Allow me to begin by thanking the Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Burundi configuration, our colleague Ambassador Jürg Lauber, for their respective briefings.
Uruguay reiterates its concern at the curre…
At the outset, I would like to thank Presidents Carmel Agius and Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their comprehensive briefing on the reports of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Uruguay reiterates i…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Kobler and Ambassador Olof Skoog for their briefings. I believe that they both know that they have the full support of the delegation of Uruguay.
A year and a half after the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement, regrettably, there is still no visible progress b…
It is an honour for my delegation to be taking the floor at this meeting, which you, Mr. President, have convened.
I would like at the outset to express the solidarity of the people and the Government of Uruguay with our brother peoples and Governments of Afghanistan and the United Kingdom, who hav…
I would like to first thank Mr. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State of the United States, for presiding over this briefing and to Secretary-General António Guterres for his comments.
We are thankful to the presidency of the Security Council for having organized this open briefing, which is of particu…
Groundhog Day. Every year on 2 February, a ritual is celebrated in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in which the groundhog Phil makes a brief appearance, playing an important but limited role in determining whether spring will come early or winter will last another six weeks. On that day in Punxsutawney,…
Like my colleagues before me, I congratulate you, Madam President, on organizing this open debate, and thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his informative briefing. I again reiterate Uruguay’s full support for his work.
The Middle East remains the…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, and your delegation for taking the initiative to hold this meeting. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his
briefing today. Our delegation stands ready to join and support him in his efforts to reform the Organization.
Freedom is the …
Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2350 (2017) on the basis of our belief that this is the best way to support the continued transition going forward in Haiti.
The new United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti will focus on three key areas: the rule of law, security and human rights. W…
There is a cliché that says that the first victim in war is the truth. Although that applies to wars of any kind, it is particularly true of this war. We have States and non-State actors participating. Some States seem to have been internationalnvited to participate, while other States seem not to h…
We thank Special Envoy for Syria De Mistura and his whole team for their tireless work and determination to move forward in spite of all the difficulties faced. We are also very happy to hear that he will continue moving forward in the face of such difficulties. We fully trust Mr. De Mistura and the…
At the outset, Madam, I join in your expressions of condolence over the attack that took place in Egypt. We offer our sorrow, solidarity and commitment to continuing to fight all manifestations of terrorism and barbaric extremism.
I thank you for convening this debate on the question of Haiti. I al…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing and for relaying the message from the Secretary-General.
In the midst of horrendous attacks, several decades ago the British people coined an expression that is truly appropriate for today: “Keep calm and carry on”. We believe that to…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing. Since this is his first time taking the floor before the Security Council, I would like to convey to him my wishes for his success and to assure him of the support of my …
I thank the United States for taking the initiative to convene today’s meeting. I wish in particular to thank the Secretary-General for his presence here today and for his statement and the concepts set forth in it. We have taken note of the nine points that formed the basis of his briefing.
Almost…
Yesterday, as I looked at the images coming out of Khan Shaykhun, I felt physically and mentally ill. The words used by Joseph Conrad in his novel Heart of Darkness, and subsequently placed by Francis Ford Coppola in the mouth of Marlon Brando in his film Apocalypse Now — “the horror, the horror” — …
Although the Government of Uruguay has already conveyed its sympathy directly to the Government of
Colombia, once again, it extends the solidarity and condolences of the people of Uruguay to Ambassador María Mejía Vélez, following the tragedy in Putumayo.
I thank the Special Representative of the …
At the outset, Madam President, my delegation congratulates you and expresses its commitment to supporting you in your presidency of the Security Council. I also thank Ambassador Matthew Rycroft and the entire United Kingdom delegation for their outstanding presidency last month.
I also join others…
We should like once again to thank Under-Secretary- General Stephen O’Brien for his briefings. We wish also to express gratitude for his work and that of his team, as well as for the courage shown by the thousands of humanitarian workers on the ground, who are risking their lives every day, as has b…
I too wish to thank Ms. Bokova, Mr. Feltman, Mr. Fedotov and Brigadier General Parrulli for their enlightening briefing this morning.
My delegation congratulates the French and Italian delegations for their initiative leading to the adoption of resolution 2347 (2017), which Uruguay co-sponsored. We…
