“I am afraid the world will forget about us, because everyone is so focused on Russia’s war and the violence in the Middle East.”
That is what a woman my age in Gorom, South Sudan, told me. That woman had fled the violence in the Sudan with only a small bag of belongings, carrying her child
on her…
I thank you, Madam President, for this opportunity to address the Council today in order to shed light on the joint efforts of France and Germany to negotiate peace in Ukraine before 2022.
The Minsk agreements were essential in stopping Russia’s initial aggression against Ukraine in 2014, after the…
I want to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important debate today.
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms Hamas’s brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel on an…
Let me start by congratulating the new members of the Security Council — Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia. We appreciate their commitment to contribute to strengthening international peace and security.
As we are all witnessing, Russia is continuing its illegal war…
Germany welcomes that, on 22 December 2023, the Security Council was able to adopt resolution 2720 (2023), on aid scale-up and monitoring in Gaza. We thank all those members of the Security Council who contributed to reaching an agreement on that resolution by bridging differences within the Council…
Allow me to express our sincere gratitude to Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo; to Ambassador Frazier, as Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015); and Ambassador Skoog, as Coordinator of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission. I want to th…
Let me first join other delegations in thanking the coordinators of the informal consultations on both draft resolutions, Ms Natalie Morris-Sharma of Singapore and Mr Andreas Kravik of Norway, for their outstanding work.
We also thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for its ex…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. Also, let me congratulate the newly reappointed co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations process.
I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the group of four (G4) countries: Brazil, India, Japan and my own country…
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the European Union (see A/78/PV.21).
By joining the Rome Statute, we all made a commitment — victims shall receive justice, perpetrators shall be held accountable, and when core crimes under international law are committe…
In the face of the ever-growing complexities and challenges to the international community, international law remains of paramount importance in order to provide the guardrails for a just world. In times like these, the International Court of Justice is more indispensable than ever as an institution…
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
First, we would like to thank President Graciela Gatti Santana for her briefing today and for the eleventh annual report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (see A/78/257). Since its estab…
Far too many people have been killed in the course of just two days. Thousands have been forced to flee their homes. Azerbaijan has chosen to create facts on the ground by military force. We firmly condemn Baku’s military assault and call on it to permanently and completely cease its military action…
It has been almost 19 months since Russia started a brutal war of aggression against its sovereign neighbour, Ukraine. Tens of thousands of soldiers and Ukrainian civilians have been killed. Countless Ukrainian children have been abducted. Russian troops have murdered, raped and tortured. They raze …
Fifty years ago, almost to the day, two German States joined the United Nations: the then German Democratic Republic, as the 133rd Member, and the Federal Republic of Germany, as the 134th Member. That step is of great importance to us Germans to this very day, for membership of the United Nations e…
I would like to begin by expressing Germany’s deep condolences to the people and Governments of the Kingdom of Morocco and Libya.
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union. In addition, I would like to add the following remarks in my national capacity.
At the o…
Germany welcomes Albania’s initiative to discuss the working methods of the Security Council.
The transparency, efficiency and accountability of the Security Council’s working methods are not a question of style, but of substance. We have always believed that the Security Council must undergo a pro…
I thank you, Madam President, for giving us the opportunity to participate in this important meeting of the Security Council today.
Like other delegations, I would like to start by congratulating Ukraine on its Independence Day.
On 24 August 1991, Ukraine finally became a free, democratic and sove…
Resolution 2417 (2018) has been a real landmark decision. In 2018, all Council members condemned the starvation of civilians as a means of warfare. Five years later, a permanent member of the Security Council is using food as a weapon. Russia has unilaterally withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initi…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this joint debate of the General Assembly and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I would also like to thank Croatia, the current Chair of the PBC, and last year’s Chair and current fellow Vice-Chair, Bangladesh, for their …
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union (see A/77/PV.90). In addition, I would like to add the following remarks in my national capacity.
At the outset, let me stress that we deeply regret the latest veto cast by Russia against the resolution p…