Let me thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing and reiterate Albania’s support for his work and efforts. I would also like to thank the representative of the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, for his report.
In De…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Frazier for their briefings.
The sixteenth report of the Secretary-General (S/2023/975) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) is another important document shedding light on the advancement of the Ir…
Let me start by thanking the Ecuadorian presidency and you, Madam, for convening today’s open debate. As we heard from the briefers, whom I thank for their presentations, this is an important topic with a broad geographic and sectoral impact.
Our world is experiencing substantial and rapid transfor…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom for his comprehensive briefing and Ambassador Biang, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015), concerning South Sudan, for his briefing. We welcome the representative of South Sudan to this…
I thank Mr. Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing.
Allow me to raise a few points highlighted in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2023/934). The challenges that Central Africa is facing are multifaceted
and deeply rooted, and are exacerbated by persistent confl…
I welcome President Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz to the Council and thank them for the substantive assessments of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).
We commend the determination that the Mechanism has demonstrated in implementing its mandate by prosecuting and …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her outstanding leadership of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and Ms. Lusamba for her briefing and for the contribution of civil society in the Demo…
Let me start by thanking the briefers for their remarks.
Since the beginning of the unjustified military aggression by Russia against Ukraine, one of the main goals of the Kremlin has been to undermine the role and the support of the international community. The choice is very simple: either we acc…
Albania voted in favour of draft resolution S/2023/970, on a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, introduced by the United Arab Emirates, joining the call of the Secretary-General and the United Nations agencies to end the hostilities on the ground so that humanitarian access can be delivered to the popu…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for calling this meeting and for his remarks. Like others in this room, Albania shares the deep concerns about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza. We commend the efforts of the United Nations, regional partners, the United States a…
I would like to start by thanking Ecuador for organizing this open debate, which helps us to better understand the risks and threats that transnational organized crime poses to international peace and security. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Waly, Executive Director of the Uni…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Director Rajasingham for their briefings.
Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine has not stopped. The suffering of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine continues and the humanitarian needs …
I express my gratitude to Special Adviser Ritscher for his comprehensive briefing, and I would like to emphasize that Albania appreciates the commendable efforts in Iraq of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for the Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ ISIL (UNITAD), as articulat…
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your team on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also would like to congratulate China on the way it presided over the Council during the month of November.
We thank the penholder for working relentlessly and for accomm…
Let me thank the Secretary- General for his remarks, and the Special Coordinator for his briefing.
The holding humanitarian truce is the key fact and key word of these days. It has been six days without hostilities; six days without the deafening noise of war and its deadly consequences; six days w…
We listened very attentively to the briefings of Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Director Wosornu, and we thank them for their updates and for the work they are doing.
The Syrian conflict, which has stretched into its second decade, is a tragedy of unprecedented proportions. We cannot and should no…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his briefing.
After two failed attempts on 21 November, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a military reconnaissance satellite. We condemn it, as it represents another act of escalation in total disregard of multiple Security Council r…
I thank Executive Directors Bahous, Russell and Kanem the information provided.
Like many others, we welcome the agreement reached to ensure the release of some of the hostages captured by Hamas. Women and children illegally held in captivity for more than seven weeks will finally be reunited with …
Let me also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Mr. Hollingworth for their briefings.
While the world’s attention remains glued to the ongoing dramatic developments in Gaza, with hope that some of the much-awaited good news will come soon, the aggression against Ukraine continues unabated, …
I too thank the Chinese presidency for organizing today’s important open debate, and Secretary-General Guterres, Ms. Rousseff and Mr. Sachs for their remarks.
We agree with the Secretary-General that the New Agenda for Peace sets out a vision for preventing conflict and sustaining peace and develop…
