S/PV.7414 SC
70
Session
| Draft symbol | S/PV.7414 |
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| Sponsors (8) | |
| 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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Argentina
Germany
Greece
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.7466
Speeches following this vote (20)
Mr. Ignacio Ybáñez
Allow me to commend you, Sir, for organizing this open debate and for the adoption of an important new resolution on children and armed conflict (resolution 2225 (2015)), of which Spain was a sponsor. The resolution is the tangible result of Malaysia’s excellent work as head of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which we applaud. I would also like to express our gratitude for the b…
Mr. Delattre
I thank the Malaysian presidency and you, Mr. Minister, for organizing this crucial debate, which comes at a particularly busy time, both politically and emotionally, in terms of the United Nations agenda. The challenges identified by the Secretary-General in terms of the protection of children in armed conflict, the abduction of children by extremist groups and the recent allegations of sexual a…
Mr. Barros Melet
I thank the Malaysian presidency and Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman for convening this open debate and commend Malaysia’s excellent leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We value the Secretary-General’s leadership in that area and the work of his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, as well as UNICEF and other United Na…
Mrs. Ogwu
Mr. President, I want to welcome you to the Security Council and to thank you in particular for having convened this seminal debate.
The protection of children is undoubtedly a moral duty and a legal obligation for all States. We thank the Secretary-General for his abiding commitment to the cause of the protection of children. We wish also to thank the briefers for their insightful statements, w…
Mr. Van Bohemen
Foreign Minister Aman, we are honoured to have you presiding over the Council and guiding us today.
New Zealand welcomes Malaysia’s initiative in bringing this item before the Council. It builds usefully on the open debate held under France’s presidency in March (see S/PV.7414), when we provided an overview of our approach to this subject.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2015/409) shows that …
Mr. Liu Jieyi
China appreciates Malaysia’s initiative to convene this open debate of the Security Council on children and armed conflict. We welcome to New York His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sri Anifah Aman, who is presiding over our discussion today. I thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Zerrougui, and…
Mr. Rycroft
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I welcome the leadership that Malaysia has shown on this important issue, and I am pleased at the unanimous adoption of resolution 2225 (2015). I also thank the Secretary- General, his Special Representative Ms. Zerrougui and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Brandt for their briefings. I welcome the powerful words of Ms. Eunice Apio. Her…
Mr. Churkin
We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council and would like to thank you for having organized today’s meeting. We are also grateful to the invited briefers for their comprehensive statements. We would like to single out the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Zerrougui, to protect children affecte…
Mr. Mangaral
Allow me to welcome you, Mr. President, and congratulate you on organizing this open debate under the Malaysian presidency of the Security Council, as well as on the initiative of moving forward resolution 2225 (2015), which incorporates the issue of the abduction of children
in armed conflicts. I would also like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, his Special Representative Leila Zerrougui…
Mr. Hmoud
I would like first of all to welcome you, Mr. President, to the Security Council, and to thank you for giving us this opportunity to discuss the important issue of the protection of children in armed conflict. We also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui; the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Yoka Bran…
Ms. Murmokaité
I would like to thank Malaysia for holding this open debate. I also thank the briefers for their presentations.
Lithuania aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
Armed conflicts continue to have a horrific impact on children and, as we heard today from both the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, last year was one of the worst in recent me…
Mr. Ramírez Carreño
On behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we would like to thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Mr. Anifah Aman, for his presence here and for convening this open debate on children in armed conflict, a topic to which my country attaches great importance due to its impact on the weakest and most vulnerable part of the population. We would also like to thank Secretary- Gener…
Mr. Pressman
I would like to begin by thanking Foreign Minister Aman
for presiding over this meeting and for Malaysia’s leadership of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Brandt for their briefings and their important work on this issue…
Mr. Lucas
Angola thanks the Malaysian presidency of the Security Council for convening this open debate on an issue of critical importance, namely, the fate of children caught in the middle of armed conflicts and the suffering that they endure. The international community pledged to find solutions to this problem of extreme gravity. The adoption today of resolution 2225 (2015) is a further step in that dir…
The President
I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than four minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Delegations with lengthy statements are kindly requested to circulate the texts in writing and to deliver a condensed version when speaking in the Chamber. I would also like to appeal to speakers to deliver their statements at a normal speed so t…
Mr. Gentiloni
I wish to thank the Malaysian presidency for convening today’s open debate and for introducing resolution 2225 (2015), which recognizes abductions in armed conflict as a listing criterion in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict (S/2015/409).
I also thank the Secretary-General, his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and the Deputy…
The President
I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala.
Mr. Morales
We would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and his delegation for having organized this open debate and for his concept note (S/2015/402, annex), which contains valuable guidance to focus our discussions today on those who are most vulnerable, that is, children. We would also like to thank the Secretary- General, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Ch…
Mrs. Zerkal
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for Malaysia’s initiative to hold this important debate. Let me also express my gratitude to today’s briefers, in particular to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict for her hard work.
The delegation of Ukraine aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union and would…
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