I thank Special Coordinator Serry for his briefing.
We have today arrived at the nine-month mark since final status negotiations resumed between Israel and the Palestinians in July last year. It was the most ambitious and substantial chance to secure a permanent peace in years. The extraordinary an…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this debate and for your presence
here today. I also thank the Nigerian presidency of the Security Council for all of its important efforts on the potentially transformational task of security sector reform.
In May 2006, four years after Timor-Leste’…
I thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2014/181) and personal leadership against sexual violence in conflict, and Special Representative Bangura for her fearlessness. Both have been instrumental in driving the unprecedented global commitment we have to ending conflict-related sexual violen…
Human progress is evolutionary. It is built on failure and the strength of a positive response to it. Failure always contains lessons. The United Nations inaction in the face of the events of 1994 in Rwanda remains one of the Organization’s darkest failures. Despite credible forewarning and the frus…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and for his briefing. It is obviously very
necessary that the Council give such careful focus on the human rights situation in Ukraine. We have heard repeated assertio…
Like all of us, Australia has watched the events in eastern Ukraine with mounting concern. What we have seen unfold is a coordinated operation where well-trained and well- armed paramilitary units have moved quickly to lay siege to, occupy and control key institutions in five or six towns in Donetsk…
I have the honour to present the report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of that resolution. The present report covers the period from 13 December 2013 to 19 March 2014, during which time the Committee held two informal meetings and…
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his briefing and Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for his statement. I also thank Ukraine Ambassador Sergeyev.
As we know, five days ago, the Council sought to adopt a draft resolution on Ukraine reaffirming fundamental principles of international law, …
I thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing this morning and for his leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement and his close engagement in the Council’s work on Afghanistan.
I also want to recognize the …
Australia is seriously disturbed that the draft resolution contained in document S/2014/189 before us was vetoed. Its purpose
was to reaffirm the fundamental principles and norms governing relations between States in the post-1945 world — obligations that form the core of the Charter of the United …
I thank you, Mr. President, for your presence in presiding over this open debate at such a critical time. I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing and welcome Prime Minister Yatsenyuk of Ukraine at this very difficult and decisive time for him and his country. It is important that th…
I would like to thank Luxembourg and you personally, Madam President, for your decisive leadership on the compelling challenge of children in armed conflict. I thank the Secretary-General and Executive Director Lake for their statements, and Special Representative Zerrougui for her tireless exemplar…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing this afternoon, and we welcome Ambassador Sergeyev’s participation in this meeting.
The situation in Ukraine clearly continues to escalate. Tensions continue to rise, and the potential for military confrontation is obvious. Sinc…
In adopting resolution 2139 (2014) this morning unanimously, all members of the Security Council have recognized that the humanitarian situation in Syria is desperate.
The country has disintegrated, and neighbouring countries are threatened by the effects. Almost half of Syria’s population needs ur…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for having convened this debate and for presiding over it personally today. We also thank the Secretary-General for updating us on the recent steps taken to improve the Secretariat’s capacity to deliver the Council’s rule-of- law mandates.
Strengthening the rule of law, as…
I warmly welcome your presence, Sir, in the Council today to preside over this debate and thank both the Secretary-General and the High Representative for their informative statements.
A reading of the history of the negotiations leading to the Charter of the United Nations reveals that the framing…
I thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate. I also thank High Commissioner Pillay, Under-Secretary-General Amos, Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and Director- General Daccord for their exemplary leadership on protection matters.
As the Secretary-General assessed in his most recen…
We thank Jordan for its boldness in convening today’s debate on a topic that is challenging, indeed breathtaking, as you have said, Mr. President, for all Member States.
Conflict prevention is why the United Nations exists, but 69 years after the San Francisco Conference, we are still struggling ev…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your presence here today. We acknowledge Jordan’s efforts to promote a Middle East peace, and we thank Jordan for bearing such a difficult burden in sheltering so many of those who have fled the Syrian conflict. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
We…
I thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and all United Nations personnel in Afghanistan for their dedication. I also thank Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his persuasive engagement in New …
