The Argentine delegation would like to take this opportunity to thank the International Court of Justice for its tireless work and to commend it for its crucial role in upholding international law and maintaining international peace and security. The Argentine Republic welcomes the Court’s role in p…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sandra Honoré, for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and to acknowledge her work and the results that she has been achieving as she helps to streng…
At the outset I wish to thank the Secretary-General, the Prime Minister of Samoa, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Minister of Finance of Seychelles and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand — your country, Mr. President — for their statements at the start of today’s open debate. We also…
Argentina joined the consensus on today’s resolution 69/314, as we believe that illegal trafficking in endangered species of fauna and flora demands that we respect norms and that we need States’ cooperation if we are to eliminate it. We would like it noted and understood for the record that this re…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (S/2014/876). I take this opportunity to congratulate him on his appointment and to wis…
At the outset, as this is the last meeting in which Ambassador Quinlan will act as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), I should like to thank him and his team for their dedication and effective work in steering the Committee over the past two years.
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I would like to acknowledge the presence in the Security Council of Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Jallow and Brammertz.
I take this opportunity to thank Chile and to acknowledge the way in which it has guided the work of the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals. I extend…
I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation of the report (S/2014/773) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I also welcome the participation of Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and …
Allow me to begin by thanking Under-Secretary- General Jeffrey Feltman and the Secretary General of INTERPOL, Mr. Jürgen Stock, for their briefings.
Mr. President, as stressed in the concept note (S/2014/793, annex) that your delegation prepared for this meeting, the role of sanctions in the collec…
At the outset, I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen, Ambassador Tagliavini and Ambassador Apakan for their statements. We also welcome the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council.
The signing of the Minsk protocol, on 5 September, and of the ceasefire memorandum, on 19 …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the situation in Ukraine and the preliminary report published by the Dutch Safety Board on the tragic incident of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17. We also extend our thanks to and acknowledge the leadership of the Netherlands through…
At the outset, through you, Madam President, I would like to begin by thanking Ambassador Quinlan for presenting the quarterly report on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and, as always, for his dedicated work at the head of that subsidiary body.
We have recei…
I thank the presidency for having convened today’s debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their briefings.
This year is the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, whose destruction and extremely high costs, in both human …
At the outset, I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović for his briefing on the human rights situation in Ukraine.
The ongoing deterioration of the security and human rights situation in eastern Ukraine continues to be of great concern. The actions of armed groups…
First of all, I would light to commend the leadership of Rwanda on the subject that brings us together today, which has been expressed through other initiatives and contributions that it has made during its two presidencies of the Security Council, in April 2013 and this month, in convening informat…
At the outset, allow me, through you, Mr. President, to thank the Permanent Representatives of Lithuania, Australia and yourself, in your capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for your informative briefings and your work in leading the subsidiary bodies.
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I thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (S/2014/163), as well as the representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Tanin, for sharing with the Security Council t…
We would like to thank the Lithuanian presidency of the Security Council for convening this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and for producing the concept note (S/2014/74, annex). We also thank Ms. Navi Pillay, Ms. Valerie Amos, Mr. Hervé Ladsous and Mr. Yves Daccord for …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Farid Zarif for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/68) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We likewise welcome the participation of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and of …
First, I wish to reaffirm Argentina’s position condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as well as our commitment to the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy. At the same time, I reiterate that the general framework for a response to terrorism must always be full respec…
