At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of the Federal Republic of Somalia and congratulate you on your presidency of the Security Council this month. I thank Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing. I al…
At the outset, I am pleased to welcome the presidency of the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia at today’s open debate. I also wish to thank Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Judge Abdulqawi Ahm…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Colombia (S/2025/849), issued in December 2025, and Mr. Miroslav Jenča, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of the Crisis Response Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their valuable briefings. I…
At the outset, I extend my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2026/31) and to Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), for his briefing. I express the appreciation of the Kingd…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Nazhat Shameem
Khan, for her briefing. I also welcome the participation of the representative of the sisterly Republic of the Sudan in today’s meeting.
The Kingdom of Bahrain has taken note of the f…
The Kingdom of Bahrain is closely following developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran with grave concern and calls on the authorities in Iran to exercise restraint and avert any escalation or violence that could lead to significant loss of life and property and grave repercussions for the securit…
I would like to thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham for their valuable briefings. I also welcome the participation of the brotherly countries in this meeting.
The Kingdom of Bahrain follows with great interest recent development…
At the outset I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Humanitarian Sector Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, for their comprehensive briefings …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his valuable briefing to the Security Council and to welcome all the delegations participating in today’s meeting.
Since 8 December 2024, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has been…
At the outset, I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Federal Republic of Somalia on its presidency of the Security Council during this month of January. I wish you every success, Mr. President. At the beginning of our mandate in the Security Council, we also wish to take this opportuni…
It is my honour to begin by conveying the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and his hope that the Summit of the Future will yield positive and tangible results, in line with the goals set out in the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1) that is b…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the States members of the Group of Arab States. At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for your ongoing support for the intergovernmental negotiation process and pushing towards the desired refo…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for devoting this meeting to discussing the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I thank you, Mr. President, for inviting me to speak before the Security Council on behalf of my country, the Kingdom of Bahrai…
I would like to thank the President for convening this important debate on a culture of peace. This year’s debate is very important, as we celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace. I also thank the…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting, pursuant to resolution 76/262, under the agenda item, “Use of the veto”, following its use at the Security Council meeting held on 18 April (see S/PV.9609) on the draft resolution to admit the State of Palestine as a…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting pursuant to resolution 76/262, on the use of the veto, following the Security Council’s meeting of 22 March (see S/PV.9584) concerning the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian que…
I have the honour to deliver the statement on behalf of the Group of Asia- Pacific States.
At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly, for convening this plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States. Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination. The theme of this year’s International Day is …
It is my pleasure to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I congratulate you, Madam President, on presiding over this important open debate. I also thank the delegation of France for its efforts during its country’s presidency of the Security Council for this…
