At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Malaysian presidency on leadership this month. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this wrap-up session, which we feel is very appropriate because it also allows us to summarize the Council’s work during the first half of 2015…
Spain supported and co-sponsored resolution 2220 (2015) and thanks the delegation of Lithuania for presenting it and for its tireless work leading to the adoption of a timely and positive text. The text is a good complement to resolution 2117 (2013) and keeps the issue on the Security Council’s agen…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, and to congratulate you on your leadership and the great work done by your team for the development and success of your presidency. At the end of the first month of my country’s presence, for the fifth time, on the Se…
Spain welcomes the adoption of resolution 2197 (2015). In spite of differences during the negotiations, the main purpose of the resolution — to renew the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) — has been achieved. Any step taken towards finding a solution to this issue …
I would like to express thanks for the statements made by the Secretary-General, the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Director for International
Law and Cooperation at the International Committee of th…
First, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to welcome this debate on the human right to drinking water and sanitation and its impact on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a year after the adoption of resolution 64/292 on the recognition of the right to water and sanitation.
The resolutio…
Spain aligns itself with the statement made at the 113th meeting on behalf of the European Union.
A little less than a year ago, last 24 September, a high-level meeting was held under the auspices of the Secretary-General with the goal of evaluating the situation of the Conference on Disarmament an…
