I should like to congratulate Egypt once again on its accession to the presidency of the Security Council, and thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on the theme “United Nations-African Union peace and security cooperation: Chapter VIII application and the future of the African Peace and S…
At the outset, I congratulate the States that were recently elected as non-permanent members of the Security Council: the Arab Republic of Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay. We are confident that they will play an effective role in maintaining international peace and security, pursuant to t…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, during which the Council is considering the periodic report (S/2015/439) of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abyei, submitted following the strategic review of the mand…
Before begining my prepared statement, I would first like to draw the attention of the Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to her statement on the departure of my President from South Africa. Her statement was nonsensical and preposterous. His Excellency only left South Africa after he had completed his pre-p…
I would like to begin by reiterating our warm congratulations, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, during which consultations were held on the Secretary-General’s report on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) (S/2015/378). T…
We would like to reiterate our congratulations to Malaysia on its presidency of the Security Council for this month. Madam President, we know that Malaysia has all the requisite qualities to conduct a debate on this issue, namely, the fate of children in armed conflict. Furthermore, my country’s del…
Truth be told, I had prepared a positive, optimistic statement; that was the spirit that guided me when I was coming to visit the Council. However, before I read my statement, I have to say that I find myself forced to comment on the first part of Mr. Mulet’s briefing, on the situation in Darfur dur…
At the outset, on behalf of the Sudan, I express my appreciation to the President for having organized this debate on women and peace and security. We also welcome Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. We take note of the content…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your presidency of the Council for this month and, through you, I would like to congratulate the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Zerrougui, for her briefing to the Council on the su…
At the outset, I would like to commend you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, during which the Council carried an important visit to the African continent. I also thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his briefing …
I asked for the floor once again just to give some clarifications regarding the oil police around the Diffra oil complex. I would like to reaffirm, as we have already stated, that the oil police currently in Abyei is present pending the establishment of a joint patrol police. Once the Abyei Police S…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate China on its accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
This month has witnessed the review of the Security Council report on the situation in Abyei following the strategic review of the previous mandate of the United Nations Int…
I am very surprised at the statement made by the representative of the United States, constituting as it does a blatant attempt to once again make erroneous accusations before the Security Council. As you are aware, Mr. President, those accusations were first made by Radio Dabanga, and for those who…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your
presidency of the Security Council for this month. We would like to thank you for organizing this debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We would also like to thank you for the concept note (S/2015/32, annex), …
At the outset, Mr. President, I am very pleased to be able to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session and wish you every success. I would also like to thank you for convening this special and important meeting to follow up on the Progr…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, during which the Council has considered the Secretary-General’s periodic report on Abyei (S/2014/336) following the strategic review of the mandate of United Nations Interi…
First, I should like to convey my congratulations to you, Mr. President, on having organized this open debate on this important matter, namely, conflict-related sexual violence. I should also like to congratulate you on your presidency this month. Many important matters have been drawn to the attent…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, and the fraternal African State of Nigeria. When we speak of peace in the Sudan we must mention the important role of Nigeria with regard to the peace process in my country, both with regard to previous negotiations between the north …
At the outset, we would like to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this open debate on children and armed conflict, taking into account the ongoing efforts in the campaign to end child recruitment by the end of 2016, launched yesterday with the participation of our delegation.
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I wish to thank you, Madam President, for giving us the
opportunity to comment briefly on the draft resolution just adopted on the situation in Darfur and the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts as per resolution 1591 (2005).
I should like at the outset to thank the States members of …
