I thank Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily and Ambassador Ishikane for their briefings, and I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya in today’s meeting.
First of all, on behalf of Switzerland, I want to express our condolences to those affected by the recent violen…
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing. We also took note of Mr. Nixon’s remarks.
This Council meeting on Ukraine follows one held earlier this week in the wake of the deadly attack in Hroza (see S/PV.9431). A la…
I thank Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union, Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, and Mr. Solomon Ayele Dersso, Managing…
I welcome the participation of the Foreign Minister of Colombia, His Excellency Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán, in this meeting. I also thank the Special Representative, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Ćurić Hrvatinić, for their briefings. My thanks also go to Mr.…
I would also like to thank Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), and Ms. Al-Jarahi for their briefings. Switzerland commends the work of the Special Representative and all UNAMI staff. We also welco…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya for their presentations.
Once again, Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has led to numerous civilian casualties. Last week we heard that at a time when many residents of t…
Switzerland attaches great importance to the political declarations. They represent an important step towards our shared vision of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We thank the co-facilitators for their tireless work.
In our view, the declarations are not perfect. In particular, Switzer…
As this is our first meeting under Brazil’s presidency of the Security Council, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and assure you of Switzerland’s full support to you, and I also thank Albania for its excellent work in September. I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hait…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Ms. Anny Tengamendite Modi for their briefings. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Gabon for his statement. I welcome the participation of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the…
I thank the Director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in New York, Ms. Ruven Menikdiwela, and the Director of the International Organization for Migration Office to the United Nations, Mr. Pär Liljert, for their informative briefings.
Thousands of people die every year in…
I would like to join my colleagues in expressing our thanks to Special Envoy Pedersen, Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Ms. Jarbawi for their briefings.
Switzerland associates itself with the statement made …
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
As other colleagues have already mentioned, this year marks the commemoration of the Oslo Accords. However, the path to a peace based on a two-State solution promised in Oslo faces ever more imposing obstacles.
The first of those obstacles i…
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2023/678) and thank the speakers for their comments, recommendations and efforts. I also refer to the stakeout with the States that signed what we call the statement of shared commitments on women and peace and securit…
I have taken note of the statements by Mr. Pohlmann and Mr. Dore. Our assessment remained unchanged. As my delegation has said in the past, Switzerland is concerned about the alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines that led to gas leaks last September. Switzerland condemns all acts…
I would first like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing. We appreciate the fact that this meeting is being held, at this crucial time, in the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan. I also wish to acknowledge the presence of the other high-leve…
I would like to join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. I welcome the presence here today of the Per…
We thank Albania for organizing today’s debate on a subject that is important for Switzerland, which has a long tradition of humanitarianism. And of course I also thank the briefers for their contributions.
I believe it is now obvious, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Albania has reminded us…
I would like to thank our colleague from Ghana for his briefing (see S/PV.9416). I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Volker Perthes and the Director of Operations and Advocacy in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Edem Wosornu, for their briefing…
I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-
General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. I have also taken note of Mr. Szamuely’s remarks.
While more than 500 days have gone by since Russia began its military aggression against Ukraine, the suffering and damage tha…
I would like to join others in extending our deepest sympathy to the Government and the people of Morocco, as well as the families of the victims in Libya, following the recent devastating natural disasters.
It is regrettable that only two months after the last debate on the use of the veto held by…
