I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your briefing today on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I commend your leadership of that important Committee.
Iran’s nuclear programme remains a source of deep concern for the international community. The latest…
On this solemn day, the tenth anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations offices in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, I wish to pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives while serving the Organization.
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for your presence here today …
I would first like to welcome you, Madam President, to the Council Chamber, and thank you for having convened today’s open debate on this important issue. I believe that your presence, along with the briefing given by Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, illustrates the increasing significance of coopera…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the initiative of the United States presidency of the Security Council this month in convening today’s ministerial meeting. We welcome the presence of Secretary of State John Kerry to preside over the meeting. I also wish to thank th…
I thank Special Coordinator Serry for his detailed briefing. I also appreciate the statements made by the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel.
The absence of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine has been one of the most significant conditions defin…
Let me express my sincere appreciation to you, Madam President, for convening this open debate. I would also like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and the four journalists for their comprehensive and informative briefings and compelling stories.
Journalists are killed, tortured and su…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for briefing us today on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I commend his leadership of this important committee.
While I appreciate the efforts that the relevant parties have made to reach agreement…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous and the three Force Commanders for their briefings.
United Nations peacekeeping has evolved throughout its history, overcoming new challenges that have arisen from time to time. As resolution 2086 (2013) epitomizes, a multidimensional approach is incre…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Jan Kubiš, for his comprehensive briefing. I also welcome Ambassador Tanin’s contribution to today’s debate.
We welcome the recent development in the security transition. The announcement by Afghan President Karzai thi…
The Republic of Korea joins other delegations in strongly condemning the terrorist attacks on the United Nations compound in Mogadishu. I would like to express our deep condolences to the victims, their families and the Government of Somalia.
I would like to thank the United Kingdom presidency for …
Mr. President, let me at the outset express my sincere appreciation to you for having convened this debate. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Leila Zerrougui; Under-Secretary- General Hervé Ladsous; the Deputy Executive Director
of UNICEF, Ms. Yoka…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his insightful briefing. I would also like to welcome Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi back to the Council today.
Since the last Council meeting on this issue in March (see S/PV.69…
Let me begin by thanking the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for their very comprehensive briefings.
Two decades …
I would like to thank the United Kingdom leadership for convening this meeting. I appreciate the presence here today of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. William Hague. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General and his Special Repres…
On behalf of the Chair of the Security Council Committees established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), on Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, 1373 (2001), on counter-terrorism, and 1540 (2004) on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by non-State ac…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing on the recent developments in the Libyan situation, which the Security Council has referred to it.
Many tasks still lie ahead in Libya’s nation-building process. Security must be improved, widely scat…
I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Leonid Kozhara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, to the Council today and to congratulate Ukraine’s chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I thank him for his briefing outlining the priorities of the OSCE for…
I thank Ambassador Momen and Ambassador Vilović for their briefings.
Last year we witnessed both progress and setbacks in the peacebuilding efforts of the United Nations. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Burundi have achieved tangible results in their efforts to develop a national reconciliation strategy,…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his detailed briefing. Entering the second quarter of the year, the Middle East peace process seems to be at the fork of two diverging roads. There must have been a road not taken much
fairer than the one Israel and Palestine have taken thus far. The cho…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you, Madam, and the Rwandan presidency for convening this important meeting. I also extend my appreciation to the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing and to
Ambassador Tekeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia, who…
