First of all, I thank Poland, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for holding this emergency meeting. We also express our gratitude for the sympathy and
condolences expressed by all members of the Security Council during the minute of silence honouring our martyrs. We thank Counci…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting, and the Secretary-General for his report (A/72/707) pursuant to the 2016 resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council on the review of the peacebuilding architecture (resolutions 70/262 and 2262 (2016…
On behalf of the State of Palestine. I congratulate Peru on its presidency of the Security Council and on its skilled leadership of the Council at this critical time.
Today, I must also express sincere condolences to the Council and to the Permanent Mission, Government and people of Côte d’Ivoire, …
Allow me at the outset to thank Kuwait for requesting this emergency meeting, and you, Sir, for accommodating that request in a very speedy manner.
I also want to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs for his briefing at the beginning of this meeting.
Before I deliver my stat…
First of all, I thank Japan in its capacity as President of the Security Council for convening this important meeting. We also thank the 14 Security Council members who voted in favour of draft resolution S/2017/1060 and recognized the urgency of this matter and the need for serious follow-up and ac…
I would like to thank Japan in its capacity as President of the Security Council for the leadership it has shown in convening this emergency meeting. I also express our gratitude to the eight members of the Council — Egypt, Bolivia, France, Italy, Senegal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Uruguay — wh…
It is with a sombre spirit that we gather in the General Assembly today
in this debate on the question of Palestine, 70 years after the Assembly’s adoption of resolution 181 (II), on the decision to partition Palestine against the will and rights of the Palestinian people, which led to Al-Nakba in …
At the outset, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on children and armed conflict (S/2017/821),
which focuses on grave violations. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict and the experts for the…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, for her report to the General Assembly (see A/72/349). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on cooperation between the United Nations and the I…
We thank France for organizing this important meeting, and extend our appreciation to the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary- General, the Executive Director of UN-Women, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, and the Secretary-General of the International Organization of la Francophonie …
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and on France’s able guidance and leadership of the Council this month. I also thank
Mr. Jaroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing and updates to the Council.
W…
Mr. President, I congratulate you on your assumption of the Security Council presidency this month, confident of China’s skilled leadership and guidance of the Council’s important work. I also wish to thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Special Represen…
At the outset, I congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, confident of the United States’ skilled guidance of the Council’s important work. I also express our appreciation to the United Kingdom for its leadership of the Council in the month of …
On behalf of the State of Palestine, I extend our warm congratulations to the friendly country of Sweden on its election to the Security Council, and we thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate under Sweden’s presidency. We thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Mi…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I express the State of Palestine’s sincere appreciation for the principled efforts you have exerted, in both
your national capacity as well as in Spain’s capacity as President of the Security Council for this month.
The Council’s ac…
We have taken note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people” (A/71/87), which covers the period from April 2015 to March 2016. I thank all those who contributed to preparing the report, which sheds light on the quality and quantity of the services and ass…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your principled statement and for the convening of this important General Assembly debate, which coincides with the thirty-ninth annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On this solemn day, as we reflect upon the painful, g…
At the outset, I extend Palestine’s congratulations to the Russian Federation on its ascension to the presidency of the Security Council and our appreciation for convening of this important debate today. I thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Persona…
At the outset, I congratulate the delegation of Japan on its skilled leadership as President of the Security Council and I express my appreciation for the convening of this important open debate. I also thank His Excellency Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for being with us today and for his valuable …
At the outset. I wish to warmly congratulate the brotherly country of the Arab Republic of Egypt on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I wish its delegation all success in upholding its solemn responsibilities, and I remain confident of its skilled leadership. We ex…
