I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, which asks how to prevent conflict-related sexual violence, one of the most frequent and serious crimes, which almost always goes unpunished, as we heard today. That must change. I also thank the three briefers, and Ms. Ahmadi, in particular, f…
I would like to thank Ms. María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, for their briefings. I also welcome Mr. Roberto Álvarez Gil, …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ms. Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. We would also like to thank Mr. Ibn Chambas, High Representative for the Silencing the Guns Initiative of the Af…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this meeting, and I thank the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), His Excellency Mr. Ian Borg, for his briefing. Switzerland pledges its full support to Mr. Borg in this difficult task, and we particula…
I would like to thank Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres for his briefing, and especially for his repeated calls for de-escalation in the region. Switzerland unequivocally endorses those calls and reiterates its support for the robust commitment of the United Nations in the region.
Switzerland …
Switzerland has abstained in the voting on draft resolution S/2024/312. Without opposing it, we believe that at present, that step is not conducive to easing the situation and finding a peaceful solution, given the great instability and the conflict on the ground. We believe that it would be better …
Like my colleagues, I would like to warmly thank the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, for his briefing and to commend his efforts and those of the Agency to alleviate the suffering of the civil…
Welcome you back to the Chamber, Mr. President.
Allow me to begin with the inspiring story of two young women agents of change.
Ibtihal is Libyan, originally from Tripoli. In the midst of conflict, she organized a training programme to help women and young people gain access to opportunities to ea…
I would like to thank Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily and Ambassador Yamazaki for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of our dear colleague the representative of Libya in this meeting.
I would like to address three points.
First, with regard to the political situation, we ca…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for their briefings. I would also like to welcome Ms. Wameedh Shakir and salute her resolute commitment to the Yemeni people…
As the Council heard just now, on 30 May, under the Swiss presidency of the Council, Director General Rafael Grossi, whom I thank for his great commitment and for his briefing today, presented five concrete and practical principles for preventing an accident at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. …
We welcome the swift convening of this meeting of the Security Council, and we thank Secretary-General Guterres for his statement, in which he details the most recent events and underscores our shared responsibility.
Switzerland firmly condemns the coordinated attacks by Iran on targets in Israel l…
I would like to thank Mr. Fung, of the Conventional Arms Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs. I have also taken note of Ms. Kwiatkowski’s remarks.
The last meeting of the Council on today’s subject (see S/PV.9585) took place less than a month ago. Switzerland’s position remains unchanged. …
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Director of Operations Edem Wosornu for their briefings.
“The war in Ukraine should not be normalized.” That was the call from Denise Brown, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ukraine, after fresh attacks in the city of Kharki…
I thank the President for convening today’s meeting, which is enabling us to take stock of the veto imposed by a single member of the Security Council on draft resolution S/2024/255, proposing to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts in support of the implementation of sanctions against the Dem…
I would like to thank Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu, who will do us the honour of taking part on Thursday in the Forum for International Cooperation in Switzerland to talk about the Colombian peace process. I also wish to thank Ms. Sánchez Buitrago for her statement.
I would also like …
In a disastrous humanitarian context, with imminent famine and more than 100 people still being held hostage, nothing is more urgent than an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East. In the light of reports of serious violations of international humanitarian law and the provisional measures issued by …
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this emergency meeting, and we thank the speakers for their briefings.
Last month, the Council met at the request of Guyana and Switzerland, as informal focal points on the issue of conflict and hunger, warning of the food insecurity in the Gaza Strip (see …
I would like to thank Mr. Mohamed Khaled Khiari and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their briefings. We welcome the holding of this meeting and the presence of the representatives of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
Since the previous Council meeting (see S/PV.9541), the security situation in Myanmar has …
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this briefing. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mrs. Gamba de Potgieter; the Deputy Executive Director at UNICEF, Mr. Chaiban; and the representative of civil society, Ms. Atim Niger- Thomas, for their briefings and for th…
