I thank you, Madam President, for having organized this meeting at the request of France.
We would like, in particular, to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General, for her statement. We likewise deplore the attack near a shopping centre in Benghazi on the eve of Eid. We also support the…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo for her valuable briefing. I would also like to thank Dr. Hala and Ms. Amina Khoulani for their participation and for their moving testimonies, which shed light on the scale of the suffering and pain of thousands of Syrian families who do not…
At the outset, I would like to wish Poland every success during its Council presidency for the month of August. We would also like to commend Peru for its exceptional presidency during the month of July.
We would like to thank the briefers for the valuable briefings that they have given. Their inte…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the three co-penholders, namely, Belgium, Germany and Kuwait.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock and Ms. Susannah Sirkin for their briefings, as well as to express our gratitude, deep respect and appreciation to all humanitarian and medi…
I will be brief in my statement, given that we will be continuing our discussion in consultations after the meeting.
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Ghassan Salamé, as well as Ambassador Juergen Schulz, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), …
I thank you, Mr. President, for having called this meeting. I thank Ms. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary- General; Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; as well as Ms. Jamila Afghani for their briefings. The briefings follow their most recent visit t…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her valuable briefing.
In my statement, I would like to address three…
At the outset, we wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his valuable briefing on the latest developments in the Sahel region. I also wish to commend the efforts and activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS…
I have the honour to deliver a statement in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In my briefing this morning, it is my intention
to provide an overview of the work of the Committee sinc…
At the outset, we thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under- Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs for her briefing.
Early yesterday morning, Israel, the occupying Power, began demolishing buildings in Wadi Al-Hummus in the village of Sur Bahir in East Jerusalem, which contain numerous …
I would like to begin by welcoming you, Mr. President, and thanking you for presiding over today’s meeting.
I would also like to welcome His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Carlos Holmes Trujillo García, to the Council. I would like to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Spe…
At the outset, we thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Mr. Mark Lowcock and Mr. David Beasley for their briefings today, and we express our full support for their efforts.
As of today, seven months have elapsed since the entry into force of the Stockholm Agreement, which represents seven months of stalemate…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the young participants in this meeting — Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Wevyn Muganda and Ms. Sofia Ramyar — for their briefings. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting…
First, let me thank Ms. DiCarlo and Mr. Zannier for their briefings.
The State of Kuwait believes that all States have the right to adopt an official State language through their Constitutions. That is one of the most important elements supporting the existence and identity of the State. In that re…
At the outset, I join those who spoke before me in thanking Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD), pursuant to resolution 2379 (2017), for his…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this meeting on the visit to Iraq and Kuwait.
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On 28 and 29 June, the members of the Security Council visited the State of Kuwait and, for the first time, the Republic of Iraq, in a mission co-led by the State of Kuwait and th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. I also thank all the briefers: Mr. Lacroix, Lieutenant General Gyllensporre and Ms. Novosseloff.
I would like to address the topic of today’s meeting, which is strengthening triangular cooperation, by highlighting three bas…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council. You may rest assured of the support of the State of Kuwait for you and your team.
I also want to congratulate Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière of France on his appointment as Pe…
I would like to begin, Madam President, by thanking your Excellency and the Government of friendly Indonesia for convening this important debate. I would also like
to express our gratitude to His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Mr. Peter Mauer and Mr. Federico Borello for their valuable briefings …
At the outset, we congratulate you, Madam President, on the holy month of Ramadan. We welcome the fact that you are presiding over this important meeting in which we are discussing the Palestinian question. This question is an important, central and sensitive one for both the Arab and Muslim nations…
