Just a few days ago, we had a thorough discussion on the substance of the matter (see S/PV.9171), the latest of a series of the same during the year. We made our position clear, and it has not changed.
We take very seriously any and all issues related to threats of the proliferation of weapons of m…
I would like to thank Gabon for its work in assuming the Security Council presidency for the month of October. I wish you, Mr. President, all the best for November.
I would like to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, for his briefing today and for his leader…
I would like to thank the High Representative, Mr. Christian Schmidt, not present in the Chamber today, for his insightful report on the activity of his Office and the developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We fully support his mission as a key component for the stability and proper functioning of …
Albania welcomes with appreciation the annual report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the General Assembly (see A/77/305) and the presence of the President of the ICC, Mr. Piotr Hofmański.
The ICC continues to underdeliver due to structural and political constraints, including limited j…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Ms. Grynspan for their detailed information.
Over the past nine months, since Russia decided to go against reason and against everything in common we have built together, there has been only a single piece of good news — the Black Sea Grain Initiative.…
I would like to thank the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr. Salvatore Sciacchitano, for his detailed and clear briefing.
On 26 May 2021, the Security Council discussed an unusual act: a Ryanair passenger plane was forced to land by the Belarus aut…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his account of most recent developments on the ground.
We remain deeply worried about the deterioration of security in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The escalation of tensions and outbursts of violence causing destruction and victims, especially among …
I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan E. Donoghue, for the comprehensive report (see A/77/ PV.20). Albania strongly supports the work delivered by the Court under the able stewardship of its President, especially under the challenging circumstances cre…
This is the fourth or fifth meeting — I have lost track — called by the same delegation, on the same issue, to listen to the same things, with the same outcome: nothing. The agenda for this meeting could therefore have been: Security Council briefing on nothing — a new agenda item of the Council.
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I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings, and I welcome the participation of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan in this meeting.
Albania strongly supports the efforts of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) personne…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy for his briefing and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for the written recommendations provided to the Security Council. I also welcome the presence of the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Rwanda and Bu…
I thank Under-Secretary- General De Serpa Soares for his pertinent clarifications.
The raison d’être of the Secretariat is to execute its mandate with objectivity and impartiality and without fear or favour, and that involves also reminding States of their obligations and the degree to which they a…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Ms. Ghelani for their updates.
Little has changed in Syria since our previous meeting on the issue (see S/PV.9130), except for renewed
and increased fighting. A human-made catastrophe has entered its second decade, marked by continued destruction, destitution and…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing.
We are facing a situation that has hardly changed since the previous Council meeting on this issue (see S/PV.9141). There has been no progress in discussions between the Organization for t…
We welcome Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily to this meeting, and we wish him all the best in his important task. I wish to assure him of our full support for his efforts at this critical moment for Libyans. We would like to believe that his arrival in Tripoli and his engagemen…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Resident Coordinator Brown for the information they have provided on the situation in Ukraine
Since 24 February this year, every one of our meetings on Ukraine has started in a most sobering way: deploring an unjustified aggression, expressing deep conce…
I would like to commend the presidency of Gabon for organizing today’s important meeting on the women and peace and security agenda and I thank the briefers for their insights.
While there is increased engagement in and commitment to strengthening the normative framework of women and peace and secu…
I too would like to begin by congratulating President Graciela Gatti Santana on assuming her duties as the first female President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), and to thank her for submitting the Mechanism’s tenth annual report (see A/77/242), covering the p…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her insights and welcome the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic, as well as the presence of the representative of Rwan…
I thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her briefing and welcome her presence in the Chamber. I also welcome the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspo…
