I would like to thank the French presidency of the Security Council for having convened this meeting to reiterate the Council’s commitment to addressing the destabilizing effect of drug trafficking in West Africa and the Sahel. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his briefing and for p…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. Azerbaijan highly values his tireless work and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in promoting peace and security in the country. …
Let me commence by expressing our gratitude to the French presidency of the Security Council for having convened this important meeting to review the implementation of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel. I would like to thank the Secretary-General and other briefers for their compr…
I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for presenting the 90-day report of the Committee. We also take note of the midterm report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1929 (2010) an…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for her briefing and for presenting the eighteenth report of her Office to the Security Council, and to thank the Ambassador of the Sudan for his statement. We take note of the efforts of the Office of the Prosecutor aimed at investigating viol…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for providing me
and other outgoing Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council with an opportunity to summarize our work and share some observations as our countries complete their two-year terms as non-permanent members of the Counc…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abou Moussa for his comprehensive briefing and for presenting the Secretary-General’s report (S/2013/671) on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and on the areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif for his briefing.
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Prime Minister of Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, and thank him and Mr. Thaçi for their statements.
I would like to reaffirm the position of Azer…
Azerbaijan is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Nevertheless, we strongly believe that the protection and vindication of rights, as well as insistence on accountability, contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security. Our decision to vote i…
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I wish you and your team every success. I would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for presenting the forty-fourth…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his briefing. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/535) on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, as well as our colleague Ambassado…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and for presenting the 90-day report of the Committee.
Resolutions of the Security Council — an organ that, according to the Charter of the United Nations, has primary …
I have the honour, on behalf of the sponsors — Afghanistan, Belarus, China, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and my own country, Azerbaijan — to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.78.
The draft resolution, submitted…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United States presidency for convening this debate on the situation in the Great Lakes region. We
welcome the presence at this very important meeting of United States Secretary of State John Kerry and other high-level officials. We are also grateful to Secre…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Madam, for convening this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Robert Serry, for his briefing and the representatives of Palestine and Isra…
First of all, I would like to thank the presidency for convening this open debate on the protection of journalists in armed conflict and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2013/393, annex). We are also grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his briefing and to the media rep…
I would like to welcome the Force Commanders to this meeting of the Council and to thank them for presenting their insights on various aspects of peacekeeping. We underline the importance of such interaction with the heads of the military components of peacekeeping operations, which provides an oppo…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/254) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Prime Mi…
At the outset, I wish to thank the United Kingdom for convening this meeting. We are also grateful to the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their extensive briefings. I take this opp…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening this open debate on women and peace and security and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2013/335, annex). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, a…
