As this is the first open meeting of the month, I pledge the full support of Switzerland for your presidency, Madam, and I thank Japan for its excellent leadership during the month of March.
We would like to thank Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, for his briefing …
Switzerland thanks the United States for facilitating the process of negotiations and for its efforts to reach a consensus. We also recognize the engagement of the other members of the Council.
Switzerland voted in favour of draft resolution S/2024/255 because, like the large majority of the Counci…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing and for all the work done by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). I would also like to thank Ms. Jacquie-Anna for sharing …
I too would like to start by thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
I would first like to welcome the adoption yesterday, Monday, 25 March, of resolution 2728 (2024), which “[d]emands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lastin…
I would like to thank Ambassador De la Gasca, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and Permanent Representative of Ecuador, for his briefing.
For almost 20 years, resolution 1540 (2004) has been a major pillar of the international non-proliferation architecture. Unf…
Switzerland voted in favour of resolution 2728 (2024) and welcomes its adoption by the Security Council. Finally, there is cause for hope.
This vote should mark a return to greater humanity in the Middle East conflict. “Human dignity and decency must define us as a global community”. That is how th…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. I have also taken note of Mr. Matthew Hoh’s comments.
Last week, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine presented its new report, revealing distressing details of v…
Switzerland voted in favour of the draft resolution submitted by the United States of America (S/2024/239) and regrets that it was not adopted owing to the veto of two permanent members of the Security Council.
In the light of the unbearable suffering on the ground, the Council should have achieved…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their briefings.
This month of March marks the tragic thirteenth anniversary of the conflict in Syria. Hundreds of thousands of victims have died or disappeared, millions have been displaced and made r…
I would like to thank the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme for their briefings
and proposals. Switzerland is grateful for the ongoing and courageous commitment o…
I would like to join my colleagues in thanking Japan for putting this issue on the Council’s agenda. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Mukhatzhanova and Mr. Floyd for their interventions and participation.
The suffering of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the atomic bombi…
Switzerland thanks Pakistan for introducing resolution 78/264 on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Switzerland condemns, in the strongest terms, discrimination, intolerance, incitement to hatred and violent extremism in al…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
The Charter of the United Nations calls on us all to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States. It also establishes the imperative of refraining from the use of force. Those principles are indispensable pillars of …
I would like to begin by thanking our two speakers for their briefings and their work. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Yemen and wish him Ramadan kareem, a generous Ramadan.
As my colleagues from Malta and Slovenia mentioned, in parallel with the work of the Council, the s…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on a subject that we believe is key. I also thank the briefers for their valuable contributions and enlightening insights.
A month ago, the Council followed the path of a sustainable peace cycle in Colombia. From prevention to mediation to peac…
I thank the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, for his briefing.
In six months’ time, we will be meeting for the Summit of the Future, which, inter alia, will be an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of collaborat…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting of the Security Council. It is important for the Council to address this issue. I would also like to thank Special Representative Pramila Patten for her briefing and report.
Sexual violence in conflict situations is a serious violation of in…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari and Director Lisa Doughten of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings.
As we enter the third year of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, today’s meeting is a reminder of its devastating impact on the civ…
I would like, similarly to my colleagues, to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and to thank all the United Nations staff on the ground and in the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan, which is in the process of withdrawing. I also welcome the presence and e…
At the outset, I would like to join my colleagues in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Otunbayeva and Ms. Gailani for their briefings. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for convening the Doha meeting of Special Envoys and to mention what we discussed in the Cou…
