It is unfortunate that the representative of Armenia has once again used our debate to make groundless propagandistic statements. In reality, we have witnessed yet another unsuccessful attempt by that Member State to mislead the international community by means of falsification. I would like to brie…
First, I would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency for convening this high-level open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, with a specific focus on the protection of journalists. I also thank your delegation for submitting a concept note (S/2015/307, annex) on the topic. We a…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of resolution 1540 (2004). This open debate provides an excellent opportunity to review the ground covered over the past decade since the adoption of this landmark resolution, to assess ach…
My delegation is taking the floor once again to react to the totally groundless remarks just made by the representative of Armenia.
It has become the distinctive nature of the policy of Armenia to level accusations against a country whose territories it keeps under occupation and whose civilians it…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2014/75, annex).
In recent years, intern…
The attempts by Armenia to disguise its aggression, and thereby to assert its innocence with regard to the crimes committed against Azerbaijani civilians, are unlikely to be taken seriously given the incontrovertible evidence, which testifies to the diametrically opposite situation.
The arguments o…
First of all, I would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency for convening
this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Fifteen years ago, the Security Council adopted its first resolution on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (resolution 1265 (1999)), which, inte…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on its assumption and effective discharge of the presidency functions of the Security Council during the month of January. We are also grateful to the delegation of Jordan for having organized this open debate on such an im…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their reports (see S/2013/463 and S/2013/460, respectively) and comprehensive briefings. I would also like…
I would like to begin by thanking Ambassadors Gary Quinlan, Mohammed Loulichki and Oh Joon for their briefings and updates on actions taken over the past six months. We are grateful for their efforts and leadership of the Security Council Committees with counter-terrorism mandates. Terrorism is a se…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing and
for presenting her sixth report to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). The contribution of the International Criminal Court to fighting impunity …
It is unfortunate that the delegation of Armenia has once again used the opportunity of our debate to make groundless, propagandistic statements. In reality, we have witnessed yet another unsuccessful attempt by that Member State to mislead the international community.
The remarks just made by the …
I would like to exercise my right of reply to the statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia in the general debate on 28 September (see (A/68/PV.19).
As can be noted from that statement, Armenia is denying the facts that point to its policy of aggression, hostility, hatred, outright l…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/444) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Minister…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for submitting the report on
the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2013/493), as well as providing an update on progress made during the reporting period towards the implementation of the mission consolidation plan outlined in his p…
First of all, I would like to thank Argentina for convening this open debate on the very important issue of the protection of civilians in
armed conflict and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2013/447, annex).
On this World Humanitarian Day and the tenth anniversary of the attack on Un…
I should like briefly to share with the Council the reasoning behind our abstention in the voting on resolution 2114 (2013).
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to the delegation of the United Kingdom for its leadership and efforts in facilitating the negotiations on the resolution…
I too would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for presenting the report of the Committee.
Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the work of the Committee concerning the implementation of the relevant Security…
I also would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her briefing and for presenting her fifth report to the Security Council in accordance with resolution 1970 (2011).
Azerbaijan is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. N…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mr. Leonid Kozhara, to the Security Council and thank him for his briefing and for setting out his priorities across the th…
