It is a pleasure to see you presiding over our work, Madam Vice-President. At the outset, I would like to thank the member States of the Caribbean Community for resolution 75/275, which is extremely important. The Kingdom of Morocco welcomes its adoption by consensus and its large number of sponsors…
At the outset, I would like to express my thanks and sincere appreciation to His Excellency Ambassador Cheikh Niang and the members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the important role that the Committee plays and its tireless efforts to enable …
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Promotion of a culture of peace and interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace” (A/74/476), in which he emphasizes the prevention of violent extremism as well as the use of medi…
I thank the President for organizing this annual meeting on Security Council reform. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding work done by the previous Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiating process on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the m…
The world’s leaders united around a common cause 30 years ago and made a historic promise to children: to do everything in their power to build a world fit for children and to affirm, protect and promote their rights. As the first legally binding instrument devoted exclusively to the rights of the c…
Mr. President, I wish at the outset to personally congratulate your friendly delegation on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of August; you can rest assured of my delegation’s support. I wish also to congratulate the delegation of Peru on its very successful stewardship during th…
First of all, I would like to thank the President for organizing this formal debate of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect, the third since 2009. Indeed, the inclusion of the responsibility to protect on the official agenda of the United Nations over the past two years reflects the…
It is truly a pleasure, Sir, to see the delegation of your friendly country preside over the work of the Security Council for the month of May. I also thank you for taking the initiative to organize this particularly important open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict under the pr…
I welcome the holding of this meeting as an opportunity to take stock of the activities of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture over the previous year through the consideration of the annual report (A/73/724) of the Peacebuilding Commission. It is also an opportunity to look ahead to the cu…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the important issue of the elimination of sexual violence in times of conflict. I would also like to thank the briefers in this debate for the important information they have given us.
Today’s de…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. The presence among us this morning of the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany is clear testimony to the importance that your country attaches t…
At the outset, allow me to warmly congratulate the sisterly Republic of Equatorial Guinea on its outstanding presidency of the Security Council during this month of February and for its extremely positive contributions to the work of the Council. That you are presiding over this meeting, Mr. Ministe…
For clarification, Morocco had originally nominated two judges and, as the Acting President kindly stated, it has withdrawn the candidature of Mr. Mohammed Benhammou. I wish to confirm that Morocco wishes to maintain the candidature of Mr. Mustapha El Baaj and withdraw the candidature of Mr. Mohamme…
At the outset, allow me to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on the accession of your brotherly and friendly country to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. We thank you for convening and choosing the topic of this debate, which is presided over by Mr. Amon-Tano, t…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on an issue of the utmost importance, that of women and peace and security. I would also like to thank all the briefers for their statements.
Conflicts have devastating consequences for all societies…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom on its successful presidency of the Security Council and for convening this very welcome and long-overdue debate on mediation and the settlement of disputes. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the other distinguished sp…
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for inviting my country to take part in this very important debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his very instructive briefing this morning. The subject of today’s debate has become a source of growing concern for the internat…
At the outset, I would like to thank and congratulate the President on having organized this first formal debate of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect since 2009.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive statement taking stock of …
I welcome this meeting as an opportunity to take stock of the activities of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) during 2017. This kind of assessment also enables us to look at the current year by identifying the aspects to review and challenges to be met. I would first like to congratulate the Republ…
It is a pleasure to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council this month, Madam President, and we would like to thank you for organizing this ministerial-level open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-Gen…
