S/2018/465 SC
73
Session
| Draft symbol | S/2018/465 |
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| Sponsors (20) | |
| P5 Positions |
Russia
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United States
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United Kingdom
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China
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France
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Afghanistan
Andorra
Argentina
Belgium
Egypt
Liberia
Malaysia
Maldives
Mexico
Norway
Qatar
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Türkiye
Ukraine
Uruguay
Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.8305
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
I thank Ms. Gamba for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Fore.
Ms. Fore: I appreciate the steadfast commitment of the members of the Security Council to the plight of children affected by armed conflict around the world. Today, one in every four children lives in a country affected by conflict or disaster. Like the statistics detailed in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2018/465), one i…
The President
I thank Ms. Fore for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Londoño.
Ms. Londoño
First of all, I am grateful for the opportunity that the Security Council has given us to participate in such an important forum. I express special thanks go to the Government of Sweden, which invited us and helped us travel from Colombia, as well as to the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict.
I am speaking in the first person plural as I am represent…
The President
I thank Ms. Londoño for her briefing.
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Prime Minister of Sweden.
First, I would like to thank Special Representative Gamba and Executive Director Fore for their important, and at times difficult-to-listen-to, briefings to the Security Council. Let me also thank Yenny Londoño for sharing her inspirational story and adequate demands.
Childhood is not…
Ms. Wever-Croes
The Kingdom of the Netherlands aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union, as well as with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict.
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict and the Executive Director of UNICEF for t…
Mrs. Haley
I congratulate Sweden on its presidency and I thank the Russian delegation for its leadership in June. I want to thank the Prime Minister of Sweden for convening this very important debate. I thank Ms. Fore and Ms. Gamba for their leadership. Ms. Londoño’s story is inspiring. I welcome her to the club of mothers. She will never know again what it is like not to worry. She was the right voice at t…
Mr. Delattre
At the outset, I would like to warmly thank the Swedish presidency of the Council for organizing this open debate on the children and armed conflict agenda item, which is an absolute priority for us. I also thank the Swedish presidency for having steered the important resolution that we have just adopted (resolution 2427 (2018)). It is a rare privilege to have the Prime Minister of Sweden here wi…
Mr. Alemu
We are grateful to Sweden for convening this open debate and for its leadership of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We are very glad to see you, Mr. Prime Minister, as you preside over this debate, which demonstrates the significance you attach to this important topic. We are grateful to all the briefers for sharing their thoughts, which we have found very useful. We very much ap…
Mr. Meza-Cuadra
We would like to thank the Swedish presidency of the Security Council for convening this open debate on the issue of children and armed conflict, which is a priority for our country. We especially commend you for your participation, Mr. Prime Minister, which serves to highlight your country’s commitment to this important issue. We would also like express our appreciation for the important briefin…
Mr. Alotaibi
At the outset, we would like to welcome you, Mr. President, as you preside over today’s important meeting. At the same time, we pay tribute to Sweden as it carries out its chairmanship of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, as well as for its efforts aimed at reaching consensus on the resolution that we just adopted (resolution 2427 (2018)). I would also like to
thank Ms. Virginia …
Mr. Radomski
I would like to begin by indicating that Poland aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
I thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for presiding over today’s important meeting. We very much appreciate Sweden’s work on resolution 2427 (2018), which the Security Council just adopted. We also value Sweden’s strong leadership as Chair of the Working Group on Chi…
Mr. Polyanskiy
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Prime Minister, as you preside over the Security Council today, and would like to thank our Swedish partners for their initiative in organizing today’s meeting. We wish you a successful and productive presidency of the Security Council for July, and we are sure that your very professional team will handle any problems. We greatly appreciate the contributions of …
Mrs. Cordova Soría
At the outset, we thank Sweden for its leadership during the negotiations of resolution 2427 (2018), adopted today, which we had the pleasure of co-sponsoring and which undoubtedly provides a framework for the integration of protection, rights, welfare and empowerment of children throughout the conflict cycle, reinforcing in turn the mandate of the Special Representative and emphasizing reintegra…
Mr. Djedje
Côte d’Ivoire commends you, Mr. Prime Minister, for guiding the work of the Security Council and welcomes the holding of this open debate devoted to the issue of children and armed conflict. My delegation expresses its gratitude to Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and Ms. Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, for their in…
Mr. Ndong Mba
First of all, on behalf of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, allow me to express my gratitude to His Excellency Mr. Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden, for convening this open debate on the important and timely issue of children and armed conflict, and to express our satisfaction at the fact
that he has come to New York to preside over it. We commend the exemplary work of the Working Group…
Mr. Umarov
I congratulate the delegation of Sweden for organizing this open debate on children and armed conflict. I thank His Excellency Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden, for being personally present today and presiding over this debate, which underlines the importance of the theme and
highlights the role of child protection in the prevention of conflicts and building peaceful societies.
We expres…
Mr. Ma Zhaoxu
China congratulates Sweden on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We welcome Prime Minister Löfven to New York and thank him for presiding over this open debate. We would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba and UNICEF Executive Director Fore for their respective briefings. We also thank Ms. Londoño for her statement.
The Counci…
Ms. Pierce
Let me join others in welcoming Sweden’s presidency of the Security Council and in thanking Russia for its stewardship during the previous month. We are also very pleased, Mr. Prime Minister, that you have convened this open debate today. It is very important for the Council to focus on the protection of children as a key element of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. Like others, I also wo…
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