I too would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, , Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his intervention.
Luxembourg welcomes the holding on 25 May of the presidential election, during which the Ukrainian people expressed their will. The election featured a high voter turnout and a …
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing. I welcome the President of Kosovo, Her Excellency Ms. Atifete Jahjaga, and the President of Serbia, His Excellen…
For over three years, Syria has been foundering each day a little further into the horror of an indiscriminate violence that kills in a climate of absolute impunity. That absolute impunity is one of the reasons that the parties to the conflict in Syria continue to engage in a bloodbath in which civi…
I too thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, for his briefing and commitment.
Luxembourg associates itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
The High Representative has painted a bleak picture of the situation in Bosnia and Herz…
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for introducing her seventh report under resolution 1970 (2011). Luxembourg fully supports the objectives that the Prosecutor has presented. I reiterate to her our full support.
After 40 years of dictatorship, bui…
Luxembourg commends the Republic of Korea for taking the initiative to organize this open debate on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004). Your presence, Sir, bears witness to the commitment of your country to the
non-proliferation of weapons of mass destru…
I want to thank Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr. Adama Dieng, Under-Secretary-General Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, for their poignant words, which illustrate both the gravity of the situation in South Sudan and the…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his briefing.
The situation in eastern Ukraine is deteriorating in a worrying manner. Everything must be done so that it does not degenerate into an open conflict with incalculable consequences for international pea…
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Robert Serry, for his briefing.
Luxembourg fully associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
The peace process in the Middle East is at a critical stage. The settlements are expan…
I join others in thanking Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the developments concerning Ukraine. We share his assessment that the situation in eastern Ukraine is deteriorating alarmingly, especially in Kharkiv, Luhansk and in the Donetsk area. We a…
Luxembourg welcomes the Nigerian delegation’s initiative in organizing today’s public debate. The presence here today of the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs emphasizes the importance that Nigeria attaches to security sector reform. Mr. President, we welcome your leadership in the area. I also…
I, too, thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and Ambassador Colin Keating for their statements.
Twenty years ago, despite numerous warnings, the States Members of the United Nations, and in particular of the Security Council, were not been able to take decisive measures that would have put a…
I thank Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, for his briefing.
The discussions of recent weeks in the Council have shown that not all members have the same assessment of the situation in Ukraine. We have often witnessed here a dialogue of the deaf, while an information …
I, too, would like to wish a warm welcome to the Security Council to His Excellency Mr. Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. I thank him for his very clear briefing on his priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organizatio…
Luxembourg welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2139 (2014) on the Syrian humanitarian crisis.
The aim of the resolution is simple: it seeks to protect civilians affected by the conflict in Syria. It demands that rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access be authorized across conflict …
I would like to begin by commending the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for having convened this open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security, a topic that is particularly close to our heart. I also thank the S…
I would like to thank Lithuania for having organized this meeting, and you, Mr. Minister, for your presence, which gives it particular prominence.
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I also wish to welcome to the Council Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Un…
I should like to thank Lithuania for having convened this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict at the beginning of 2014, which will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Security Council’s commitment in the area of the protection of civilians since the adoption of resolution …
Thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize today’s open debate, which comes at a timely moment, at the dawn of the year in which we commemorate the outbreak of the First World War. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Fe…
I thank the French presidency of the Security Council for convening this meeting on the fight against drug trafficking and its consequences for peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel — a topic that clearly deserves the full attention of the Council. I also thank the Secretary-General, the …
