We would like to thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and to reiterate Uruguay’s full support to his work.
Paragraph 12 of resolution 2334 (2016) says that the Security Council
“[r]equests the Secretary-General to report to the Council every three months on the implementation of the…
I would like to join other speakers in thanking the presidency of the United Kingdom for this initiative. We were also grateful for the presence among us of the British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson. We thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Sunday and Mr. Mogae for their statements.
Today’s president…
My delegation has asked for the floor because it believes that the purpose of briefing meetings of the Security Council is precisely that — to inform the membership on the work of the Council and, at the same time, for members to express their country’s opinion, belief or position on the issue under…
It is an honour to have His Excellency President Touadéra present here at the Security Council. We would like thank him most especially for his efforts to bring about peace and stability in the Central African Republic.
We would also like to thank the Under-Secretary- General Ladsous and our collea…
At the outset, allow me to thank Ms. Samar, Mr. Yamamoto and our colleague Ambassador Saikal for their respective statements.
I must first of all refer to the brutal terrorist attack committed on Wednesday in Kabul against a medical facility and reiterate on this occasion our condolences to the peo…
This is not the first time that I do not know whether to thank Mr. O’Brien for his briefings, which generally strike at the very core of our being. Of course, we thank him for moving us so profoundly, for doing this in-depth work and for sharing it with us so frequently.
I would have wished to spea…
As a signatory to the code of conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, Uruguay is committed to preventing and putting an end to such horrendous crimes. In that regard, we can only lament the use of the veto in the case of this draft resoluti…
Mr. President, I too would like to begin by expressing our heartfelt congratulations to you and your team on your leadership of the work of the Security Council this
month, which theoretically — well, not theoretically, as February is in fact the shortest calendar month of the year — could mean les…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, President of the Republic of Serbia, for his presence and participation here today. At the same time, I would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration…
Protocol, custom and good manners dictate that one must thank Stephen O’Brien for his report (S/2017/144), despite the fact that every one of his paragraphs feels more like a direct blow to the heart than information for our intellects. Mr. O’Brien places us squarely in front of the frightening real…
We thank the delegation of Ukraine for convening this
meeting and you, Mr. Minister, for your personal participation in leading this debate.
I also thank Secretary-General Guterres for his detailed briefing, as well as Ms. Schmidt and Mr. Zannier for their statements.
Uruguay is a country that is…
In a press communiqué issued yesterday, the Government of Uruguay expressed its deepest sorrow over the passing of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, noting that he was a highly seasoned diplomat who represented his country responsibl…
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his briefing, and I reiterate once again the total support of Uruguay for his management.
Uruguay, as a firm promoter of peace, reaffirms, as it has since 1947, its unwavering support for the right of Isra…
With your permission, Mr. President, before discussing the item on the agenda for our meeting, I should like to mention an interesting fact. Given that the main task of the Council is the maintenance of international peace and security, I recall that 50 years ago today, on 14 February 1967, in Mexic…
I thank Mr. Kobler for both his briefing and his steadfast work.
More than a year after the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement, regrettably no significant progress has been made in the political transition process that has given concrete legitimacy to the establishment of the Presidency Coun…
First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the delegation of Ukraine on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Sweden and his entire team for their outstanding management of the work of the Co…
I should like to begin by thanking Mr. Keating, Mr. Madeira and, in particular, Ms. Dirie for their detailed briefings. I also welcome the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Omer, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Allow me first to vigorously cond…
Allow me to thank our briefers — Under-Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien, Mr. Amir Abdulla and Mr. Peter Salama — for the valuable information they have given us today.
The situation in Syria continues to be shameful. The country continues to be immersed in a bloody civil war that, after six years,…
Uruguay thanks Senegal for its efforts within the Council and in Africa with respect to the situation in The Gambia.
However, as a member of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group, I note that we should have preferred the negotiating process on resolution 2337 (2017), which we have ju…
I thank Mr. Feltman, Mr. Cardi and Mr. Vale de Almeida for their briefings, and Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain for the work he led last year. The information they have given us shows that the issue has positive aspects, challenges and also some areas of concern.
Uruguay is firmly committed to…
