I would like to thank our briefers, Mr. Martin Griffiths and Mr. Tor Wennesland, for their invaluable remarks and insights today and for the fantastic work they are doing in very difficult circumstances.
The United Arab Emirates explanation of vote this morning on draft resolution S/2023/773 outlin…
I thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia for his valuable briefing. I also thank Mr. João Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, and Ms. Joséphine Malimukono for their contributions to today’s discussio…
Long before the unjustifiable Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, Gaza was already one of the most desperate places on Earth to live. All Council members have rightly condemned the indiscriminate murder of innocent Israeli civilians and the taking hostage of 199 people, including children. We reite…
I thank Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily and Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane for their valuable briefings, and I welcome the participation of Ambassador Taher Elsonni in today’s meeting.
I would like to reiterate our condolences and solidarity with the State of Libya and the brotherly Libyan p…
I appreciate the late turnout and the late hour. However, we would like to suggest that we suspend the meeting briefly to go into closed consultations on the votes before us.
I thank Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Mr. Ebo for his valuable briefing, and I welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine in today’s meeting.
Essential to the right to self-defence that all Member States possess is the ability to develop defence capabilit…
I would like to begin by thanking Brazil for convening today’s meeting and also for leading, together with Mozambique, the Council’s recent mission to Addis Ababa for the Annual Joint Consultative Meeting between the Security Council and the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council. I welcomed …
I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his valuable briefing. His work and that of his team has been critical in providing the Security Council with the necessary and much-needed insights into developments in Colombia. We also thank Mr. Botero García for his briefing and for shedding light …
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for her valuable briefing. We also appreciate the statement
delivered by Ms. Dhefaf Al-Jarahi. I welcome the participation of the representative of Iraq in our meeting today.
I would like to take this opportunit…
I begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant-Secretary-General Msuya for their valuable briefings today. I also welcome the participation of Ukraine in today’s meeting.
The United Arab Emirates expresses its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those lost in Hr…
I would like to join others in congratulating Brazil on its assumption of the presidency of the Council and thanking Albania for its very capable leadership last month.
When the world met two weeks ago, a clear call rang out from the General Assembly. It came from Haiti, from the Caribbean Communit…
I thank the briefers for their briefings on the situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Today, we are discussing an important issue. The world faces many interconnected challenges, foremost of which are conflicts, climate change and food insecurity.
That compels and exacerbates the dis…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her efforts and those of her team, and we appreciate her valuable briefing. I also thank Ambassador Biang for his comprehensive briefing. We also listened carefully to the statement delivered …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his comprehensive briefing.
The recent events in the occupied Palestinian ter ritory have reminded us of how urgent it is that we intensify diplomatic efforts at the regional and inter national levels in order t…
At the outset, I would like to thank both Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Edem Wosornu for their valuable briefings. We also thank Ms. Su’ad Jarbawi for her statement, which shed light on the difficult living conditions of the brotherly Syrian people.
In the context of today’s meeting, I would like to be…
The United Arab Emirates reaffirms its unreserved condemnation of the acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines one year ago.
The consistent and predictable supply of energy is a bedrock of the international order. The need for energy, stability and security is something that unite…
I also thank our briefers, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Roza Otunbayeva, Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous and Ms. Karima Bennoune, for their valuable remarks today.
We have now passed the two-year mark of the Taliban being in power in Afghanistan. The latest report of the Secr…
My country’s delegation would like to exercise the right of reply to what the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran said. The United Arab Emirate emphasizes that our three islands — Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa — in the Arab Gulf are an integral part of the territories of the Unit…
I would like to sincerely congratulate the President on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I also value the efforts of Mr. Csaba Kőrösi during his presidency of the previous session.
I would like to reiterate our sincere condolences and sympathy to the Governments and …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Miroslav Jenča for his comprehensive briefing on recent developments. We welcome the participation of ministers and other high-level officials in today’s meeting.
Our meeting comes as world leaders gather here in New York to emphasize the urgent need to prior…
