I join other colleagues in thanking France for convening today’s briefing, and I thank you, Minister Colonna, for presiding over it. The issue at hand has been on the Security Council’s agenda without interruption, but today’s meeting could not be timelier, given the latest escalatory declarations b…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom for his comprehensive briefing and commend his and his team’s tireless efforts to support the peace process in South Sudan. I also thank Ms. Lilian Riziq for giving us a frank perspective from the point of view of civil society. I would …
I thank Brazil and Ireland for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Torero and Mr. Beasley for exposing the sad realities of food insecurity and its connections with conflict and violence.
In resolution 2417 (2018) of May 2018, the Council recognized squarely how wars drive hu…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his update.
Like others here, we are deeply concerned by the reports of heavy fighting that has taken place along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border during the past few days. Exchanges of fire with many casualties, including civilians, have been reported …
I thank Ms. Rochdi, Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Darwish for their updates on the situation in Syria.
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The situation in Syria has not improved since our previous meeting (see S/PV.9117). It remains a dark festival of the horrible and the unacceptable. I will try not to repeat things tha…
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his update and Mr. Ibrahim Mudawi, the civil- society briefer, for his insights. We also welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting. Albania supports the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in th…
Let me join others in expressing our most sincere condolences to our British colleagues and, through them, to the British royal family and all British and Commonwealth citizens for the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II. We pay tribute to her unique contribution to building peace and reconciliation,…
I would like to thank Special Representative Swan, Deputy Special Representative Lortan and European Union Special Representative Weber for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of the representative of Somalia at today’s meeting.
We are pleased to hear that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud h…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ms. Brands Kehris and Ms. Drik for their briefings, which were insightful and helpful but also very troubling.
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One might think that there is almost no meaningful aspect of Russia’s war of choice in Ukraine that we in the Cou…
As this is the first meeting this month under the French presidency of the Security Council, I would like to wish you, Mr. President, and your team every success and assure you of our full support in the implementation of a very full and ambitious programme of work. I would also like to reiterate ou…
Let me also thank the Secretary-General and Director General Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for their information and leadership on this very important issue.
We are happy that despite having been delayed for no reason, the IAEA inspection team was able to conduct its first…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her information on the recent developments in Libya, as well as Ambassador Kamboj for introducing the report on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya.
We are outraged by the explosion in v…
First, let me express our sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Pakistan regarding the terrible death toll and widespread destruction caused by some of the worst flooding the country has experienced. We stand in full solidarity with the Pakistanis and join their call for internatio…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Mr. Potzel for their updates. I also listened carefully to Ms. Morgan Edwards’s account.
A year has passed since the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul — a long year that by all accounts has been disastrously lost. As we heard, the overal…
Every time we meet here on this issue — which happens quite often — we express our serious concerns about the worrisome trend of violence and tension, with the fear that such negative developments will take the Israelis and the Palestinians further away from efforts to resolve the tragic conflict. T…
Let me also thank the Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for their updated information.
Thirty-one years ago today, Ukraine declared its independence from the decaying Soviet Union. It is a day to celebrate, and I am sure that, despite the situation, Ukrainians in Ukraine and abr…
We listened carefully to the arguments put forward by the delegation of Russia. We disagree with them. Let me explain why.
We have discussed this issue in the past. And here we are again, unfortunately, since the situation on the ground in Ukraine has not changed and has not improved. We agree that…
We thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We held a meeting on this very issue less than two weeks ago (see S/ PV.9109). Our position has not changed and, although we are fully aware of the importance of the matter, there is one simple issue that stands above all else. We are here…
Let me begin by thanking the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, for today’s briefing from a situation country, and welcoming his visit to the Sudan. We think it is very important that the meeting is taking place during the Prosecutor’s visit to the Sudan. As a sign…
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency for organizing this meeting, a timely opportunity to consider the ways in which dialogue and cooperation — our daily bread and butter — can contribute to maintaining world peace and security, especially when the world is in turmoil. We are grateful for …
