It is a great pleasure for me to address the Security Council in the presence of His Excellency President Faustin Archange Touadéra, whom I welcome to the Chamber. His presence here provides us with a unique opportunity not only to update the Council on the progress made, but also to take a moment t…
The Security Council has before it the report (S/2017/94) of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). I should lik…
I am grateful for this opportunity to present the latest report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali (S/2016/1137) to the members of the Security Council, and to review with them the most recent developments in the country.
I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integratio…
Today I would like to touch chiefly on the most salient aspects of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/1109) that the Council has before it and the main events that have occurred since it was issued.
First — with regard to the situation on the ground and since the announcement in September …
One of two timely questions was asked concerning Abyei, regarding which we must be aware of the fact that, despite several political commitments that were made five and a half years ago, there is still no joint police force there. The United Nations and the United Nations Interim Security Force for …
With your permission, Mr. President, I think it would be a good idea to ask each of our four Police Commissioners to respond — briefly, I would emphasize — to the questions specifically aimed at them, after which I
could complement their answers. I think that would be more logical.
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the Senegalese presidency for this fresh opportunity for dialogue with police officials as part of the annual week for United Nations police in New York — a week that is always, and perhaps even more so this year, an opportunity to discuss all the challenges o…
The Council has before it the report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/824) on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) . I would like to bri…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your invitation to brief the Security Council along with my colleague and friend Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare, on the overall developments in the situation in Mali. I take this opportunity to welcome the new Permanent Representative of Mali, Mr. Issa Konfourou.
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I should like to thank you, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Darfur. The latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/812), issued on 27 September, provides updates on the main developments in the situation. I should therefore like to focus toda…
I shall introduce the special report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic (S/2016/565), which is based largely on the recommendations of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and elaborated in close cooperation with the authorities of the Central A…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this new opportunity to present a briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Darfur and the activities of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
The special report (see S/2016/510) of the Secretary- General and of the Chairperson …
On behalf of the Secretary-General, I wish to thank Egypt and you, Sir, for bringing us together today for this timely discussion.
I will limit myself to making four points.
First, on this tenth anniversary of the annual consultations between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Se…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to present to the Security Council the report of the Secretary- General on South Sudan (S/2106/341) and to provide an update on the most recent developments.
In general, the situation is very worrying, but we must note that, in the past 48 …
Mr. President, you have before you the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/305) on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), which presents t…
Council members will recall that in its report last year (see S/2015/446), the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations indicated that the peacekeeping operations of recent
years have tended to last longer than in the past and that it is therefore all the more important to conclude their va…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this new opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Darfur and the activities of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/268), which you have before you, Sir, provides an upda…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to brief the Council on the situation in Mali, just a short time after the important visit that the Council carried out in Mali and in the West African subregion at the beginning of the month of March. I should like also to welcome t…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the most recent developments in the situation in Darfur, in particular those that have occurred since the issuance of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/1027), on 24 December last.
The devel…
Allow me to begin by reiterating to you, Mr. President, and to other members my warmest congratulations on acceding to the Security Council. I am pleased at the prospect of what I am certain will be a fruitful collaboration.
I am pleased also to present the latest report of the Secretary-General on…
