At the outset, I would like to thank the Netherlands for convening this meeting today to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as for shedding light on the human suffering there. To that end, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperati…
The Security Council is meeting to discuss the use of
chemical weapons. Regardless of the wording of the agenda item that we are discussing today, be it “Letter from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom” or “Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction”, we beli…
I deliver this speech today on behalf of Kuwait and Sweden.
At the outset I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of the delegations of Kuwait and Sweden, pursuant to resolution 2401 (2018). I also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his presence…
At the outset, we welcome your presiding over this important meeting, Madam President. We thank the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto; Ms. Habiba Sarabi, Deputy Chairperson of the Afghan H…
I would like to express my deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to your team for your hard work this month and for the professional way in which you led the Security Council deliberations.
Together, we were able to adopt a number of resolutions, presidential statements and press statements,…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his valuable briefing on recent developments in the Middle East peace process.
Our participation in this meeting is of special importance to us because it is the first we are a…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix; the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Ursula Mueller; and the Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Co…
The ongoing use of chemical weapons in Syria represents one of the deplorable elements of this crisis, which has been continuing for seven years. It is all the more deplorable when we see that there is an absence of justice and accountability and that there is impunity for every criminal who has con…
We would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Lacroix for his very useful briefing on recent events in Mali. I would also like to join my colleagues in welcoming Mr. Coulibaly, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali. It goes without saying that the presence amo…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the tireless efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Ghassan Salamé, to achieve peace and stability in Libya and secure a prospero…
At the outset, and like others who have spoken before me, I thank Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing today. We highly commend the pivotal and important role played by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republi…
It is a great pleasure for me, as I am speaking for the first time in the Security Council, to wish you, Mr. President, and all members a happy New Year and to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January. I wish you every success.
I would also like …
At the outset, we commend Japan’s presidency of the Council this month and Italy’s presidency last month. We highly value the efforts made to convene this meeting to discuss a very important topic that is considered to be an issue of major concern for all Member States, under the theme “Maintenance …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the fraternal country of Italy on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important open debate.
We endorse the statement made by the representative of Ven…
Let me thank the President for convening this meeting, as well as Mr. Jenča for his important briefing to the Security Council.
We associate ourselves with the statement made by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
More than…
Mr. President, at the outset I would like to commend the presidency of your brotherly country, Egypt, of the Security Council for this month. I also thank you, Sir, for the initiative to hold this important open debate on a topic that is at the core of the goals of the Charter of the United Nations,…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, allow me to express my deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, for guiding the work of the General Assembly and for the attention you have paid to one of the most important issues on the agenda, “Question of equitable…
At the outset I would like to commend Uruguay for its assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May and to wish you, Mr. President, every success in conducting the Council’s work. I also thank you for preparing the concept note (S/2017/365, annex)
on today’s open debate on resolu…
Since this is the first time my delegation is speaking before the Security Council this month, I would like to start by commending you, Madam President, for your efforts while presiding over the Council in April. We wish you every success. I would also like to commend the United Kingdom for presidin…
We would like to thank you, Sir, and congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We would also like to congratulate you on the adoption of resolution 2341 (2017) this morning. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Swedish presidency of the Security Council during Ja…
