I would like to express our condolences to the Government and people of Iraq with regard to the recent heinous terrorist attacks in Baghdad and the southern province of Basra.
We also wish to thank Special Representative Mr. Jan Kubiš for his update.
I want to commend the Iraqi security forces and…
We are grateful to Special Envoy De Mistura for his continued efforts and commitment to the political resolution of the Syrian conflict.
We regret the fact that the latest round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva did not bring much progress. A breakthrough did not happen because the main ingredient fo…
Close collaboration between the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; the Security Council
Committee establishe…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for participating in today’s meeting and for her very important and clear-cut position statement.
I would like to…
Ukraine voted in favour of resolution 2351 (2017), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year. While we realize that the resolution does not address all the concerns of some Security Council members, we would like to thank …
North Korea’s advancing nuclear and ballistic-missile programmes represent the most urgent nuclear-proliferation challenge of our time, and I therefore thank the United States presidency and you personally, Sir, for convening today’s ministerial meeting on a very topical issue. I would also like to …
I wish to thank the United States presidency for organizing today’s meeting. Let me also join my colleagues and thank Stephen O’Brien for his briefing and his devoted position.
Syria continues to suffer from a terrible six-year- long war which has left unhealing scars on the Syrian people and has p…
I would like to thank Special Representative Kobler and Ambassador Skoog for their comprehensive briefings. It is disappointing that no substantive progress has been reached in Libya since our last meeting in February (see S/PV.7879). Despite many efforts, the situation has become even more unpredic…
Following the horrible chemical weapons attack in Idlib in Syria on 4 April, we have all had several opportunities to express our
national positions on the matter. Today, Ukraine voted in favour of the draft resolution condemning that heinous crime and demanding its immediate and thorough investiga…
Madam President, I thank you for convening this meeting in the open Chamber.
Let me also thank Special Representative De Mistura for his dedicated efforts and diligent approach as the deep waters of the complex Syria political situation become ever harder to navigate.
Today we are clearly at the l…
I join our colleagues in expressing our solidarity with Egypt and mourning all those who were senselessly killed in recent barbaric terrorist acts. It is indeed sad that we so often have to start our statements in the Chamber by expressing condolences, but we do have to stand together in addressing …
We were also shocked by the terrorist act in Stockholm and express our solidarity with and condolences to Sweden.
First of all, I would like to stress that we came here not to discuss yesterday’s strike by the United States but the consequences of the terrible and deadly chemical-weapons attack of …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for the timely initiative and the opportunity to have a fruitful discussion on the flagship United Nations activity, namely, its peacekeeping operations. We also commend the Secretary-General for continuing the practice of personal briefings to the Security Coun…
First of all, I would like to thank the United Kingdom and France for requesting today’s meeting, and the presidency for promptly convening it.
At the outset, let me recall the statement by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine issued today on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, which reiterate…
I would like to begin by expressing my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the devastating flood and landslide in Mocoa, which left hundreds of people dead, injured or missing.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Col…
I wish to offer my best wishes to you, Madam Presidenet, as you take on the crucial role of Security Council President. I would also like to convey my very special thanks to Ambassador Rycroft and his team for the excellent way they conducted business doing the eventful month of March.
I would also…
We are most grateful to the delegations of France and Italy for raising the subject of protection of cultural heritage in armed conflicts. Events of recent history pushed that issue into the spotlight of the international community. We fully share the main idea of resolution 2347 (2017), adopted tod…
I thank the Secretary- General and the other briefers for their comprehensive presentations. I also commend the United Kingdom for providing a timely opportunity to discuss the further international efforts required to resolve the conflict in the world’s youngest nation.
Basically, and tragically, …
I warmly welcome President Touadéra to the Security Council and thank him for his substantive and result-oriented statement. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous and the Permanent Representative of Morocco, Mr. Omar Hilale, for their informative briefings.
Ukraine reiterates its full …
I would like to thank Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Solíz, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for his briefing. I would also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the work of his predecessor at the helm of the Committee, the Ambassador of Spain, who contrib…
