Let me also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba de
Potgieter and Special Representative of the Secretary- General Maalla M’jid, as well as the civil society organization briefer, for their insightful information.
Major progress has been made in the course of the past 25 yea…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Voronkov and Acting Director Weixiong Chen for their briefings. We are truly grateful to the United Nations for the work that they do in that regard. I also thank Ms. Praxl, the civil society representative, for her very informative briefing. Furthermore, what we hav…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We listened carefully to the remarks of Mr. Roger Waters, and there is a lot to take in there. He is lucky to be in New York, in a free country and to speak his mind and say whatever he likes, including about the Russian aggression and ho…
I join my colleagues today in once again expressing our most sincere condolences to all affected by the terrible losses and destruction caused by the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. Our first search-and-rescue team is already in Türkiye in Malatya, working with others in a race against…
I would like to join my colleagues in expressing our most sincere condolences to all affected by the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for the updated information and for the excellent work being done to meet the humanitarian needs of the people …
I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, and your team on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, and to assure you of our full cooperation. We reiterate our thanks to Japan for steering the work of the Council very successfully in January. I thank Special Re…
I would like to thank Special Representative Wane for his briefing today and to commend the important work carried out by the personnel and peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), who operate in very difficult
conditions. I also extend…
I thank Japan for this opportunity to address the question of resilience in peacebuilding. We also thank the Deputy Secretary- General, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and Ms. Ndiaye for their valuable insights.
We share the assessment on the need to strengthen resilience through ownershi…
Let me thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing. We commend him and his team, including the Special Adviser on Darfur, for their dedication to bringing about justice for the victims of the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur. We strongly support the International Criminal Court …
Let me join others in thanking Special Envoy Pedersen and Ms. Mudawi for their briefings.
Another year has passed, and we are approaching the twelfth year of the horrific war that has devastated Syria and its people. For anyone who is 12 years old in Syria, all they have seen since the very first d…
I join other colleagues in reiterating our deepest sympathies to Gabon following the premature loss of its Foreign Minister.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General La Lime for her briefing and welcome her back to the Council.
We reiterate our deep concern at the persistent lawles…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
Albania remains troubled by the continued deterioration of the security situation — a trend that has, unfortunately, continued during this month. The continued casualties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as in Israel, are extreme…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Brands Kehris for her update. I also thank the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for its work in protecting and promoting human rights worldwide.
For us, there is no doubt that there is a direct link between human rights and securit…
Allow me to begin by thanking Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-
Secretary-General Griffiths for their hard work and their briefings today.
Since the beginning of October 2022, the members of the Security Council have called for the truce to be renewed, extended and expanded, and we deeply regret …
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for yet another in-depth briefing on the situation in Ukraine.
A year has passed, and the situation in Ukraine is no different. Three hundred and twenty-three days of an ongoing unjust and unjustified war have resulted in
devastating damage to the populatio…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting on such an important topic, and we welcome you as you preside over this open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Donoghue, and Mr. Akande, for their valuable insights.
As of …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, for his efforts and the update on the developments in the country. I also thank Mr. Wouriyu Valbuena for his important insights. We welcome the presen…
I thank Deputy Special Representative Biha and Mr. Touray, the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), for their informative briefings. Albania commends the good offices of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) in promoting in…
Let me begin by warmly welcoming the five newly elected members to the Security Council and wishing you, Mr. President, every success in presiding over the Council for the month of January. I want to assure you of my delegation’s readiness to work together constructively. I also thank Mr. Ebo for hi…
We have left behind a year that has marked a notorious record. It goes down as one with the highest cost of life for Palestinians and the second for Israelis in the past several years. That is a terrible mark, which only shows how desperate the situation is and how much it needs an immediate remedy.…
