At the outset, I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the people of Afghanistan and to the families of the victims of the earthquake.
I would like to thank those who convened this important debate on the responsibility to protect (R2P). Albania welcomes the recent report of the Secret…
Albania aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union, and I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity.
We welcome this first and historic meeting on the implementation of resolution 76/262. Strengthening the multilateral system, with the United Nations at its c…
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen’apala, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the representatives of Rwanda and Uganda. I thank Ms. Pobee and Mr. Huang Xia for their briefings and the three African mem…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing and his continued efforts in fulfilling his mandate.
Every time we meet on this issue, we look for good and positive news from the Middle East. It does not come often, but it does, such as the recent meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Co…
I, too, would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her remarks and valuable insights at this critical time for Libya. I also thank the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, Ambassador Tirumurti, for the updates, and we w…
Albania voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/431. We regret the outcome of the vote.
We believe that the Security Council missed a precious opportunity to come together and give a robust response to the continuous and persisting violations of its own resolutions by the regime of the Democrati…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for bringing the issue of protection of civilians to the Security Council for today’s discussion. There is hardly any other question more important and more central to the work of the Council. I thank the briefers for their updates and detailed information…
I too would like to thank Special Representative Perthes for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to this meeting.
Since we last discussed the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) in the Council (see S/PV.9006), it seems that the s…
I, too, would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Swan and Ambassador Madeira for their briefings, and welcome the representative of Somalia to today’s meeting.
Since our previous briefing in the Security Council (see S/PV.8965), several developments have occurred in Soma…
We thank the United States for organizing this timely meeting to discuss this as complex as important topic. We also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her always thoughtful insights.
We are pleased that civil society was given a prominent place at this meeting — and for a good reason, as w…
Syria has entered its twelfth year of conflict. There is no end in sight to the suffering of its people. It remains one of the world’s most complex humanitarian and protection emergencies, and one that seems to be going on forever. Syrians inside and outside the country find themselves, endlessly, a…
Let me start by thanking you, Secretary Blinken, for your presence in the Security Council today and your leadership in our work on this crucially important issue. I especially thank the briefers for their insightful presentations.
Yesterday we had an important discussion with the launch of the Roa…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Pobee, Executive Secretary Tiaré and Ms. Bandiaky-Badji for their updates on the latest developments in the Sahel.
At the outset, we note with regret the withdrawal of Mali from the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), especially when this de…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing on recent developments in Iraq and for her efforts in that regard. We also appreciate the briefing by Ms. Hanaa Edwar and welcome the Permanent Representative of Iraq to this meeting.
Iraq …
I wish I could thank the Department of Disarmament Affairs for its updated information, but I am afraid that falls short given
that we have heard nothing new. That is not the Department’s fault. I will nonetheless thank it for its patience in coming here and repeating once again — for the third tim…
Let me thank Ms. Msuya and Mr. Abdi for their update.
We meet again to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The war continues its destructive path. The overall situation is dire and worsening. People continue to suffer. The lives of countless civilians, particularly women and children, are being devas…
Let me start by thanking the High Representative, Mr. Christian Schmidt, for the in-depth and objective briefing today, as well as for the sixty-first report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia- Hercegovina distributed to the Security Council (S/2022/37…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his remarks.
Once again, the Security Council is gathered in response to provocations coming from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea regime. It is our common responsibility to address those continued and repeated violations of inte…
May I start by congratulating the United Kingdom presidency on its excellent stewardship of the Security Council during the month of April. I wish you, Madam President, as well as the United States team, the very best for this month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, …
I also would like to thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. We highly appreciate her repeated calls for Syrian cooperation and for unity in the Security Council in order to ensure accountability on the use of chemical weapons. We deeply regret the finding of a deliberate lack of cooperation by…
