I would like to welcome Ambassador Saikal of Afghanistan to the Council and to thank Special Representative Nicholas Haysom for his brutally truthful assessment of the situation.
We stand by the people of Afghanistan and its National Unity Government. The deteriorating situation in the Hindu Kush c…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their contributions to this debate.
Serious and grave violations of human rights serve as a warning sign of instability and conflict, especially in the absence of account…
I thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and Ambassador Vlora Çitaku of Kosovo for their contributions to this debate. I also thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of
the United Nations…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his briefing. I also thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Yury Fedotov, for his briefing. I commend Ambassador Tanin for his statement and wish h…
I welcome you, Mr. President, Minister Liow Tiong Lai of Malaysia, Minister Bishop of Australia, Minister Klimkin of Ukraine, and Minister Koenders of the Netherlands to the Security Council. Their presence here is a testament to the commitment of their Governments to seek accountability and justice…
I thank Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union later today.
The vision of a democratic, robust, and prosperous Middle East remains unfulfilled. Radicalization, t…
I agree with my colleague. But I will add to his words. I wish to express, first of all, my delegation’s appreciation to you personally, Mr. President, and to the Malaysian team for your efficient conduct of the Council presidency during the month. My delegation appreciates the diligent manner in wh…
I would like to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi of Spain for his support to the Council as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
Lithuania closely monitors the intensive efforts by the E3+3 and Iran to reach a final agreement on a Joint …
We would like to personally express our delegation’s gratitude to you, Mr. President, and your team for your presidency of the Council this month.
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There has hardly been a day under the French presidency without a public meeting of the Council, and barely a day has passed without…
I wish to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for his first report to the Council in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We are confident that the Committee will benefit from his able guidance during this decisive stage of its work.
Lithuania c…
We express our gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, and her team as well as to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for its work, which has made an extraordinary contribution to peace and stability in Haiti. The important progre…
At the outset, I thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan and his very able team for the 90-day report, as well as for his chairmanship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) during the last two years. My delegation truly appreciates his efforts in promoting a consultative approach in …
I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, and the entire Argentine delegation, in particular Mario, for the brilliant stewardship of the Council, and your leadership and successful presidency during the month of October. We appreciate in particular your dedication to conducting interactive consul…
I wish to congratulate the United Kingdom delegation for its wise steering of the Security Council with an experienced hand during the month of August. During this very busy month, on more than a dozen occasions, the Council was called upon to react on an emergency basis, including today, to unfoldi…
Lithuania thanks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his efforts to protect civilians and reach a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza. Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union later on.
Our eyes are riveted upon Gaza. We condemn the loss of hundreds o…
The international community has been in painful shock since the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in the Donetsk oblast of Ukraine on Thursday. Having heard the statements today, I believe all of us are still in a state of disbelief.
Ukrainian and international investigators and observers of …
We sincerely thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his latest briefing on the situation in the region.
We are deeply concerned about the dramatic escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and the loss in human lives. We deeply deplore the growing number of…
We are deeply shocked by yesterday’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing
777 in eastern Ukraine. We express our sincere condolences to Malaysia, the Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada and the other nations whose citizens were among the…
I thank Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their comprehensive briefings.
Lithuania highly values the contribution of the PBC, the Peacebuilding Fund and the …
Lithuania welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2165 (2014). More should be done to put an end to the suffering of the millions of civilians trapped in the vicious Syrian civil war. There is no higher value than human life. We all must act in order to guarantee that aid is delivered in a pro…
