Spain applauds the unanimous adoption of resolution 2259 (2015), which demonstrates the international community’s recognition of efforts to pursue dialogue with a view to bringing Libyans together under the auspices of the United Nations. Those efforts culminated in the 17 December Skhirat Agreement…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s open meeting of the Security Council on the issue of Yemen. It has been some time since we last had an opportunity to address this crisis in the Council, and with today’s briefing we have avoided the trap of overlooking and neglecting the grave sit…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda for coming here this morning to brief the Council. I would like to begin by welcoming the outstanding work undertaken by the International Criminal Court and the Prosecutor against very complex circumstances, particularly given the lack of cooperation on the part of the Su…
We are very grateful for the information provided to the Council by Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson; Mr. Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights; Ambassador Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ambassador Zahir Tanin as he makes his first briefing to the Security Council as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I assure Mr. Tanin of our full support in his e…
I wish to thank and congratulate you, Madam President, for presiding over this open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and Ms. Bouchamaoui for their briefings.
I will focus on four points: first, security and sustainable development; secondly, the …
Before beginning my statement, I reiterate my delegation’s solidarity with the French people and Government during these days of mourning. More than ever, they can count on Spain as a neighbour, an ally and a friend.
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I would like to express my thanks to the President for conveni…
I welcome the briefings by Mr. Hervé Ladsous and the Police Commissioners from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Mission in Liberia. I thank you, Sir, for taking the initiati…
I would like, at the outset, to thank you, Sir, and through you to thank all our colleagues for their very kind words regarding Spain’s recent presidency of the Council. I wish to assure you and your entire team, Mr. President, of our full support during your mandate. You know you can count on our f…
My delegation would like to add its support to the statement delivered by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group, but in addition to aligning ourselves with that statement, we would like to make some further remarks in our national capacity.…
I shall be very brief and concise.
I wish to express my satisfaction and that of my country at the adoption today of resolution 2235 (2015), which was co-sponsored by Spain. In adopting the resolution by consensus, the Council has demonstrated that it is both serious and resolute. Of primary import…
Spain voted today in favour of draft resolution S/2015/562, presented by Malaysia, and we regret that it could not be adopted. My delegation believes that the draft resolution was an appropriate follow-up to resolution 2166 (2014), which the Council adopted unanimously a year ago. It is important to…
I have the sad duty to speak today on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States on the loss of our colleague, Ambassador Roble Olhaye, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Djibouti to the United Nations. We would like to convey our
sincere condolences to the Government of Djib…
At the outset, I would like to thank and congratulate Argentina for introducing the important resolution 69/293 to the General Assembly. Thanks to this initiative, each year on this date the international community will remember the immense price that civilians, particularly women and children, pay …
Spain would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting, which we frankly find very useful. We would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Ladsous and the three Force Commanders — of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the United Nations Multidimensional…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Valentin Inzko, for his briefing and his detailed report (S/2015/300, annex) for the period 21 October 2014 to 21 April 2015. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in …
I appreciate the presence of Ms. Bensouda here today, as well as the introduction of her report.
We must recall that, for the second time in its history, on 26 February 2011, the Security Council decided to refer a situation — specifically the situation in Libya since 15 February 2011 — to the Pros…
I would like to express our satisfaction at the unanimous adoption of resolution 2213 (2015). Faced with the crisis that Libya is experiencing, the essential thing for Spain is unity —the unity of the entire international community beginning with the Security Council, unity among the countries of th…
I would first like to thank Ms. Sandra Honoré for her briefing and her work as Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and of course to welcome our good friend Ambassador Denis Régis of Haiti.
I would like to subscribe fully to the statement to be delivered later by th…
I would like to begin by welcoming Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom to the Security Council and by thanking him for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I would also like to welcome…
