We thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and his team for presenting the twenty-fifth report on the situation in Libya. We also welcome the presence of the representative of Libya at this meeting.
Let me begin by reaffirming Ecuador’s full support for the International Criminal C…
I appreciate the detailed briefing on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of this debate and acknowledge the presence here today of the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Union, Croatia and Serbia.
Ecuador stresses the importance of the Office of the High Representa…
I join other representatives in thanking the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, and Special Envoy Hanna Serwaa Tetteh for their informative briefings. I also acknowledge the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan, whom we welcome. I also welcome the report of…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. I also thank the Director-General of the Organization the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for his most recent report (see S/2023/297).
That report once again reflects the lack of progress on the issue…
I would like to welcome Mr. Bujar Osmani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2023, whom I thank for his detailed, informative briefing and wish success during his mandate, which is taking pla…
I take this opportunity to welcome and wish Switzerland every success in assuming the presidency of the Security Council, and thank it for convening this debate on long-term trust in sustaining peace. I thank the briefers for their comprehensive presentations and the Peacebuilding Commission for its…
We are grateful for the information provided by Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and by Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Ms. Lisa Doughten.
As predicted, the humanitarian situation in Syria continues to d…
I begin by welcoming the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, to whom we listened closely. I thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of
the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting on the key issue of the veto on the first anniversary of the adoption of resolution 76/262, known as the veto initiative.
With that initiative, the General Assembly established a standing mandate for a debate to be held each time a veto is c…
I would first like to thank Ms. María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), for her informative briefing, and I wish her every success in her work. I also thank the Executive Director of the United Nations …
We welcome the presence of Secretary-General Guterres at the start of today’s meeting and thank him for his clear diagnosis of the seriousness of the situation in the Sudan. We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Volker Perthes, for his briefing and above all for…
First of all, I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing today, and we reiterate our support for his work, which is so valuable and necessary at this time. I also welcome the presence of the Palestinian and Israeli delegations.
This is th…
I would like to begin by thanking Secretary-General António Guterres for his statement.
I would also like to underscore the importance of the topic we are discussing, which complements the debate organized by India in December 2022 on a new orientation for a reformed multilateralism (see S/PV.9220)…
I thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and the Permanent Representative of Japan, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, for their informative briefings. We also welcome the …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing. I welcome the presence of the representative of the Republic of Korea at today’s meeting.
Ecuador reiterates its firm condemnation of the most recent launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile by the Democratic Peop…
I am grateful for the information provided by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Grunberg, and wish him a speedy recovery. We also thank the Deputy Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. We also welcome the prese…
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his informative briefing and the Secretary-General for his most recent report on the Verification Mission (S/2023/222), which includes elements on the…
Likewise, it is not my intention to argue with the representative of Mali. I simply want to clarify a few points.
First, I did not intend to pontificate or give lessons to the Government of Mali on the subject of human rights. Human rights should not be politicized. They are the concern of all huma…
I thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and acknowledge the presence of the representative of Mali at today’s meeting.
Today’s briefing on the situation in Mali s…
I welcome the briefing by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, as well as the valuable recommendations she made.
In line with the rule of law among nations, any violation of agreements involving aspects of peace and security, arms control, disarmament or non-prolif…
