Italy aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union (see A/72/PV.24).
The political declaration adopted yesterday (resolution 72/1) summarizes the challenges that
Member States and other national and international stakeholders are facing today. I would like to re…
First of all, let join others in thanking you, Mr. President, and the Secretariat for the excellent organization of the joint meeting with the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council and for the warm hospitality offered by your Government in your capital last week. I would also like to thank S…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2375 (2017). We thank the United States for leading the process with an appropriate sense of urgency and for conducting negotiations in a spirit of transparency — that is appreciated given the constraints imposed by the grave situation provoked by …
The latest nuclear test by North Korea represents, in our view, a grave and reckless provocation that violates successive Security Council resolutions. Our Minister for Foreign Affairs immediately condemned this act in the strongest terms.
Since the early hours after the test, Prime Minister Gentil…
Italy voted in favour of resolution 2373 (2017) in order to emphasize its firm and unwavering support for a peacekeeping mission that in our view, in a region plagued by conflicts and division, helps to maintain calm and stability for both Lebanon and Israel to enjoy. Italy is proud to be a member o…
Italy welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2372 (2017), which reauthorizes the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
We would like to thank the penholder, the United Kingdom, for its excellent work on the text of the resolution.
AMISOM has been doing a tremendous job i…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Egypt, for your and your Mission’s able stewardship in the month of August, which was less quiet than expected, and for deciding to convene a formal wrap-up session.
I will focus on two overarching horizontal issues that were featured prominently during…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your very detailed briefing as Chair of the Committee. I would also like to align myself with my colleagues in addressing the families of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán. On behalf of my Government, I would like to once again pledge our sympathy and solidarity as we j…
I, too, would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane and President Mogae for their briefings today.
The situation on the ground continues to be pretty terrible. Half of the population of South Sudan needs food or other aid. The South Sudanese authorities continue to violate the status of fo…
Let me first commend you, Sir, for convening this meeting on such an important theme with the appropriate timing and format. As your concept note (S/2017/574, annex) indicates, there is a continuity of discussions and relevant documents on the issue, and focus should now be placed on implementation.…
Italy welcomes the outcome of today’s voting. It testifies once again to the unanimous support of the Security Council to the peace process in Colombia. Italy would like to praise the parties for confirming, with the completion of the laying down of arms and the start of the reintegration process, t…
Italy condemns in the strongest terms the latest missile test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This latest provocation confirms once again that the North Korean regime continues to pursue its nuclear and ballistic
missile programmes in flagrant violation of Security Council r…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for your excellent leadership during the month of June. It has been a very busy month and a very productive presidency. We look forward to China’s presidency in July.
We thank the Bolivian presidency for promoting the adoption of resol…
It is hard to be the next speaker at this emotional moment.
Italy believes that the international community should continue to take every action to ensure that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remains a positive element in the global effort against the proliferation of weapons of mass…
I would like to thank you in particular, Mr. President, for calling today’s meeting. I also offer my thanks to Under-Secretary- General Feltman for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/515), and to Ambassador Vale de Almeida for his briefing on behalf of Ms. Federica Mogherini…
At the outset I should like, on behalf of my Government, to once again convey our condolences to the families of the two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán. We also extend our sympat…
I would like to thank all the briefers for their contributions to today’s debate.
Before delivering my statement, I wish to condemn in the strongest terms last Friday’s terror attack in Jerusalem and the murder of the Israeli police officer Hadas Malka. We wish to extend our sympathy to the victims…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this very timely and opportune briefing. I also want to thank Mr. Chergui, Mr. Kaberuka and Chef de Cabinet, Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, for their briefings.
The joint United Nations-African Union framework signed on 19 April, the report of the Secreta…
I would like to thank the Presidents of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Carmel Agius, and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, as well as Prosecutor Brammertz, for their briefings today in this Chamber.
As far as the ICTY is…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Mindaoudou, for her briefing. We commend the progress made in preparing for the closure of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI). I take this opportunity to thank Ms. Mindaoudou for her effo…
