On behalf of the delegation of Kazakhstan, I wish to express our deep sympathies and condolences to the delegation of the Russian Federation as well as the families of the victims of the plane crash near Moscow on Sunday, 11 February, which resulted in the loss of lives of all 65 passengers and six …
We thank the Kuwaiti presidency of the Council for organizing today’s meeting. I would also like to express our gratitude to Mr. Gustavo Mesa-Cuadra Velásquez, Permanent Representative of Peru and Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), for his briefing on implementing resolution 2341 (2017)…
We thank the Kuwaiti presidency for holding this most timely meeting. We express our gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov for his informative briefing.
Despite the military pressure and the successful anti-terrorist operations of the international coalition
against the Islamic St…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tanin for his update on recent developments. I also thank Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Vlora Çitaku for their briefings.
An issue of great concern for all of us is the re…
Kazakhstan commends the Kuwaiti presidency for convening this very timely and critical open debate, and looks forward to greater awareness and actions with regard to its results. We personally thank Ambassador Mansour Alotaibi, in his capacity as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation …
Since this is the first public meeting of the Security Council for the month of February, I would like to congratulate the delegation of Kuwait on the commencement of its presidency and wish it great success in implementing its ambitious programme of work. I am grateful to High Representative Nakami…
We very much regret that North Korea continues to tirelessly develop its nuclear programme, which is in grave violation of numerous Security Council resolutions. Proceeding from its principled position on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Kazakhstan has supported the new resolution 2397 (20…
We thank Special Representative Yamamoto and Under-Secretary- General Fedotov for their informative briefings. We highly appreciate the commitment and steadfastness of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in working in such a c…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to brief the Council on the work of the Committee pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) pertaining to Afghanistan and the Taliban. I am also thankful to Special Representative of the Secretary- General Yamamoto and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanist…
I thank the Japanese presidency for this very timely and critical debate, which will help to bring about greater awareness and therefore more coordinated and effective action by the Security Council, the United Nations system and the international community.
Since this is the last debate presided o…
I would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman, Chargé d’affaires Adamson and Ambassador Cardi — the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) — for their valuable briefings. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to commend the dedicated and practical wo…
We voted in favour of resolution 2393 (2017), on cross-border assistance in accordance with the following points. We thank everyone who took an active part in the process of drafting this important document, and we would like to thank the penholders for humanitarian issues — the Missions of Sweden, …
I would like to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his informative briefing on this very serious issue. The situation with regard to North Korea is an issue on which we all have a unified position.
First, we do not want to see the nuclear club expand and we will not accept any State’s aspirations…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for presenting his report and Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for her assessment of the violations committed.
Kazakhstan continues to be deeply concerned about the plight of the…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and High Commissioner Al Hussein for their briefings on the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We supported the proposal to discuss this item in the Chamber based on the understanding and vision that all issues — even those that are the …
We express our appreciation to Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing and to the delegations of Bolivia, Egypt, Italy, Senegal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Uruguay for requesting this meeting on the status of Jerusalem.
This meeting is important as it demonstrates once again that there is unity amon…
I express appreciation to the Italian presidency for convening this important briefing, and thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Under-Secretary-General Yury Fedotov. I also thank the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms. Audrey Azoulay and congratulate her on assuming her responsible new p…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman and Ambassador Cardi for their informative briefings.
Kazakhstan is extremely concerned about another provocative missile launch by Pyongyang. Our Ministry for Foreign Affairs has issued an extremely condemnatory statement on this matter. There is no doubt t…
We express our deep appreciation, Sir, for the update by Under-Secretary- General Mark Lowcock on the humanitarian situation in Syria and commend his efforts.
Kazakhstan remains committed to all Security Council resolutions aimed at resolving humanitarian issues in Syria. We believe that it is of t…
In my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)/ Da’esh, Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, I am pleased to report to the Council on …
