We thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura and his team for briefing us today. I find it incredible that we should have to rehearse, for the benefit of the Syrian authorities, why the United Nations needs to be involved in Syria. It is not a matter of national sovereignty that there are over 1 million refugees…
We thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for choosing this important topic for an open debate today. We also thank the two Ministers for joining us. I found their briefings very powerful and it is excellent that they have given up time to be with us today. Minister Wallström is a very freque…
I thank the Chairperson of the independent international fact- finding mission on Myanmar for that compelling, shocking and moving briefing.
As I said on behalf of the nine Council members that called for this meeting, the briefing we heard today concerns allegations of the gravest crimes against i…
I would like to make a statement on behalf of the United Kingdom, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Sweden and the United States of America.
Mr. President, we have read carefully the letter that you and other colleagues sent on 18 October (S/2018/938). We have requested …
I apologize to Mark Lowcock that a previous engagement delayed my arrival to the Chamber, but I thank him very much for another sobering briefing. It is very good that the United Nations can report swiftly to the Council, in line with resolution 2417 (2018), whenever the risk of conflict- induced fa…
I want to join others in thanking Special Coordinator Mr. Mladenov for his briefing and for the work that he and his team do on the ground. I want also to thank Mr. El-Ad. Like the French and Swedish representatives, we think it is important
that the voices of civil society can be heard in this Cha…
I want to take the floor again to make the following point. It is good that under rule 37 we can hear from Members of the United Nations that are not currently serving on the Security Council. But I really do think that delegations that speak under rule 37 should speak to the agenda item at hand. Th…
I thank the Special Envoy for his briefing and for all the work that he and his team do on the ground. I learn with personal regret of his intention to move on, much as I understand the reasons, and I will come back to that, if I may.
However, the Council and the entire United Nations owe him a tre…
Like other colleagues, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having brought this subject back to the Security Council’s attention. I think that we have heard a lot of common themes today. While natural resources often bring great benefits to a country, they can also contribute to the outbreak of c…
I thank you, Madam President, for scheduling this important briefing today. I thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock. To pick up on one of his points, I also want to thank him for everything that his workers are doing on the ground, as well as all the other relevant United Nations agencies. I wa…
I thank the Special Coordinator once again for his briefing and for the work that he is doing to improve the situation and bring it closer to peace, as well as for all the hard work of his teams on the ground.
The United Kingdom remains committed to achieving a two-State solution, leading to a safe…
Welcome you back to New York, Mr. President. I thank our two briefers, the Special Envoy and the Under-Secretary-General. Let me also repeat the thanks of colleagues for everything their teams do on the ground to help the people of Syria, who need them more than ever. We are very conscious this is a…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and, through him, the entire team in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for the work they do. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for reminding us of the Kofi Annan story about the young girl. It is…
I would like to echo the Kuwaiti and Equatorial Guinea representatives in sending our condolences to all those around the world who have been affected by the recent hurricanes and flooding. I think the Kuwaiti representative was quite right in pointing out the link with climate change. It is one rea…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important debate today. I also thank the Under-Secretary-General and Ms. Blakemore for their briefings.
I believe that there has been a huge amount of progress and important successful outcomes concerning the peacekeeping agenda over the past 10 year…
I will be brief, but I want to thank the Turkish representative for again setting out the Turkish plan. All of us have listened very carefully to the Astana briefers. We do not want to detract from the Astana efforts; we support any move that gets the political process under way. But we have heard o…
I join my colleagues in expressing our condolences and solidarity with you, Madam President, your Mission, all our American friends and the citizens of this great city of New York for the losses of 9/11, and to all those countries that, like my own, lost their own nationals in the attacks. Speaking …
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting, which we appreciate very much. It was very good to hear from the Special Envoy. We appreciate the efforts he has made. We share his disappointment at the fact that the talks did not go ahead as planned, but it was good to hear that the consul…
I want to thank you, Madam President, for putting this very important issue on the Council’s agenda today. I want to thank the Secretary-General for his insightful words.
I also want to thank Mr. Prendergast. I was very interested in what he had to say about the three primary issues that need to be…
