We would like to thank Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and Mr. John Ging for their briefings, and we commend Mr. Ahmed for his work in his post and his contribution, as well as his efforts to reach a settlement to the conflict in Yemen. We also want to thank the Permanent Representative of Peru for his…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2402 (2018), on the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen mandated by Security Council resolution 2342 (2017) and the renewal of sanctions pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014), and we thank
all the delegations that supported it. Its unanimous …
The Russian Federation will not be able to support draft resolution S/2018/156, proposed by our British colleagues, on the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to paragraph 19 of resolution 2140 (2014) on sanctions against Yemen, but…
Following lengthy consultations, during which the overwhelming majority of delegations demonstrated a sincere focus on seeking joint solutions — for which we thank them — the Security Council has unanimously adopted the humanitarian resolution 2401 (2018), on Syria. I wish to particularly thank the …
We fail to understand, Sir, why you have proposed limiting the statement of the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic on the important issue under discussion. His country is directly involved and where everything being discussed is taking place. We must afford an opportunity for the representat…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for the prompt response to our delegation’s proposal to convene a special meeting on the situation in eastern Ghouta, in Syria. That certainly does not mean that other problematic areas require any less attention. In particular, not long ago, at our initiative,…
I am pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council. We know the significance of today’s date and that it coincides with a momentous occasion. We are also grateful to the two Secretary-Generals for their participation in today’s meeting. I am very happy to see Mr. Ban Ki-moon among us.…
I would first like to express our appreciation to you, Sir, as President of the Security Council, to my colleagues on the Council and to everyone in this Chamber today for the tribute to the memory of Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin, the late Permanent Representative of Russia, exactly a year since he was …
We thank Mr. De Mistura for his briefing. It was very interesting to hear his assessment of the results of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress, held in Sochi on 29 and 30 January. His participation on behalf of the United Nations lent the event particular significance. The Congress was a success, …
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s briefing. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Voronkov, who is now directing the work of preparing the Secretary-General’s strategic reports on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
We studied the report …
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and we share the grave concerns he expressed about the state of affairs in Kosovo. We would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, …
I would like to begin by welcoming our new colleague, Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China. Unfortunately, he is not here. Needless to say, our greetings will be conveyed to him and we want to congratulate him on his new appointment and wish him every succ…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, at the beginning of your presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I wish you every success. We also thank Ms. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We trust that, with the assistance of the United Nations Office for Project …
We thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his substantive briefing on the situation regarding a Middle East settlement.
The Palestinian issue remains at the epicentre of instability in the Middle East and North Africa. The Russian Federation has cons…
I am taking the floor to further clarify our position. It is a pity that my friend Mrs. Haley has left the Chamber. She mentioned that we convened this meeting today on short notice, for which I apologize. As I recall, however, we have frequently been convened by Mrs. Haley’s call, and we are ready …
I should like at the outset to apologize to the members of the Security Council and the Secretariat for the fact that I ruined their siesta today.
We have requested the convening of an open meeting of the Security Council because the issue that we intend to raise is far too important for the discus…
Like other members of the Security Council, I too am pleased to see the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan presiding over today’s meeting, which is dedicated to strengthening confidence-building measures. Unfortunately, around the world and in the Security Council in particular, there is ind…
I had wanted to congratulate you, Mr. President, on beginning your duties on 9 January, at our first regular Security Council meeting of the new year, but the United States delegation has left me no choice but to do it today. That also applies to the Council’s new members, whom I am glad to see in t…
I will be very brief. I am not going to get into a substantive discussion with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. I just want to say that I am glad that there are a lot of people in the Chamber today, because they have been able to see for themselves the Ukrainian delegation’s lack of respect for the …
We thank you, Mr. Kono, for presiding over our meeting today, and the Secretary-General for his
briefing on the situation on the Korean peninsula. There can be no doubt that we are experiencing one of the most acute and dramatic phases in the evolving situation there. We can say without exaggeratio…
