Spanish delegation for the excellent work they did in conducting us in the month of October.
The situation in Libya is at…
In my June briefing to the Council (see S/PV.7463), I outlined how the threat from Al-Qaida and its associates had evolved over the previous year. I also addressed how the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), concerning Al-Qaida and associated …
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2244 (2015). We particularly welcome the fact that it includes a specific provision to reinforce Somalia’s ability to exercise sovereignty over its natural resources. Disputes between illegal fishing vessels, local fishermen and armed groups concerning the illeg…
