We thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and insightful briefing. His statement rightly focused on the broader Middle East. However, I will focus on the most pressing issue at hand, the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The Charter of the United Nations starts with the words “We the peo…
First, let me express our gratitude and appreciation to the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), my esteemed colleague from Bolivia, for his briefing on the work of the Committee and for his efforts to achieve the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). We fu…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Annadif, as well as the Chair of the sanctions Committee, Mr. Olof Skoog, for their respective briefings. We are pleased to note the presence among us of His Excellency Minister Coulibaly. As the Minister is aware, there is a d…
We abstained in the voting on the draft resolution (S/2018/322) because we had serious hesitations about the text, as it differed in some crucial aspects from the Swedish text put forward yesterday.
First of all, the text makes it insufficiently clear that the Organization for the Prohibition of Ch…
First of all, let me thank Special Envoy Said Djinnit for his briefing and, above all, his important work. I would also like to thank Ambassador Raymond Serge Balé of the Republic of the Congo for his statement and his personal efforts.
In the light of the fifth anniversary of the Peace, Security a…
In my statement yesterday (see S/PV.8225) I urged the Security Council not to stand idly by and watch as a spectator while chemical weapons were being used in Syria. In our opinion, the Council should act, condemn, protect, and hold to account those responsible. Those elements are all reflected in d…
We thank Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Deputy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Thomas Markram for their briefings.
Only five days ago, here in this Chamber (see S/PV.8221), we mourned as we remembered the sarin attack at Khan Shaykhun that occurred a year ago. This weekend another…
The Kingdom of the Netherlands supports the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom. I wish to make three points.
First, the chemical-weapon attack in Salisbury is unacceptable. Secondly, we fully support the investigation led by the United Kingdom. Thirdly, we call on …
In honour of Peru’s presidency, Mr. President, let me thank you in Spanish: Muchas gracias, Señor Presidente. I also extend my warm thanks to the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Thomas Markram, for his briefing.
This year, we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary …
We thank Côte d’Ivoire for its arduous work in trying to ensure the support of the Security Council for the efforts of the West African region to resolve the deadlock in Guinea-Bissau. We continue to support and endorse the mediation efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …
First, let me thank Under-Secretaries-General Lowcock and Feltman for their briefings.
In my statement I will address three points: implementation, implementation and implementation.
First, I will speak about the implementation of the cessation of hostilities. Since the Council adopted resolution …
Before I start, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of the members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Parliament. Their attendance today is a great honour for my delegation.
I would like to convey our particular gratitude to Special Envoy Ismael Ould…
We regret that draft resolution S/2018/156, submitted by the United Kingdom, was not adopted. We voted in favour of resolution 2402 (2018) because the sanctions regime and the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen needed to be renewed. We strongly support the Panel and the sanctions regime in que…
On Wednesday, during the high-level debate on the Charter of the United Nations, I quoted one of the founding fathers of the United Nations, Ambassador Stettinius (see S/PV.8185). He said that the members of the Security Council had the obligation to agree so that the Council may be able to act and …
We thank the presidency for convening this meeting, and I thank Mark Lowcock for his sobering briefing. I will address the following three points: first, the escalation of violence in eastern Ghouta, secondly, international humanitarian law, and, thirdly, action by the Security Council.
First, with…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I would like to express our sincere thanks to Kuwait for convening this meeting, 27 years after its liberation. I would particularly like to thank the Kuwaiti presidency for supplying my delegation with a number of copies of the Charter of the United Nati…
First let me welcome the presence earlier of President Abbas here in the Council, and let me thank Mr. Mladenov for his detailed briefing and certainly for his efforts for peace.
The facts on the ground speak for themselves and leave little room for optimism. We face a growing
humanitarian and eco…
I thank you, Mr. President, for putting this very serious issue on our agenda. Allow me to express my appreciation to Mr. Jenča and Mr. Grandi for their excellent briefings.
Today, I will focus on three issues: first, the current situation in Myanmar; secondly, how to ensure the safe, dignified and…
First, let me thank Ambassador Tanin, as well as his staff, for their work, the detailed report (S/2018/76) and the briefing. I should like to add that it is also a great personal pleasure to see Ambassador Tanin in person today.
We welcome the close cooperation of Ambassador Tanin with High Repres…
On behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, let me commend Kuwait for convening this open debate. Let me also thank Mr. Ian Martinfor his excellent briefing earlier today.
Discussing working methods is not a mere exercise in style or in process. The way the Council operates influences our impact i…
