We thank France for having organized this debate. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing. I reiterate my Government’s respect for her leadership and the ongoing support that she provides to the consolidation of peace and democracy in Hai…
Mr. President, I thank you for organizing this timely debate and for composing a sensible concept note (S/2015/87, annex). We deeply appreciate the Chinese proposal to reflect on the norms and values enshrined by the Charter of the United Nations. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General fo…
Mr. President, I congratulate you and the Mission of Chile for having organized this meeting and for having drawn up a very informative concept note (S/2015/32, annex).
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I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Kyung-wha Kang, as well as Ms. Helen Durham and Ms. Il…
At the outset, I congratulate the brotherly Republic of Chile on having organized this meeting, chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Heraldo Muñoz.
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I thank Assistant Secretary-General ad interim Jens Toyberg-Frandzen for his briefing. Brazil also wishes to acknowledge the int…
Thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s debate. It is a pleasure working under your leadership. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the African Union High Representative for Mali and Sahel for their briefings, and like those before me, to express our condolences to all those stricken…
One of the most significant challenges of our time is the increased poverty and inequality within and among countries. The eradication of poverty and inequality cannot be accomplished through anti-poverty programmes alone, as it requires changes in economic structures in order to ensure access to re…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Australia and President of the Security Council for the month of November, Ambassador Gary Quinlan, for presenting the annual report of the Security Council (A/69/2), which covers a period of int…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for inviting me to address the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Miguel Trovoada for his b…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Four (G4) countries: Brazil, Germany, India and Japan.
I would like to start by thanking you, Sir, for your letter of 10 November, in which you announced the appointment of the Permanent Representative of Jamaica, Ambassador Cour…
First of all, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly and to affirm Brazil’s full cooperation during your term in office. I also wish to thank you for having convened this important meeting today. I wish to reiterate my delegation’s appr…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting in an open debate format. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola and the representative of Médecins Sans Frontières. Let me also a…
I would lik to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Sandra Honoré for her briefing. I reiterate my Government’s appreciation and respect for her leadership and consistent support for the consolidation of peace and democra…
Speaking on behalf of Nicaragua as well as Brazil, we recognize your leadership, Mr. President, and the excellent work of the co-Chairs of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, Ambassadors Kamau and Kőrösi, who were essential to the achievement of what we consider the groundbreaki…
I thank the President for convening this debate on an important matter. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui, Mr. Hérve Ladsous, Ms. Yoka Brandt and Mr. Forest Whitaker for their enlightening briefings. I am also grateful for the touching briefin…
Thank you, Mr. President, for your statement, your leadership and your commitment to move the process forward.
As highlighted in the group of four letter addressed to you, Mr. President, on 15 August, we would like to reaffirm our view that rollover decision 68/557, which was just adopted and is a …
We welcome this opportunity to highlight the importance of diplomatic tools in a world where we so often see a hastened resort to coercive measures.
I also thank the Secretary-General and Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay for their briefings. I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Pil…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, and the Secretary-General for his briefing. Brazil fully supports the Secretary- General’s visit to the Middle East. We are confident that it will help bring about a ceasefire and respect for international humanitarian law. Brazil also expresse…
I wish to commend the President for having organized this important High-level Meeting on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for transmitting the insightful rep…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on a topic of paramount importance to the United Nations in general, and the Security Council, in particular. United Nations Members need to be fully aware of the constant evolution of peacekeeping operations in practical and conceptual term…
I would like to commend the report presented by the Secretary-General, entitled “Towards ending the AIDS epidemic: meeting the 2015 targets and planning for the post-2015 era” (A/68/825). As the Secretary-General stresses in his report, the advances observed in the past 30 years are impressive. The …
