Allow me to thank Chile for organizing this open debate on the protection of civilians, and for choosing to focus on the specific needs of women and girls in armed conflict and post-conflict settings.
Luxembourg fully associates itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union.
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I should like to congratulate Chile on having organized this open debate on the topic of inclusive development, which is of fundamental importance to the maintenance of international peace and security. The Secretary- General, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and Ms. Leymah Gbowee, recipien…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for taking the necessary steps to ensure that the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea could be formally placed on the Council’s agenda and this briefing meeting held at the request of 10 members of the Council, including my cou…
As 2014 draws to a close and the Chadian presidency of the Security Council reaches the end of its term, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your entire team for the excellent role you have played in guiding our work.
Since this is the last wrap-up session in which we are taking part as a no…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Nicholas Haysom, for his briefing. I wish him a warm welcome to the Council in his new role. I also thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanista…
I should like at the outset to join those who have condemned in the firmest possible manner today’s cowardly terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, which killed many innocent children and wounded numerous others. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the families of the victims and to …
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for the presentation of her twentieth report on the situation in Darfur and the judicial proceedings in progress.
Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of the referral to the International Criminal Court by th…
I thank Chad for having convened this meeting devoted to the Sahel under its presidency of the Security Council. My thanks also go to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Ms. Guebre Sellassie, for her briefing on the progress achieved in the implementation of the United Nations integrated str…
I thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for
their reports (see S/2014/546, S/2014/556, S/2014/827 and S/2014/829) and comprehensive briefings on the work of the Tribunals and stra…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this briefing, which allows me to review the work accomplished as Chair of two subsidiary bodies of the Security Council in 2013 and 2014.
I would like to begin by sharing my ideas as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution …
Before getting to the main part of my statement, I would first like to congratulate you, Sir, and all your team warmly on your conduct of our work during this month. I would also like to thank you for organizing this useful synthesis meeting. In your concept note for the meeting, you asked us not ju…
I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize this briefing. Luxembourg shares Australia’s view of the importance of a proper implementation of the sanctions imposed by the Security Council. That is even more important now, as the number of sanctions regimes has ne…
Like the previous speakers, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Ambassador Oh Joon, for his presentation and for the dedication shown by him and his team in chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past two years. While t…
We thank our United States colleague Samantha Power for having requested the convening of this debate. We hope that the continued commitment of the Security Council and the General Assembly will provide the support necessary to the ongoing efforts to defeat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. I would…
I too would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General ad interim for Political Affairs, Mr. Jens Anders Toyberg- Frandzen, for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission, and Am…
Let me first of all congratulate you, Madam President, and your entire team on the manner in which you have conducted our work in a month that has proved especially rich in activity. I also wish to thank you for convening this wrap-up meeting on our work for the month; the added value of such meetin…
I welcome this important meeting at the request of Jordan, following an urgent request by the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine. I wish to thank Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his briefing.
The situation is serious. The Israeli project to expand …
I thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, for her briefing and for conveying the message of the Secretary-General. I also thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Edmond Mule…
I too would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović, for their briefings.
Luxembourg is deeply concerned by the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine, especially in…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate. Under the leadership of Argentina and your dynamic leadership, the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions has produced significant results, contributing to greater transparency and efficiency in the Council…
