Switzerland would like to thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their detailed briefings. We also welcome the participation in this meeting of the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Rwanda and Serbia.
Thirty years ago, the Security Council took the decision to …
Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General of the League of Arab States, His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, for their briefings. We welcome in particular the presence of Ms. …
At the outset, let me begin by thanking Special Adviser Ritscher and his team for their report (S/2023/367) and his comprehensive briefing. Switzerland welcomes the progress made during the period under review by the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by…
I would like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing.
Switzerland is gravely concerned by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. The developments of the last few hours further increase the burden on a population suffering from Russia’s military aggression against Ukra…
I would like to thank Mr. Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing and his work. I would like to welcome Mr. Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo, President of the Commission of the Economic Community…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing and welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea at today’s meeting.
The sirens that went off a few days ago in Seoul and Okinawa remind us of the potentially grave impact that an accident linked to …
As I take the floor for the first time since you began your presidency, Madam, allow me to congratulate you, wish you every success and assure you of our full support in the month of June.
Switzerland welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2685 (2023), which extends the mandate of the United…
With a geography made up of constantly evolving forests, mountains and glaciers, Switzerland has a long history of risk management. It is with that experience in mind that we witnessed the birth of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030; one could say that we were one of its midw…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for her statement and for the Mission’s work.
This is the first time that Switzerland is speaking on Kosovo as a member of the Security Council. This issue is close to our hearts, b…
I deliver this statement on behalf of Brazil and Switzerland, as co-penholders of the Syrian humanitarian file.
I would first like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Ms. Doughten, Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division in the Office for the Coordination of Humani…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this first meeting dedicated to the use of the veto.
Switzerland has long been committed to restricting the use of the veto in the Security Council. Exactly one year ago, the General Assembly took a decisive step in that direction by adopt…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. María Isabel Salvador, for her briefing in her new role as the Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti and I would like to reaffirm Switzerland’s continued support for the discharge of her mandate. I also thank …
We express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his strong commitment and to the Special Representative for his briefing. We thank him and his team for the work they have done under the current extremely difficult circumstances. We also thank the Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitaria…
I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing at this high-level debate.
Switzerland is following the situation in the Middle East with full attention. The period around the major religious holidays was marked by acts of violen…
Switzerland thanks the Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 for the presentation of its report (see…
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
First of all, I would like to express our concern about the current violence in the Sudan, which is having an intolerable impact on the country’s civilian population. Switzerland joins the call of the Secretary- General in that regard.
The adoption …
I thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing. I would also like to thank the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for his briefing and his work as Chair of the Committee. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Repres…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, to whom I wish a speedy recovery, and the Deputy Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Ghada Mudawi, for their briefings and, above all, their significant efforts to promot…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
The Council is meeting because of a new intercontinental ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Switzerland condemns that launch of a new model, which presumably has solid-fuel propulsion. The Democratic P…
I welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Leyva Durán. His presence attests to the continued cooperation between Colombia and the Security Council. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu and the Permanen…
