I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his valuable briefing, and I welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine at today’s meeting.
The United Arab Emirates is concerned about reports of civilian deaths and injuries following the
attack in Donetsk on 7 November,…
At the outset, I welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, and I thank him for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya, Ambassador Taher Elsonni, in today’s meeting.
The Libyan people continue to suffer from the…
At the outset, my delegation aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Jordan on behalf of the Group of Arab States and Mauritania on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (see A/78/PV.27).
I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to Judge Jo…
I would like at the outset to thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Tetteh for their comprehensive briefings. I also welcome the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan to this meeting.
The region is witnessing an escalation that threatens to complicate the efforts toward ac…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish China another successful term in leading our work, and you can count on my delegation’s support in that regard. I would also like to express my sinc…
I would like to thank Mr. Grandi for his briefing and valuable work.
We are discussing an extremely important issue today. The number of displaced people around the world is continuously rising while, at the same time, many of them lack protection and basic services. That requires from the internat…
I begin by thanking Mr. Rajasingham, Director for Coordination, Coordination Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for his valuable briefing today.
Our meeting today comes after 18 months of unrelenting war in Ukraine. The war has had tremendous consequences for the civilia…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Edem Wosornu for their valuable briefings.
Our meeting today is being held as our region experiences one of the most difficult crises in its contemporary history. We are witnessing another devastating war in which civilians are sufferin…
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2703 (2023), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) by one year. We thank the United States, as penholder,
as well as the members of the Security Council f…
Mr. President, thank you for your presence here with us in New York today and for the special dedication that Brazil has shown to peace in our region. I also pay special tribute to our briefers today and to their teams’ dedicated work in the most unimaginable circumstances on the ground in the Gaza …
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing.
We have recently marked 600 days since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and the prospect of a just and lasting peace seems further away than ever. Right now, the pursuit of military solutions is be…
At the outset, I thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her informative briefing on the most recent developments in the Central African Republic. We also welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African…
The votes of the United Arab Emirates today were made strictly on the merit of the draft resolutions submitted to the Security Council (S/2023/792 and S/2023/795) and how they tangibly respond to the dire situation in Gaza. We know what the most pressing humanitarian needs are. The United Nations an…
I want to begin by thanking you, Sir, for presiding over today’s meeting. I would also like to thank our briefers, Secretary-General Guterres, UN-Women Executive Director Bahous, President Spoljaric Egger of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ambassador de Oliveira and Ms. Al-Karib, for t…
I thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his important statement. I also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Ms. Hastings for their detailed briefings and important efforts during this time.
Our region is witnessing one of the most difficult crises in its modern history. In the…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh for her valuable briefing today. I welcome the participation of Prime Minister Brnabić and President Osmani-Sadriu in today’s meeting.
When the Council most recently met to discuss this file in April (see S/PV.9312), there was …
I thank Ms. Salvador, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Ms. Manigat, President of the High Transitional Council, for their briefings. I also welcome the par…
I thank today’s briefers — Assistant Secretary-General Khiari, President Bachelet, President Mbeki and Ms. Echavarría Álvarez — for their valuable statements.
Peacemaking is not the purview of the few alone, but a shared responsibility of the many. The Security Council has often spoken with a unite…
I would like to begin by thanking today’s briefers, Special Representative Catriona Laing and Ambassador Mohammed El-Amine Souef. We also welcome Somalia’s participation in this meeting.
Over the past two decades and against the odds, Somalia has proved to be a great example of resilience and of th…
It is perhaps beyond me to put into words the abject horrors we are witnessing in Gaza. That is why the United Arab Emirates fully supported the Security Council taking action today, and why we still support the Council taking action on the situation. For more than 140 years, the Al Ahli Baptist Hos…
