I would like to thank the Acting Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Joyce Msuya, and Mr. Zhovnir for their statements. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the European Union, Poland and Ukraine.
We are shocked that a children’s hospital, where many suffer …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing, which included the touching slam poem by a young person, and for all the work accomplished by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). I w…
I would like to start by thanking the Special Envoy, Ms. Salvador, not only for her briefing but also for her efforts and those of all staff at the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). I would also like to welcome the presence of the Prime Minister of Haiti and the Minister of Foreign …
I would like to thank the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, for her report. For me, the key takeaways are the urgent need to safeguard human dignity and the very concrete recommendations, which address issues ranging from education for children to reconstr…
On behalf of Switzerland, I wish at the outset to congratulate Ms. Mô Bleeker on her appointment as Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect. We wish her every success in that role and encourage her to bring new perspectives to that essential role, which faces signif…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu and Mr. Jonah Leff of Conflict Armament Research for their briefings. We welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the European Union in our deliberations.
We are concerned by the repor…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing. I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic.
While the Central African Republic’s efforts, supported by the Unite…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this briefing. I thank former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba de Potgieter and UNICEF Deputy Executive
Director Chaiban. We also thank the child briefer for his powerful testimony.
There is no second chan…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, and I also thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
The situation in Israel and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, along with the rising tensions along the Blue Line, is alarming. The Council’s commitment to ensu…
I would like to thank Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings.
Switzerland remains very concerned about by the fragmentation of Syria into several conflict zones. Living conditions and the protection…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Frazier and Ambassador Lambrinidis for their briefings.
Switzerland is disappointed by and concerned about the state of the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The latter was, howev…
I thank the Acting Special Representative, Mr. Swan, and the Special Representative of the African Union, Mr. Souef, for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Somalia at this meeting. We congratulate Somalia on its election as a member of the Security Council for…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva and Ms. Lisa Doughten, the Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division of the Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. We are also grateful to Ms. Manizha Wafeq for her clear and powerful tes…
I thank the Republic of Korea for organizing this important debate on threats to cybersecurity. I also thank the Secretary-General, Professor Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo and Mr. Stéphane Duguin, Chief Executive Officer of the CyberPeace Institute in Geneva, for their briefings.
Switzerland is witnessing t…
Switzerland would like to thank the Secretary- General for his report (A/78/883). We are pleased with the progress made towards realizing Sustainable Development Goal target 3.3, which aims to eradicate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. As we prepare for the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS to b…
I want to thank Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Koury for her presentation and to welcome the participation of the representative of Libya.
Switzerland supports the United Nations in its commitment to helping the Libyan people begin a process aimed at breaking the p…
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa and the Director of Operations and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings. I would like to thank Limiaa Ahmed in particular for her courageous and alarming testimony.
The continued suff…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
We thank the United Nations for its unwavering support since the beginning of the war in the search for peace guided by international law, including the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and by the resol…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for her briefing. I have also taken note of Mr. Kovalik’s remarks.
In these times of heightened tension, it is essential that we return to the fundamental principles that unite us. As Member States, we are bound by the common …
I thank Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, for her statement.
Switzerland would like to take the opportunity presented by this meeting to address a key condition for conflict prevention and peacebuilding — respect for human rights and…
