At the outset, allow me to thank Ukraine and its Minister for Foreign Affairs for convening this important open debate on the protection of critical infrastructure. Iraq also welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2341 (2017) , which Iraq co-sponsored.
We must not attribute terrorism to any religi…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the Republic of Ukraine on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council
this month. I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your efforts to ensure transparency. I would also like to congratulate the Kingdom of Sweden on its presidency of the Council…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate the Kingdom of Sweden on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month, and thank it for convening today’s important open debate on the situation in the Middle East.
Iraq fully appreciates the Council’s united position in response t…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Sweden on joining the Security Council for a two-year mandate. I also congratulate the Swedish delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I would like to wish all States Members of the United Nations a year of peace and security, one …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Senegal on presiding over the Security Council this month, its tremendous efforts and the transparent manner in which it conducts the work of the Council. I commend the Russian Federation for its work during the presidency of the Council last month. I thank th…
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere congratulations to the Minister for Home Affairs of Malaysia on his country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also express our congratulations and thanks to the Permanent Representative of Japan for his wise c…
My delegation thanks the delegation of Malaysia, in its roles of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, for having convened this debate.
Iraq thanks and commends Japan for its presidency last month. We also thank Ms. Leil…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Japan on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and today we indeed see that Japan has made a great deal of effort in organizing today’s meeting. I also want to thank France for the work it carried out during its presidency of the …
My delegation welcomes the tireless efforts of the co-facilitators, the Permanent Representative of Iceland and the Permanent Representative of Argentina, and their teams to bring positions closer together during the fifth review of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy.
We align ou…
Iraq would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Sameh Hassan Shokry Selim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt. I would also like to express our condolences to the Government and the people of Egypt in the wake of the killing of Egyptian policemen by the Islamic State in Iraq an…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Arab Republic of Egypt on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and for its especially transparent efforts in organizing the Council’s work. I would also like to thank you personally, Mr. President. And I thank the Pe…
I would like to begin by congratulating Venezuela on its accession to the presidency of the Council this month and by thanking the Venezuelan delegation for its considerable efforts and transparency in organizing the Council’s work in February. I would also like to thank the delegation of Uruguay fo…
Mr. President, I would like to begin by congratulating your country, Uruguay, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I wish you the greatest success in your work. I should like also to thank the delegation of the United States for its work during its presiden…
First and foremost, we express our condolences to the people of France, Russia and Lebanon. We in Iraq are also affected by the continuing and multiform terrorist operations. We see martyrs die every day. We want to express our thanks to you and your country, Mr. President, for preparing and organiz…
At the outset, we extend our condolences to France, Russia, Egypt and Lebanon. Iraq is one of the countries that was targeted by terrorist attacks and suffered loss of life on that account.
At the outset, my delegation would like to welcome the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agenc…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate the delegation of the United Kingdom on its assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I also thank the Spanish delegation for its able leadership of the Council last month.
The main problem facing Iraq today is a complex amalgam of mili…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to congratulate the Kingdom of Spain on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and to wish it every success in carrying out its duties. I should like also to thank the Russian Federation for its outstanding presidency of the Council …
On behalf of the Group of Arab States, I take the floor again to express sincere thanks and appreciation to all for their efforts and to all those who voted in favour of resolution 69/320, which reminds us that the whole world stands by people languishing under colonization. I congratulate the Gover…
The Republic of Iraq, in its capacity as Chair of the Group of Arab States for the month of September, has the honour of introducing, on behalf of all Arab countries and 52 States Members of the United Nations, draft resolution A/69/L.87/Rev.1, entitled, “Raising the flags of non-member observer Sta…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate New Zealand on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for all its efforts to ensure transparency in the conduct the Council’s work in July. I also thank Malaysia for its similar efforts during its presidency of the Security Council in…
