We appreciate both of today’s briefings, which only add to the extremely gloomy picture we have all been seeing for many months now. The situation in Syria is a cause of continuing concern. After six years of conflict there, we are still not seeing any viable progress towards a political solution. T…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2319 (2016), which extends the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism for a one-year period.
Ukraine commends the Joint Investigative Mechanism’s efforts aimed at executing its mandate based on the principles of impartiality, objectivity and ind…
First of all, I would like to thank today’s briefers for their contributions to our debate. I am also grateful to you, Mr. President, for focusing our deliberations on this particular subject. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is active in various fields, and today we are discussing coop…
I also thank the Special Envoy for Yemen and the other briefers for their updates.
Needless to say, the briefers draw a grim picture of the significant deteriorating of the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which is a cause of grave concern for all of us. The ongoing conflict has only aggravated the…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2314 (2016) and commend the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for its efforts in executing its mandate based on the principles of impartiality, objectivity and independence. All four JIM repo…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor this time and not preventing our delegation from taking the floor today, like you did so skilfully yesterday, using your prerogative as President and showing no respect to my delegation.
I thank Mr. O’Brien very much for his sobering briefing, whi…
Ukraine has consistently supported the Middle East peace process and the principle of a two-State solution with Israel and Palestine coexisting in peace and security. The lack of direct dialogue and an almost non-existent political process create an extremely unpredictable and explosive situation. T…
Ukraine voted against draft resolution S/2016/847, proposed by the Russian Federation, for the following reasons. We simply do not agree with tactics that aim to divert attention from the solid and meaningful draft resolution S/2016/846,
which could have affected the situation on the ground and hel…
Ukraine co-sponsored and voted in favour of the draft resolution contained in document S/2016/846. We commend the hard work carried out by the French and Spanish delegations in drafting and negotiating it.
We are extremely dismayed, but not surprised, by the fact that all these efforts were, in the…
I thank the delegations of the United States, United Kingdom and France for the initiative to hold today’s briefing, and the presidency for promptly responding to their request. We are also grateful to Special envoy Staffan de Mistura for his candid assessment and his courage.
The latest turn of ev…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting under this format, which is in line with our recent collective discussion on how to modernize some of the working methods of the Security Council.
Ukraine consistently supports the Middle East peace process and the principle of a two-State s…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, for his briefing and to express our full support for the important role played by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and all the United Nations agencies…
The Ukrainian delegation decided to co-sponsor resolution 2307 (2016), adopted today, for the following reasons.
Ukraine welcomes the Final Agreement for the Termination of Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace reached between the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 2304 (2016), as we believe that the Security Council can no longer watch idly the accelerating collapse of the security and political situation in South Sudan. The enhancement of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the dep…
Ukraine appreciates the Malaysian initiative to hold this open debate on children and armed conflict. It is timely and symbolic, considering that this year we are marking the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and …
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and the Japanese delegation for the effective presidency this month and welcoming the adoption of resolution 2303 (2016), which is an important prevention resolution. We would like to express our gratitude to the French delegation for its hard work …
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. We consider today’s deliberations and presidential statement S/PRST/2016/12 to be an important step towards the practical implementation of resolution 2282 (2016), on post-conflict peacebuildin…
To say the least, the humanitarian situation in Syria remains of grave concern to us. The regime and its allies continue to pursue their own military objectives with complete and cynical disregard for the still-existing cessation of hostilities and their obligations under the May statement of the In…
At the outset, I would like to commend Japan’s consistent and fruitful efforts during its previous and current memberships of the Security Council to streamline the work of the Council.
In recent years, we have seen some positive trends within the Council in the area of its working methods. First, …
I thank the Secretary- General and the Permanent Representative of Spain, Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi, acting in his capacity
as facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for providing comprehensive and substantial reports, which contribute to raising general awareness on the Jo…
