I too would like to thank the Special Coordinator for his update on the developments on the ground and for his continued efforts. I also thank Ms. Hary for her striking testimony and insightful remarks.
We have just left behind weeks of escalatory tensions and exchanges of fire, with large numbers …
Albania commends Switzerland and you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate, which focuses on conflict and hunger and the immense challenges related to the protection of civilians. I thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and welcome the relevance of his report on the protection of civil…
I too would like to thank Special Representative Perthes, Commissioner Adeoye and Executive Secretary Gebeyehu for their briefings. Let me also express Albania’s deep gratitude to Mr. Perthes and his team for their commitment and tireless efforts in the Sudan, especially during these very challengin…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and Ms. Latif for her insights on the situation of women in Iraq.
It has been seven months since the formation of the new Iraqi Government, and we acknowledge Iraq’s steadfast commitment to ensuring a peacef…
I thank Mr. Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing.
Let me start by recalling why we are having this discussion today — a permanent member of the Council that is violating international law called a meeting to condemn those who support the victim of their a…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Director Wosornu and Ms. Al-Eryani for their briefings.
As the Special Envoy underlined today, Yemen finds itself at a critical juncture. In that context, we encourage the parties to continue dialogue and engage constructively in the peace process. It …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee, Executive Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel Tiaré and Ms. Diouf for their briefings.
Albania considers the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) to be an important regionally led initiative in strengthening stability and security in the Sahel,…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for his update. We pay tribute to his efforts and work, as well as those of the entire team at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, aimed at meeting the humanitarian needs in Ukraine and elsewhere in order to alleviate the suffering of p…
Allow me to begin by thanking Prosecutor Khan for his excellent work and for briefing us today, as per resolution 1970 (2011). We fully support Prosecutor Khan in advancing the mission of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and fighting impunity wherever it arises. Also, we welcome the representa…
I thank the High Representative, Mr. Christian Schmidt, for his insightful briefing. We appreciate and fully support his efforts and active engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We welcome the presence of the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mrs. Željka Cvijanović. We also take not…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings, and I commend the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for its efforts, especially in promoting dialogue and security in the Abyei Administrative Area even now, under more diffic…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her presentation.
Ten years after the adoption of resolution 2118 (2013), we still have not seen any evidence of Syria having destroyed its chemical weapons programme. That is troubling and deplorable.
We commend the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemic…
We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Bujar Osmani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and to thank him for his important remarks. I would like to commend him for his efforts and th…
As this is the first meeting in May, I would like to congratulate Switzerland for its very first presidency of the Security Council, an event of historic significance. Rest assured of our full cooperation. We welcome the choice of subject for today’s debate, highlighting the need to build trust and…
I am absolutely aware of the time. This is not to reply to anything that was said, but just to make one comment.
What we heard — and it has happened many times — shows how difficult the discussion on some topics can be. But I regret that we do not see in the Council the spirit we see in Brussels,…
First, I need to set the record straight regarding the use of languages in the Council and in today’s meeting. Two Council members backed a formal request made by the delegation of Kosovo to speak in the language of its choice. As we know, rule 44 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure spea…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Ms. Doughten for their briefings.
The Syrian people have just entered the thirteenth year of their descent into deeper despair, destitution and destruction, without an end in sight. The magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe that has befallen them is simply uni…
Today we mark one year since the adoption by consensus of resolution 76/262. Albania was proud to co-sponsor that innovative mechanism, along with 82 Member States, to ensure that the Security Council acts in the interests of the international community and for the maintenance of international peace…
I welcome Special Representative María Isabel Salvador and wish her the best of luck in her mission. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Waly for their briefings and would also like to recognize the presence of Foreign Ministers Généus of Haiti and Álvarez Gil of the …
Albania aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union.
We welcome today’s debate on the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed …
