At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate. I also want to thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their valuable briefings …
At the outset, we would like to thank the sisterly State of Kuwait for convening this meeting, and to congratulate it on its non-permanent membership of the Security Council. We wish the delegation of Kuwait every success in assuming the presidency of the Security Council in February. We also thank …
At the outset, we would like to thank Mr. Fodé Seck, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Permanent Representative of Senegal. We would also like to thank all the members of the Committee for their work on document A/72/35 and their unwaverin…
At the outset, I offer my most sincere gratitude to the French delegation for organizing today’s important open debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for the report before us(S/2017/821) and welcome his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba. She can count o…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. It is being held against a backdrop of major developments and challenges in our region.
The Kingdom of Bahrain underscores that achieving just, comprehensive and lasting peace will remain directly related to restoring the legitimate right…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this extremely important high-level meeting.
My delegation welcomes the adoption of the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 72/1). For u…
Madam President, I should like at the outset to thank you for having convened this meeting at a time when the Middle East is witnessing numerous challenges and crises that are having a serious impact not only on the region but also on the entire world.
For a just and lasting peace to prevail in the…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the 24 States members of the Group of Friends United against Trafficking in Persons.
We would like to thank the Spanish presidency for organizing this important open debate and for the opportunity to have a genuine and productive dialogue …
I am very pleased to be able to thank His Excellency Mr. Sameh Shokry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the brotherly Arab Republic of Egypt, and the Egyptian delegation for organizing today’s open debate on combating the narratives and ideologies of terrorism. I also thank the Deputy Secretary…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the International Telecommunication Union on reaching its fiftieth year. I also commend the Union’s many achievements as one of the oldest bodies of the United Nations system.
I also wish to salute the achievements of the co-facilitators, the representati…
I would like to thank the members and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the valuable report before us (A/70/37). I would also like to thank the Department of Public Information for the steps it has taken to raise
public awareness of the P…
I have the honour and privilege to address the Assembly on behalf of the States members of the Group of Asia-Pacific States to extend our warmest congratulations to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. Mr. Lykketoft is poised…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. I would like to welcome Mr. Nasser Judeh, Minister for Foreign and Expatriate Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for his attendance at this meeting. I …
I would like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for convening this important meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their very comprehensive briefings at the opening of this debate.
The Bahrain Declaration (A/68/9…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Chair and members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the Committee’s valuable report (A/69/35), presented to us today. It reveals the reality of what has taken place in the Palestinian territories that hav…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting devoted to counter-terrorism
and extremism. These two scourges are the cause of untold suffering across the world. The international community should galvanize its efforts through international cooperation, which is inc…
At the outset, allow me to sincerely thank you, Madam President, for having convened this open debate of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Allow me also to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing to the Security Council.
The Kingdom o…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this quarterly debate. I would like to congratulate Nigeria on its able leadership of the Council. I thank Mr. Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing.
Bahrain continues to reiterate its position with respect to the …
I would like to take the opportunity afforded by the forthcoming International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People to reiterate Bahrain’s support and backing for the Palestinian people in their just journey towards recovering their inalienable rights and creating an independent State on th…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this important high-level meeting to appraise the work achieved by the United Nations and its Member States in combating trafficking in persons. Bahrain, as a founding member of the Group of Friends United against Human …
