Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, for his informative
briefing, and Ambassador Skoog for his presentation on the work of the Secu…
I would like to welcome you here today, Sir, and to commend the presidency’s leadership. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Mark Lowcock for his comprehensive but once again alarming update.
Like many around this table, we share a sense of urgency on this issue, especially followin…
I would like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock and Mr. David Beasley for their very comprehensive briefings. I would also like to congratulate the Netherlands, treasurer of the Group of Friends on Food and Nutrition Security, for initiating a series of discussions on conflict and hunger. We need to continue…
At the outset, I would like to thank today’s briefers, Deputy Secretary- General Amina Mohammed, Mr. Mohammed Bila and Ms. Chitra Nagarajan, for their very comprehensive statements. I also thank the President for convening today’s meeting to discuss the situation in the Lake Chad basin region.
Pola…
At the beginning, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative. I express our gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for his very comprehensive briefing.
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I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Ms. Jeanine Bandu Bahati for her contribution, …
I would like to thank the representative of the United Kingdom for his initiative to convene today’s meeting.
Poland is gravely concerned about the use of a nerve agent in an attempt to murder Mr. Sergei Skripal and Ms. Yulia Skripal, which endangered the lives of innocent civilians. Poland has alw…
In accordance with paragraph 3 (a) of resolution 1591 (2005), I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the work of the Sudan Sanctions Committee, covering the period from 8 December 2017 to 14 March 2018. I am pleased to deliver this first briefing as Chair of the Committee back to back wi…
Let me thank the Secretary General for his comprehensive, but again very worrying and alarming, update.
Like many around this table, we share a sense of urgency, especially following the adoption of resolution 2401 (2018). We also see how difficult it is to implement resolution 2401 (2018) on the …
Allow me to start by thanking you, Madam President, for presiding over today’s meeting. We greatly appreciate it. I would also like to commend the Kingdom of the Netherlands for its efforts as penholder in today’s adoption of resolution 2405 (2018). I appreciate the presence of our briefers: Special…
I would first like to thank Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano for his comprehensive briefing. We could not agree more with the idea of relaunching the spirit of Helsinki, and he can count on our support this year. We fully support the priorities of this year’s Italian chairship of the Organization fo…
At the outset, allow me to welcome the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Léonard She Okitundu, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am also very pleased to welcome Ms. Leila Zerrougui and to congratulate her fo…
I very much appreciate today’s clear and informative briefings by Mr. Lowcock and Mr. Feltman, and I would like to share a few thoughts from Poland’s point of view.
Since the Council’s adoption on Saturday of resolution 2401 (2018), we have been seeing yet more extremely worrying developments on th…
I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Yemen, for his comprehensive briefing and his efforts in supporting Yemen’s return to a peaceful political transition. I appreciate the very objective briefing by Mr. John Ging, Director o…
We highly commend the work of Sweden and Kuwait as co-penholders on the humanitarian resolution for Syria — resolution 2401 (2018) — who did their best to accommodate the concerns of all Security Council members.
On Wednesday I stressed that it is the Council’s responsibility to not fail in stoppin…
I would like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock for his briefing.
As our Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, stated yesterday with regard to eastern Ghouta, there is no justification for the indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians, including children, or on civilian infrastructure, suc…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement. We thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his comprehensive briefing. We are also pleased to welcome President Mahmoud Ab…
First of all, I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Modibo Touré and Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their useful briefings.
Poland i…
I would like to begin by thanking our briefers, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Mr. Filippo
Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for their informative briefings.
We are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation of the displaced R…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today’s important briefing on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. We also appreciate the excellent presentation by His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov for his briefing on the report of the Secretary- General (S/2018/80) on the threat posed by Da’esh to international peace and security. Allow me to share a few thoughts.
As a result of coordinated combat operations, the Islamic State i…
