Today, we celebrate all women and girls, their achievements, contributions and spirit of steel with a determined will to make the world a better place. I wish everyone a Happy International Women’s Day.
I would like to congratulate the United Arab Emirates on acceding to the presidency of the Secur…
Jordan has been following with concern the developments and escalating tensions in Ukraine. We reiterate the need for the international community and all parties concerned to spare no effort to exercise self-restraint, achieve de-escalation and resolve the conflict through peaceful means, so as to r…
I would like to extend our profound thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his comprehensive briefing.
Jordan again emphasizes the importance of providing ongoin…
I would first like to thank the delegation of the United States of America for this initiative and for having convened this very important meeting. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson; Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC…
I would first like to thank the Permanent Representative of Spain for his excellent presentation and for his role in leading the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I would also like to thank the Panel of Experts for their work in preparing the latest report.
We are now nearin…
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, the Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Ertuğrul Apakan, the Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the Office for the Co…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Judge Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Judge Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); and Judge Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, …
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting on peace and security in the Sahel. We also thank Ms. Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, for her briefing and for the efforts she directs to marshall the needed support for the…
I wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the High- Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing and for his report (S/2015/841, annex) on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for the positive developments set out in his reoprt with reg…
I would like to extend my thanks to Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing and for the tenth report submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). Jordan reiterates its support for the ICC, which is a critical pillar in the p…
I too wish to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for their briefings. We also thank the representative of Afghanistan for his statement and wish him every success in his…
I too wish to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his in-depth briefing and for all his efforts over the past few years. We wish him every success in his future endeavours.
I welcome Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affair…
I would like to thank all the briefers: Mr. Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions; Ms. Nikamitsu, Assistant Secretary- General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and Ms. Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gene…
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his valuable briefing. I would also like to thank the presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important meeting.
At present, the world faces great changes and transformations in the structure of the interna…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Spain for the information provided and his leadership in chairing the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I also thank the Panel of Experts for the preparation of the report (S/2015/401,…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing.
Afghanistan is going through a crucial phase in its history. It is facing a series of ongoing, new and renewed challenges. Accordingly, the international community must work towards pr…
I would like first of all to welcome you, Mr. President, to the Security Council, and to thank you for giving us this opportunity to discuss the important issue of the protection of children in armed conflict. We also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; his Special Representative for Child…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity for us to take part in this very constructive discussion. I would also like to thank the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, as well as the Chie…
I would like to begin by thanking the Chairs of the three Committees for their briefings, which illustrated the very constructive role they play in the fight against the threat that terrorism poses to international peace and security.
Despite all the international community’s efforts, including tho…
