Allow me to make this statement on behalf of the three African States members of the Security Council, namely, Angola,
Chad and Nigeria. The African group also associates itself with the contents of the present resolution and vote.
Let me begin by acknowledging the efforts deployed by the Lithuani…
I would like first of all to congratulate you, Madam, on your presidency and to thank you for organizing this debate on an issue of the utmost importance, given its harmful consequences to the lives of so many people.
We thank the Secretary-General for his insightful and detailed report on this iss…
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 2218 (2015), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. I am speaking in explanation of vote in my capacity as coordinator of the African State Members of the Security Council, that is, Angola, Chad a…
I would like to begin by congratulating you personally, Mr. President, and your delegation for your efficient guidance of the Council’s work and for the productive month of March under your presidency.
One of the highlights of the monthly programme was the Security Council’s mission to Africa — whi…
Mr. President, allow me to commend you for holding this timely open debate on the critical issue of children in armed
conflict, with particular emphasis on child victims of non-State armed groups.
We welcome and thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, and we equally thank the Special Represen…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Honoré for her briefing to the Council. I am glad to see her again after our visit to Haiti, and I take this opportunity to thank her for the hospitality
afforded to the Security Council mission, as well as for her c…
I should like to once again express my great appreciation for the conduct of this mission of the Security Council, which, again, as you, Mr. President, just mentioned, visited the Central African Republic and then the African Union in Addis Ababa. I should like to report on the African Union segment…
My delegation commends, with thanks, the French presidency for convening this briefing on the cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union (EU). We thank the Secretary-General for his remarks this morning. Let me warmly welcome Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign…
I would like to start by thanking Ms. Kyung-wha Kang and Mr. António Guterres for their very comprehensive briefings about the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, and also for their tireless efforts to ease the suffering of the many civilians affected by this civil war. Angola highly…
May I start by conveying our appreciation for your efficient and productive presidency of the Security Council during the month of January. I wish to commend you, Sir, for your poise in presiding over our work.
In 2015, we continue to face significant challenges, with persistent conflicts provoking…
We welcome the convening of this meeting this afternoon, and thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for the very in-depth briefing that he provided to the Council.
The crisis in Ukraine has serious consequences for the political, economic and social stability of its people, and we agree that all pea…
Allow me again to express my great satisfaction, Sir, at seeing you presiding over a meeting of the Security Council. I also thank Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen for his very interesting and comprehensive briefing to the Council this morning.
I would like to start by clearly stating our position on this situ…
I welcome you, Mr. President, back to New York and back to a debate on a theme that you addressed with distinction when you were Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. I would also like thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his very insightful briefing this morning. He made a very important co…
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Angola, I avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and to assure him of the support of my country in the fulfilment of his mission. It is our belie…
It is an honour and a privilege, as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to share with the Assembly information on the regional status of HIV/AIDS, current interventions and challenges impeding our efforts to intensify our response.
SADC aligns itself with the statement deliv…
I am addressing the Council on behalf of the members of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP): Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor- Leste and my own country, Angola, which is the current President of the Community.
At the outset, I w…
I address the Security Council on behalf of the member
countries of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP): Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor- Leste and my country, Angola, which is the current President of the Community.
I would l…
I have the honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the States members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), namely, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, the United Republic o…
It gives me great pleasure to make this statement on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly. I think this sixty-sixth session is going to be a very historic event. Let me …
On behalf of the member States of the Community of Portuguese- speaking Countries (CPLP) — Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste — I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/65/L.23/Rev.2, entitled “Cooperation between the Unite…
