I congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council, the functioning of which you will ensure for the month of June. I also thank you taking the initiative to convene this important debate on a subject of concern that is at the heart of the international agenda. I thank the President…
I thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his informative briefing. I also wish to thank Mr. Daniel Munayer and Ms. Robi Damelin for their moving testimonies. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Perm…
I welcome the Ambassadors of Korea and Japan to this meeting.
North Korea has once again launched more ballistic missiles, in addition to the significant number it has launched since the start of the year, only worsening tensions and increasing the risks to peace and stability on the Korean peninsu…
We would like to thank the United States delegation for its work during the negotiations.
Gabon abstained in the voting on resolution 2633 (2022), renewing the mandate of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan. Our abstention reflects th…
I thank Director Ramesh Rajasingham, Director-General Robert Mardini, President David Miliband and Director Rachel Boketa for their inspiring briefings.
There is only one effective way to protect civilians in armed conflict, and that is not to engage in or incite armed conflict. And if armed confli…
I thank you, Madam President, for taking the initiative to convene this meeting, which gives us the opportunity to consider the impact of digital technologies on the maintenance of international peace and security. In recent times, the issue has become more and more prominent on the
international p…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Ghana, Kenya and my country, Gabon (A3).
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/392) and thank Mr. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of…
I commend you, Sir, on taking the initiative to hold this important debate on the close link between conflict and food security, which is an urgent issue with regard to the many countries that are overwhelmed by armed conflicts. I thank the Secretary-General for his informative briefing, and I welco…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), Ghana, Kenya and my country, Gabon. We thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis- Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for her informative briefing on the most recent developments in Iraq and on …
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to express my condolences and sympathies to our colleagues from the United Arab Emirates, Ambassadors Nusseibeh and Abushahab, following the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. May his soul rest in peace.
The Council met o…
I thank Ms. Joyce Msuya and Mr. Omar Abdi for their respective briefings, and I thank France and Mexico for their initiative in requesting today’s briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine focusing on the situation of children in the context of the war.
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Korea and Japan in this meeting.
We are meeting this afternoon because North Korea carried out another missile launch on 7 May. That missile launch — the fifteenth since the beginning of the year —…
I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Christian Schmidt, for his report (see S/2022/374), and I welcome the presence of the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Šefik Džaferović, at today’s meeting.
The threat by the Serbian entity of Bosni…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on the United States presidency of the Security Council this month. I thank the Secretary-General for his poignant briefing. I also thank Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Mr. Martin Griffiths and Ms. Tetiana Luzan for their inspiring briefings.
We salute the Secretary-Gen…
Gabon voted in favour of the technical rollover of the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). We did not want to break with consensus. Nevertheless, we note that the Council members once again were unable to overcome their differences in the interests of the Libyan people.
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I thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for his briefing on the twenty- third report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We welcome the participation of our colleague, Ambassador Taher Elsonni, Permanent Representative of Libya, in this meeting.
The International Criminal Court’s mandate in Libya is crucial.…
We are meeting today to consider the prospects for reaching an agreement on a better use of the veto power bestowed upon the permanent members of the Security Council since the end of the Second World War. That was a long time ago, when the problems and aspirations of humankind were very different f…
I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the three African countries members of the Security Council (A3), that is, Ghana, Kenya and my country, Gabon.
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their briefings. We take note of the important work th…
I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his enlightening briefing, to which we paid close attention. I also welcome the participation of our colleagues the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine in this meeting.
We are holding this debate in a pa…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Ghana, Kenya, and my own country, Gabon (A3).
I thank Ms. Hanna Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, and Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-Ge…
