Albania aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union (see A/77/PV.90).
On 11 July the Security Council failed to adopt draft resolution S/2023/506, on the cross-border delivery of humanitarian assistance to the people of north-west Syria. Today we once again deplore Ru…
In 2008, in an effort to assert its influence and recover from the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia occupied some parts of the territory of Georgia in a short but brutal war. The world rushed to make amends by using existing mechanisms,
believing that by accommodating Russian grieva…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s important meeting and for bringing the issue to the Security Council for a first-ever debate on the matter.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades as part of the world’s scientific and technological drive. The recent spike in its…
I thank Rosemary DiCarlo for her insightful briefing as always with accurate and indisputable information on this matter. We thank the United Kingdom presidency for convening this high- level meeting on the situation in Ukraine and welcome you, Mr. President, in the chair.
After more than 500 days …
Let me thank the United Kingdom presidency for organizing today’s open debate on such a critical issue.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Patten for her briefing, and we pay tribute to her continuous efforts to advance the conflict- related sexual violence agenda, despite dif…
Let me begin by thanking Prosecutor Khan for his valuable and sober presentation and his steadfast commitment to fighting impunity for serious violations of human rights.
Despite all the obstacles, we are encouraged by the progress that has been made in the pursuit of justice in the Sudan. The comp…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Let me start by expressing Albania’s firm condemnation of the intercontinental ballistic-missile (ICBM) launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 12 July. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continues to openly ignore t…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Ruiz Massieu and Ms. Salcedo López for their briefings. We also welcome the participation of Foreign Minister Leyva Durán in today’s meeting.
With the signing of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a S…
The quick version of our statement today would have been a reference to our most recent statement on this issue, made a week or so ago, since there is nothing new on the matter. But since we are here, I would like to make the following points.
First, we have said it many times and will reiterate it…
We thank the co-penholders, Brazil and Switzerland, for their tireless efforts during a most constructive process of negotiations. We were happy to work actively with them and other members of the Security Council, but unfortunately these efforts were wasted.
What just happened is a terrible setbac…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
We condemn in the strongest terms the repeated use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime and the refusal to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and support all efforts to hold the perpetrators to accoun…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Resident Coordinator Gressly for their briefings.
We welcomed the unanimous renewal earlier of the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement and commend the United Kingdom, as penholder, for its dil…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and European Union Ambassador Skoog for their updates, as well as Ambassador Frazier for her work as Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015).
The fifteenth report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolut…
Let me also begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Salvador Crespo, Ambassador Biang in his capacity as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti and Ms. Gilles for their insights. We also appreciate the pa…
Albania voted in favour of the resolution requesting the drawdown and withdrawal of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) (resolution 2690 (2023)), as requested by the transitional Government of Mali. We thank the France as the penholder for its work.…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Nakamitsu for her briefing, and Mr. Radchenko for his insights.
We express our disappointment at the time wasted by having two persons with exactly identical positions, pretendedly to lead the Security Council, mislead it with militant views. Sugar-coating an act of…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for his briefing following his visit to Syria and Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi for her insights.
We remain deeply troubled about the persistently worsening situation in Syria. The air strikes on 25 June in north-western Syria have reminded us that the war c…
I thank the Special Coordinator for the update and Mr. Zogby for sharing his perspective with us today.
Again, the key word of our meeting on this issue is violence. It has been particularly troubling and worrisome in the course of the last two years. It is becoming alarming and deadlier, more and …
The responsibility to protect (R2P) is one of the most significant normative advancements in the past two decades, especially as it reframes sovereignty as responsibility. It provides concrete guidance to the world community in upholding fundamental norms and values and addressing gross violations.
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I would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her briefing, and I welcome the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to today’s meeting. Let me make some observations on the reporting period.
First, the temporary conclusion of voter registration w…
