At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for the way in which you are conducting the work of this unusual meeting of the Council. We believe it is important that the text of the draft resolution (S/2017/968) that we are submitting be put before members of the Council for their consid…
My delegation wishes to echo the words of deep frustration voiced by several members of the Security Council this afternoon. This is undoubtedly a collective failure, but those who are watching can see that it was a predictable result. We all came here today prepared with our written statements know…
It is a privilege to welcome you to today’s Council meeting, Mr. President. Bolivia commends the presence and the work of Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). We want to express our support and gratitud…
I will be very brief. My delegation would like to place on record its support for draft resolution S/2017/933, submitted by the Russian Federation and China.
We thank the Assistant Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her presentation of the report of the Secretary- General on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) (S/2017/907) and for the progress that has been made in implementing the recom…
Bolivia thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his informative briefing. We also thank the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ambassador Ivic…
Bolivia has followed closely the
developments of the recent events in the Horn of Africa. First and foremost, we would like to underscore the fact that Bolivia supports the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea and hails its efforts to work with the parties and thereby contribute to improving the…
Bolivia wishes to thank your delegation, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We also thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing. We extend our support to Ms. Bensouda in the carrying out of her tasks. We value the efforts the ICC…
Bolivia would like to thank France for organizing and convening this open debate. We also convey our gratitude for the report of the Secretary- General (S/2017/821), to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, for her briefing, and to M…
At the outset, Bolivia would like to express its deepest condolences to the members of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), who have lost three of their own in recent days. We also extend our condolences to the people and the Government of Chad.
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The Plurinational State of Bolivia would like to express its gratitude for the report (see A/72/349) on the activities of the International Criminal Court submitted by its President, Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (see A/72/PV.36), and we thank her for her leadership at the head of the Court.
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The Plurinational State of Bolivia is grateful for the briefing provided by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock. We express our support to him in carrying out his mandate.
We deplore the fact that the crisis in Syria has generated …
Bolivia would like to thank the French presidency of the Council for convening today’s open debate on the issue of women and peace and security. We also wish to thank the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti; the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo…
Bolivia is grateful to the
French presidency for convening this briefing. It has been a long time since the Security Council held a public meeting on the situation in Abyei, and this format makes it possible for the entire membership to learn in greater detail about the work being done in the Area …
The Plurinational State of Bolivia expresses its gratitude for the report of the International Court of Justice (A/72/4) corresponding to the period from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017. The report was presented by the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Ronny Abraham (see A/72/PV.3…
Bolivia would like to express once again its firmest and categorical condemnation of the use of chemical substances as weapons. This is an unjustifiable and criminal act wherever and whenever it happens and whoever does it. The use of these weapons is a serious violation of international law and int…
Bolivia is taking the floor because of our concern that it is very possible that, today in the United Nations, the Security Council will send a completely negative signal to the world.
We agree with the proposal made by the Russian Federation because we believe that the Security Council must remain…
Bolivia supports the statements to be delivered later on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the Committee for the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
Bolivia thanks Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
I am somewhat startled as I begin my statement today, …
Bolivia would like to thank
Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his briefing today on the situation in South Sudan.
Once again, we lament and express our concern about the deterioration of the situation in the country. There has been so significant imp…
My delegation thanks the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and the Director of the Operational Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Ging, for their briefings. We express our full support for their work.
Despite t…
