At the outset, I congratulate you, Sir, on the dynamic manner with which Senegal has presided over the Security Council this month. I also thank today’s briefers, whose statements allow for a better understanding of what is at stake with regard to water management throughout the world.
As was the c…
On behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of my country, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for the honour that was done him by inviting him to this high-level meeting. However, owing to scheduling constraints, he is unable to take part in this meeting and has therefore instructed me to convey …
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on France’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. It is a great pleasure for my delegation to take part in this debate on sexual violence in conflict situations. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2016/361), and t…
The Security Council has just unanimously adopted resolutions 2283 (2016) and 2284 (2016) in which, respectively, it lifts the sanctions regime concerning my country and extends the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) for a final term, until June 2017.
Мy delegation wel…
At the outset, I would like to convey to you, Mr. President, my sincere and warm congratulations on China’s accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I am confident that your experience and leadership will be valuable assets when heading up the work of the Council w…
I wish at the outset, Sir, to reiterate the congratulations of my Government on the election of your country to the Security Council as a non-permanent member, as well as on your first month in the Council and your accession to its presidency. It is my great pleasure to note that your country now ch…
On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, and myself, I, like the Heads of State and Government who have preceded me in this Hall, would like to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on your election to the
presidency of the General Assembly at…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the Security Council for the attention given to Côte d’Ivoire for more than a decade following the political and military crisis that took place in the country. My thanks also go to the Secretary-General and, through him, to his Special Representative…
At the outset, as this is the first time that I take the floor in the Security Council as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to the United Nations, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, and the organ that you lead for the sustained attention paid to my country since the di…
We are gathered here once again to discuss Security Council reform. But what is there left to say that has not already been said in the six years that we have been considering this matter?
We all know what is being asked of us — to consider the question of equitable representation in and increase i…
In the Algiers Declaration, adopted in July 1999 at the end of their summit, the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) reaffirmed their responsibility for ensuring peace and stability on the African continent and for establishing institutions to promote balanced an…
I would like to take this opportunity, as we discuss the report of the Security Council, to make a few comments and suggestions concerning the matters examined by the
By Article 24 of the Charter the members of the Organization confer upon the Security Council the primary responsibility for the mai…
