We join other Council members in thanking the briefers for their insightful overviews.
Last year, during the high-level week of the General Assembly, Prime Minister Hamdok introduced his Government’s ambitious goals to bring peace to the country, lead a successful transition to democracy and restor…
It have the honour and pleasure to introduce the pre-recorded statement by Her Excellency Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
We thank all the briefers for sharing their views today. We particularly value the direct experiences shared by Ms. Mayaki.
We also express our gratitude to the Niger for drawing the Security Council’s attention to this topic, including its excellent work, with Belgium, in finding an agreement on t…
We would like to thank the briefers and to welcome Ms. Claudia Blum de Barberi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, to this meeting.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has highlighted the systemic vulnerabilities and inequalities in implementing the Final Peace Agreemen…
First, I would like to join my colleagues in expressing my sorrow at seeing our dear Dame Karen leaving us. As many people have said, she has been such an inspiration. Her positive and constructive approach to everything we do in the Council has really been such an important lesson for us — especial…
I thank the briefers for their comprehensive overviews and the Chinese presidency for organizing today’s debate. We welcome efforts to move the Security Council more into prevention mode and discuss solutions over symptoms.
The discussion today is very timely in the light of the nearly daily report…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. David Shearer, and Ms. Betty Sunday for their briefings. I also thank the personnel of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for their tremendous work in South Sudan.
Estonia welcomes the encouraging developments in South…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank Belgium for the excellent job it did in February. I also welcome our good colleague the Ambassador of Iraq to the Council and would like also to thank Special Representative Hennis-Plass…
Yesterday morning, our Russian colleagues told us here in this Chamber that the Astana format is working (see S/PV.8734). The same afternoon, however, we witnessed another attack against Turkish troops in Idlib, where at least 33 Turkish soldiers lost their lives. I offer my deepest condolences to o…
Estonians all over the world celebrated their independence day earlier this week — 102 years. However, in the light of what we have just heard in the briefings delivered by Assistant Secretary-General Mueller and Executive Director, it is hard to remain joyful today.
We are all witnessing a tragedy…
At the outset, I would like to commend the initiative of Germany in convening today’s important meeting on the issue of non-proliferation. The fiftieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) presents the Council with an opportunity to expr…
I join others in thanking the briefers.
Haiti is facing a continuous political crisis, intertwined with social economic challenges that in turn affect the security situation. A great deal of work has been done, but the challenges remain and need to be addressed. We urge all parties to pursue an ope…
First, let me thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary Lowcock for their briefings and their efforts in working for the sake of the Syrian people.
The main takeaway of the briefings is simple. As it is now, the Constitutional Committee is dysfunctional. The Astana format is dysfunctional. S…
I welcome Deputy Foreign Minister Kyslytsya to our meeting today.
I wish to begin by thanking the Russian representative for calling for this briefing today, after having witnessed yet another attack in Luhansk oblast by Russian-supported armed formations. Weapons that were prohibited by the Minsk …
I thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen. I also thank Ambassador King for her briefing as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014).
The situation in Yem…
I thank the briefers for their insightful overviews of the latest developments in Guinea-Bissau.
We were encouraged to see that the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau were held in a generally peaceful atmosphere. However, we urge the parties to refrain from using inflammatory rhetoric and also…
I thank Secretary- General António Guterres for his statement. I also thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
Estonia welcomes all efforts aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the long-lasting Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We welcome the United States initiative aimed at re…
Before delivering my statement, I would like to express my full support for, and solidarity with, the Permanent Mission of Tunisia and our dear colleague Ambassador Moncef Baati.
Let me start by joining my colleagues in thanking today’s briefers. I also would like to express Estonia’s support for t…
First, I thank the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Prime Minister Edi Rama, for his comprehensive briefing on the priorities of the Albanian chairmanship and for his clear focus on the need to comply with the OSCE’s norms, principles and respo…
First, I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary- General Lowcock for their briefings from the United Nations side.
It is clear that the ceasefire agreements established by the Astana format have unfortunately failed. Instead of peaceful life, the de-escalation areas have tur…
