I would like to thank our briefers, Special Envoy Kafando and Ambassador Lauber, for their insights and efforts made so far to continue negotiations between the Government of Burundi and all stakeholders in the country.
We welcome the recent appointment of Mr Kafando and believe that he will do eve…
Kazakhstan expresses its appreciation to the presidency of China for convening this debate, as well as to Secretary-General António Guterres and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Ambassador Smail Chergui, for their thoughtful and insightful briefings on enhancing African …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Honoré Braithwaite for her comprehensive briefing. We warmly
recall our visit to Haiti last month and appreciate her help in facilitating it.
We acknowledge the very timely mission of the Security Council to Haiti, which provided us the uniqu…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas for his insightful briefing on the semi-annual report (S/2017/563) of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and recent developments in West Africa and the Sahel.
Since the beginning of the year, we have witne…
Let me thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for the presentation of a very insightful report of the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2017/565).
Since our previous meeting in March (see S/PV.7903), the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has remained fragi…
Kazakhstan voted today in favour of resolution 2366 (2017), which establishes the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia for an initial period of 12 months. This new mission is designed to be the second political mission in the country.
The unanimous adoption of the resolution demonstrates…
First of all, let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing, as well as the United States and Japan for calling for consultations on yet another flagrant violation by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Kazakhstan strongly condemns North Korea’s irresponsible and d…
At the outset, we thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia, Mr. Jean Arnault, for his briefing and commend him on his great contribution and that of the Mission to the peace process in Colombia. We warmly recall our visit to Colombi…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman, Ambassador Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the
European Union, and Ambassador Cardi, Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for their briefings.
My country fully supports and strictly implements resolution 223…
We would like to thank Bolivia, as President of the Council and Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for convening today’s vital debate. I would also like to commend Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu and Mr. Ballard for their insights and to pay tribute to their com…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. De Mistura, for his insightful update and commend him for his exceptional commitment and determination to pursue peace in Syria. My delegation would like to share the following observations and recommendations.
On the purely politic…
We express our appreciation to the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Mladenov, for his comprehensive and objective briefing. We also thank all the invited briefers for their thoughtful and important contribution to this significant issue.
As we continue to witness unprecede…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and wish you a successful term.
Our delegation also welcomes His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire to the Chamber and congratulates his country on its election as a non-permane…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2356 (2017), on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The position of Kazakhstan remains stable and consistent. We condemn, in the strongest terms, any launches of ballistic missiles, as they are in flagrant violation of all the relevant Security Council re…
We express our deep appreciation for the briefing by the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien, on the tragic humanitarian situation in Syria.
We commend and appreciate the efforts made by the United Nations, under the leadership of …
I thank the Uruguayan presidency and Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Rodolfo Nin Novoa, for putting the spotlight on the protection of health care in armed conflict and the Secretary-General for his insightful recommendations. We also express warm appreciation to Ms. Beerli, of the Inte…
I thank the presidency of Uruguay for drawing attention to the growing crisis in South Sudan and express my appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Shearer for his comprehensive briefing.
Kazakhstan is of the view that the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian and security cond…
I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Ambassador Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta for his excellent and skilful facilitation of the negotiations on resolution 2354 (2017) on the comprehensive international framework to counter terrorist narratives.
Such narratives are used by terrorists, in part…
We appreciate Special Representative Kubiš’s update on the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. Kazakhstan greatly values the efforts of the Mission and the United Nations system to provide critical services to the people of Iraq amid serious and challenging threats.
At the…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. De Mistura, for his update. We have always believed that there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict and that dialogue is, therefore, the only path to peace. Kazakhstan therefore commends the Special Envoy for his efforts to…
