On behalf of the Group of Arab States and in my capacity as its Chair for this month, we would like to express the Arab Group’s reservation about Israel’s candidature to serve as Vice-President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. That position requires respect for United Nations r…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Madam, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank you for convening today’s debate. We commend the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, who also presided over the meeting. We would also like …
We congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and thank you for convening this important open debate. Indeed, we must take advantage of the opportunity that holding this meeting at such a fragile time affords us to move forward on the path to peace and stab…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Council for this month. I thank you for holding this important open debate. I also thank Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Mr. Kevin Hyland, United Kingdom Independent A…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate your friendly country, Sir, for presiding over the Security Council during the month December. We also thank you for convening this important debate. We also welcome the fact that His Excellency the President of the Government of Spain presided over the me…
We would like to speak in explanation of vote after the voting. I first want to thank the delegation of Canada for its initiative and for the efforts it made during the consultations on today’s resolution 71/130 to bring the various positions of Member States closer together. The world has been witn…
At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, for his briefing and his efforts to enhance respect for and promote human rights. From its own experience in the Council, on which it served for three terms, Qatar reiterates its conviction …
I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you for having convened this meeting. We also thank Mr. Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under- Secretary-General for Huma…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May. I wish you success in your endeavours. I thank Mr. Sameh Shokry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, for presiding over this open debate…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, and we thank the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning.
We also align ourselves with the statements made on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
The Israeli violations continu…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2015/453), as well as Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Advisor of Oxfam…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States. The Group would like to express its appreciation for the efforts of the Secretary-General and for his reports entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations” (A/70/77), “Safety a…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation for the inclusion of this item in the agenda of this session. I would like to thank both the Secretary-General for his statement and the President for his opening remarks (see A/70/PV.59).
There have been a number of in-depth discussions recen…
On behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, we congratulate Mr. Filippo Grandi on his appointment and election to succeed Mr. António Guterres as High Commissioner for Re…
At the outset, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the victims of the criminal and terrorist attacks that took place in a number of neighbourhoods in the French capital of Paris and claimed the lives of many people. We strongly condemn such terrorist attacks, which run…
I would first like to thank the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, for presiding over our meeting this morning. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General and the Executive Director of UN-Women for their briefings. We warmly welcome the adoption this morning of resolution 2242 (…
I speak on behalf of the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council,
namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to ensure follow-up to the intergovernmental negotiations that led …
It was a great pleasure for us to see His Highness Crown Prince
Al-Hussein bin Abdullah preside over this extremely important meeting. There can be no doubt the fact that he was keen to attend this debate underscores the vital nature of this issue and how important it is to reach practical recommen…
I would like to thank Mr. Nasser Judeh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, for presiding over this morning’s meeting, thereby reaffirming Jordan’s deep involvement in the question of Palestine and other matters related to the Middle East. I would like to t…
First of all, I would like to thank the Security Council, under the presidency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for convening this important debate. In particular, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on being the first Arab woman to preside over the Council. I also thank Ms. Zainab…
