I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for briefing us today, and I welcome the Foreign Minister of Mali to this meeting.
At the outset, we would like to express our condolences on the deaths of four Chadian peacekeepers yesterday and wish the wounded a speedy re…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing and insights on the deteriorating situation in Haiti, and we welcome her suggestions and recommendations. I also welcome the participation of Foreign Minister Généus of Haiti and Foreign Minister Álvarez Gil of the Domi…
As I take the floor for the first time this month due to business travel, I cannot begin without congratulating you, Mr. President, on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of October and on the exemplary conduct of the work during these first two weeks.
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I thank your delegation, Mr. President, for focusing our attention on the critical link between climate change and security. I also extend my delegation’s gratitude to Ms. Pobee, Mr. Gahouma- Bekale and Mr. Youssef for their insights.
We have said it before, and we will not tire of reiterating, tha…
I would like to join others in expressing our appreciation for the work that Special Representative of the Secretary-General Massieu has accomplished with the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and for his briefing today. I also thank Ms. Moreno Barco and Ambassador Muhith for their ins…
I thank the presidency of Gabon for putting this debate on the agenda at a time when Africa is facing many challenges and cross- cutting crises, including unconstitutional Government changes, flourishing terrorists and armed groups, the presence of private military groups, human rights violations an…
Let me begin by echoing others in thanking the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ms. Waly, African Union Commissioner Adeoye and Regional Director Handy for their insightful remarks and recommendations. Albania commends the achievements and commitments alrea…
I too thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing, and we also welcome the representatives of Japan and the Republic of Korea to this meeting.
Albania strongly condemns the long-range ballistic-missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that overflew Japan on 3 Octobe…
Let me join others in thanking France for its work during the month of September and wishing you, Mr. President, all the best
for the month of October — you can rely on Albania’s support this month.
Returning to the issue under discussion, I would like to thank the Special Representative for the S…
I too would like to thank all of the briefers for their insights and would like now to stress a few points.
First, Albania welcomes the ongoing progress in preparing the groundwork for holding elections in 2023. We call on all parties to work together in good faith to create the conditions necessar…
We are also deeply concerned about the reports of the large-scale leaks that were detected on 27 September in both the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the exclusive economic zones of Denmark and Sweden in the Baltic Sea. The plumes of gas rising to the surface are causing environmental damage, and …
This is another dark day for the Security Council, the United Nations and the world. The Security Council was again taken hostage on the same issue and by the same country and was prevented from acting on one of the most important
issues on its agenda. Once again, Russia misused a unique privilege …
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing on the total elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.
We find ourselves today faced with a situation that has hardly changed since the previous meeting (see S/PV.9097). There h…
Last week, at the General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Israel highlighted in very clear terms the strong and unambiguous commitment of his Government in favour of the two- State solution (see A/77/PV.8). For the first time in more than a decade, an Israeli Prime Minister recommitted to a formula …
I hate to ask for the floor a second time, since it gives the impression that I was not clear enough at first, but in this case I need to. This is not, of course, to prolong today’s discussion, in which everything was made clear, but to set the record straight.
The Russian delegation once again mad…
I too would like to thank all the briefers for their updates today, especially Ms. Koofi for her powerful call to action. We must make sure that the women and girls of Afghanistan are not forgotten.
It saddens us to see the Afghan people deprived of their basic right to lead a dignified life. As me…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, which was, as always, insightful and useful.
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I would like to begin with the following quotation:
“Don’t believe those who try to frighten you with Russia and who scream that other regions will follow after Crimea. We do …
I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply in response to what we just heard from the delegations of Serbia and Iran. Our vision for the Western Balkans has been clearly outlined repeatedly here and elsewhere, as Prime Minister Rama did in this Hall just a few days ago (see A/77/PV.12). We
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Let me thank the briefers for their valuable insights into the dire situation in Haiti and for proposing urgently needed ways to deal with and possibly reverse the current catastrophic course. I welcome the participation of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and the representa…
It is a particular honour for me to address this session of the General Assembly because I stand here as the representative of a country, Albania, that is currently serving on the Security Council for the first time in its history. That responsibility lends special importance to our role in this org…
