I am grateful for the information provided by Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator Martin Griffiths, and for the moving account by Ms. Rasha Muhrez, Response Director of Save the Children in Syria.
On behalf of the Govern…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Bathily, for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya, Ambassador Elsonni, to today’s meeting.
We regret that more than a year has passed since the postponement of presidential and legislative elections in Libya…
I hank you, Sir, for convening this debate on the one-year anniversary of the military aggression against Ukraine. The first bombardments, which began while the Security Council was meeting in this very Chamber, crushed the diplomatic efforts of the international community and the plea by Secretary-…
I would like to thank Mr. Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, for convening today’s meeting. I join others in welcoming the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, and I thank him for his info…
I would like to thank Ms. Gbeho, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Mr. Souef, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Tra…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Rugwabiza, for her briefing and Ambassador Omar Hilale, Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his important briefing. I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Cent…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and the other briefers for their briefings.
Since September 2022, we have remained deeply concerned about the explosions in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 submarine pipelines in the Baltic Sea because, first, as we said time and again, nothing justifies att…
I am grateful for today’s briefings, which once again describe a worrisome and difficult situation. In that regard, and in line with the presidential statement that we just adopted (S/PRST/2023/1), the first in nine years on this subject, I would like to focus on four points of particular importance…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his informative briefing. I also thank the President for convening this meeting at the request of several countries, including Ecuador, in the context of the new launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Ambassador Martin Sajdik for their informative briefings.
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the related obligations under international law, Ecuador has not recognized nor will it recognize the annex…
I would first like to thank Malta for organizing today’s open debate, which we see as an opportunity to improve our common understanding of sea level rise and its potential implications for international peace and security. We also thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, Presiden…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing. We take note of the information provided by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba de Potgieter; by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Chil…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director Chen and Ms. Praxl, Director of Multilateral Relations at the Global Center on Cooperative Security, for their briefings.
The report of the Secretary-General (see S/2023/76) affirms the threat that the Islamic State in Iraq and th…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing, and Mr. Roger Waters for his opinions.
I would like to raise five points that I consider central.
First, I wish to reiterate Ecuador’s historical position of rejecting armed violence, militarization an…
I would like to begin by expressing our condolences to the Governments of Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic following the large-scale earthquakes that occurred on 6 February. We express our solidarity with all the families of the victims.
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarma…
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his briefing and for the valuable work he and his team are doing on the ground.
As long ago as the 28 February 2022 meeting of the Security Council (see S/PV.8983), only four days af…
I would like to begin by joining my colleagues in congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We are sure that with your team and experience, you will be successful. I would also like to thank the delegation of Japan for its excellent work and p…
I thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). I also welcome the representative of Mali and Ms. Aminata Cheick Dicko, civil society actor from Mali.
I express…
The Security Council can sometimes give the impression of being the world’s ambulance, as it were. It rushes from one developing conflict to another despite the fact that prevention is the most effective and efficient way to maintain peace and security in the world. That is why conflict prevention i…
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan, for the presentation of his report, and I welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
We have closely followed the trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, the first case at the Court related to…
