I wish to thank Mr. Kim Won-soo for his briefing. Let me take this opportunity to express my appreciation to him for his commitment and dedicated service as Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs since June 2015. I would also like to congratulate his successor, Ms. I…
Let me start by congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I wish to assure you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation. I would like to thank Ambassador Matthew Rycroft and his team for their very successful pres…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2348 (2017), renewing the mandate of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), including the Force Intervention Brigade. We understand that it has indeed been a difficult negotiation process, a…
Once again, we welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2349 (2017) as a follow-up to the Security Council mission to the countries of the Lake Chad basin from 2 to 7 March 2017. There is no doubt that negotiations on the draft required some work. We worked as a trio, together with the countries…
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2347 (2017) on the protection of cultural heritage in the event of armed conflicts and we appreciate the efforts of France and Italy in facilitating the negotiations on the resolution as co-pen holders. I also wish to thank the presidency for making al…
We are very pleased to have His Excellency President Touadéra here at the Security Council this afternoon. We thank him for his presence here and for his important remarks. They were extremely useful and put matters in their proper perspective. We also thank Under-Secretary- General Ladsous and Amb…
I would like to start by thanking Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Solíz for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and for his positive remarks regarding African Union Member States with respect to the matchmaking platform they were part of, which he said…
I would like to begin by expressing our appreciation to Mr. Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/189) on Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).…
At the outset, let me make it very clear that we have a firm and uncompromising policy against the use of chemical weapons, born of our own experience. We have no reason for laxity on that issue. We believe that the use of chemical weapons, for any reason and under any circumstances by any party, is…
We thank the Ukrainian presidency for its wisdom in organizing this debate. We should also like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the observer of th…
Let me say from the bottom of my heart that the passing of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin is a great tragedy, not just for his family and Russia but for the Organization and multilateral diplomacy, at a time when the United Nations is needed more than ever. One need not delve into this at length. These a…
We would like to express appreciation to the Ukrainian presidency for organizing and to you, Mr. President, for presiding over this important debate on the protection of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks. We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2341 (2017) and our thanks also go…
We also welcome the Council’s unanimous adoption today of resolution 2337 (2017), and we appreciate the work done by our Senegalese colleagues, who have discharged their responsibilities with flexibility and resolve in drawing the Council’s attention to the issue as early as possible. We have indeed…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman, Ambassador João Vale de Almeida and Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi for their respective briefings on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and resolution 2231 (2015).
Of course, I endorse everything that you…
I would like to thank Mr. Mladenov for his comprehensive and very useful briefing.
It is self-evident that peace and stability in the Middle East have broader implications for the maintenance of international peace and security. For Africa, and for the Horn of Africa in particular, developments in …
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Under-Secretary- General O’Brien for their briefings on the security and humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad basin region. I also wish to thank Ms. Askira for her briefing via video teleconference.
The security challenge faced by the regi…
Allow me to join others in expressing appreciation to you, Mr. President, for organizing this very important debate on the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution in Africa. We commend Angola on that count. I also wish to thank all the briefers for their briefings.
We fully subscribe to…
Let me start by thanking the Venezuelan presidency for organizing this open debate on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. I wish to express appreciation to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing.
In spite of so many challenges and shortcomings, the United Natio…
I am pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this very important meeting. I want also to thank you for providing an excellent concept paper (S/2015/845, annex).
We express our condolences to France, Russia, Lebanon, Iraq and all those that have been affected by the recent heinous terroris…
It gives me great pleasure to speak on this important agenda item under consideration today. I would like to express appreciation and gratitude to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ambassador Amano, for his comprehensive 2014 annual report on the work of the Agen…
