I would like to express our gratitude to all the members of the Security Council for their contributions, support and comments and for the confidence they placed in New Zealand during the process of preparing this report.
At the request of Council members, this year we revised the approach that had…
We thank Jordan for having convened today’s meeting and thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun for his briefing.
New Zealand is deeply concerned at the recent violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, of which the attempted arson at Joseph’s Tomb is the latest example. In the…
We, too, would like to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women, and the three civil society representatives for their briefings. I would like to
commend in particular Ms. Lusenge, Ms. Mohammed and Ms. Murabit for their direct messages and for the challenges they have laid ou…
I would first like to congratulate Spain and your delegation, Mr. President, as you take on the work of the presidency of the Council this month. You can be assured that New Zealand will do all it can to support you. I would also like to thank and commend the Russian delegation for the very calm and…
We thank Special Representative Haysom and Executive Director Fedotov for their briefings. We thank and extend our heartfelt congratulations to Ambassador Tanin for the work he has done for Afghanistan and for the wider membership during his time in New York. We wish him well in his new assignment.
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New Zealand also thanks Nigeria for convening this meeting, and the Secretary-General for his briefing and for staying with us this morning. We are strong advocates of the role of regional organizations and of the need for cooperation between the United Nations, especially the Security Council, and …
We congratulate Nigeria on its initiative in arranging today’s briefing. Ebola was and remains a truly global threat. It is fitting that the Security Council was, and has remained, involved in dealing with that threat and in ensuring international preparedness in dealing with any recurrence of Ebola…
New Zealand was pleased to support and co-sponsor resolution 2235 (2015), which we have just adopted.
Chemical weapons are an appalling weapon. The international community showed its revulsion of these weapons and its determination to stamp them out in the negotiation and adoption of the Chemical W…
Let me too begin by congratulating the representative of Malaysia on his presidency and his hard-working team on their effectiveness this month. My team was so keen that I should offer my personal reflections that they declined to give me formal remarks for this debate, so I am going to see how I go…
I thank the Prosecutor for her report and briefing.
We are deeply concerned about the situation in Darfur. As the report clearly illustrates, the past six months have seen an increase in violence against civilians, including a significant increase in aerial bombardments and rape on a scale never pr…
I would like to thank Nicholas Haysom, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ambassador Tanin for their briefings.
We want to begin by commending the Prime Minister and Chief Executive of the Government of Afghanistan for the progress they have made in establishing a new represen…
Foreign Minister Aman, we are honoured to have you presiding over the Council and guiding us today.
New Zealand welcomes Malaysia’s initiative in bringing this item before the Council. It builds usefully on the open debate held under France’s presidency in March (see S/PV.7414), when we provided an…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and the Force Commanders, whom we commend for the frankness of their assessments, as befits the seasoned professional leaders they clearly are.
I would also like to acknowledge and pay tribute to all who serve the United Nations, especially thos…
At our joint Council briefing in May 2014 (see S/PV.7184), Ambassador Gary Quinlan — the then Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities — raised the issue of the evolving nature of the threat po…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman and Mr. Hug for their briefings today. It is important to note the positive elements in those briefings, in particular that the ceasefire had generally been holding — if imperfectly and with frequent violations.
But as they have also told the Council, there …
I wish at the outset to congratulate Malaysia on its assumption of the presidency and thank the Ambassador of Lithuania for their very effective conduct of our business last month.
New Zealand reaffirms its strong support for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Inter…
Since Ambassador Gary Quinlan of Australia briefed the Council in November 2014 (see S/PV.7316), the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities has continued to devote special focus to the issue of foreign ter…
I too would like to thank Special Representative Zarif for his briefing and welcome Deputy Prime Ministers Dačić and Thaçi to this debate.
New Zealand strongly encourages dialogue between Belgrade and Pristine, and the European Union’s support for this process. We commend the leaders of Serbia and …
New Zealand has supported today’s resolution 2220 (2015) in both its concept and its details since Lithuania first proposed it. We see the resolution as important because of the gains it makes in an area too little discussed by the Security Council. We thank Lithuania for taking forward the initiati…
Madam President, I am pleased and honoured to take part in this debate under your leadership. I look forward to getting to know my other colleagues on the Council as soon as possible.
The problem of small arms and light weapons is extremely important but also very difficult. One reason that it is d…
