At the outset, Madam President, we would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and Ms. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their valuable briefings.
I will focus on two are…
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia. We also wish to thank…
First and foremost, we would like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing on recent developments in the occupied Palestinian territory. We also thank Ms. Hary for her briefing. We reiterate our full support to Mr. Mladenov for his efforts to calm the situation and prevent clashes, particular…
At the outset, we would like to welcome your presiding over this meeting, Sir, and thank you for having organized it. We are also grateful for the concept note (S/2019/871, annex) provided. We also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing, as well as Mr. Özerdem and Ms. Elman for their remarks.
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At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his briefing, and to assure him of our full support. We also thank Ms. Rida Al Tubuly for her briefing and welcome His Excel…
At the outset, we thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her valuable briefing on her eighteenth report to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We renew our support for the efforts of the ICC to achieve justice and combat impunity und…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Valentine Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his valuable briefing and his latest report (S/2019/843, enclosure) on the implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We fully support him in carrying out his mandate a…
We wish you, Madam President, every success during the course of your presidency of the Council’s work for this month. We also thank Ambassador Matjila and the members of his delegation for their outstanding presidency of the Council last month.
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Moham…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over this important meeting, which reflects the significance of the relationship between the United Nations and the African Union. I also appreciate the valuable briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-Gener…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, and your delegation for having convened this important open debate. I also wish to thank the briefers for their valuable presentations and relentless efforts on behalf of the effective implementation of the women and peace and security agend…
At the outset, Madam President, we wish to welcome both your presence in the Security Council today and the fact that you are presiding over this meeting. We also welcome the presence of the State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. We wish to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coo…
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Lacroix for his briefing. The current delicate phase in the Sudan’s history requires a concerted effort to respond to the aspirations of our brothers and sisters in that country to a bright future. We hope that our deliberations today will serve their intere…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths and Mr. Mark Lowcock for their briefings. I want to focus on two main issues: political and security developments, and humanitarian developments.
With regard to the political and security developments, Mr. Griffiths’ briefing earlier gave indications of a…
At the outset, we welcome the participation at this meeting of His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru, and wish him every success as he takes up the duties inherent in his new role. We also sincerely thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Pea…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. I also welcome the Foreign Minister of Colombia, who is present with us today to participate in the meeting. And I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification …
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting on a vital and essential topic. I also appreciate the invaluable briefings by the Secretary-General and all of today’s briefers.
The resolution of conflicts through mediation is …
At the outset, we would like to sincerely congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish you every success in your work. I would also like to thank the Russian Federation, Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia and the members of his team for their e…
We welcome your participation, Mr. President, in this meeting and the fact that you are presiding over it.
At the outset, we thank the Special Envoy, Mr. Geir Pedersen, for his valuable briefing on the Syrian political process. I also take this opportunity to reaffirm to him the full support of the…
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, Mr. Riad Al-Malki, and His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Mr. Ayman Safadi, to our meeting. I also thank Mr. Nickolay Mla…
I apologize once again for taking the floor.
I shall begin where the Syrian representative ended, asking the Security Council to implement its own resolutions on counter-terrorism. I, in turn, call on the Syrian authorities to implement the resolutions of the Council on chemical weapons and politic…
