I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, for his insightful briefing.
We understand the difficulty of his task, given the complexity of the issues at stake in Syria. We also listened carefully to Ms. Thuraya Hijazi’s briefing.
Six years after t…
I would like to thank Norway, which, by convening the Security Council to discuss the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflicts and wars in cities from the perspective of the protection of civilians in urban settings, has reminded us of a salient point of the Council’s mandate, namely,…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his updated report (S/2021/1090). I also thank Ms. Luz Marina Giraldo for her moving testimony. I welcome the presence among us of Mr. Emilio José Archila, Presidential Adviser for Stabilization and Consolidation.
Five …
I would like to begin by offering our condolences to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for the victims of the unacceptable missile attack against civilian infrastructure in Abu Dhabi. My country firmly condemns that attack.
We welcome Norway’s commitment to the Middle East peace process. W…
I thank you, Madam President, for the opportunity that Norway has provided in this open debate for us to follow the lead of those States that have insisted that the path towards sustainable peace is possible only if women’s voices are protected, heard and taken into account in all international peac…
Today’s debate in the Security Council on the thirty-
fourth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005) is particularly timely, as it comes at a time when that country is going through a pivotal period in its history. I would like to take t…
I welcome the presence among us of Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Ola Al-Aghbary. I also thank them for the excellence of their respective briefings. I welcome the participati…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf the three African members of the Security Council (A3) — Gabon, Ghana and Kenya — and I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, and Ms. Adam Dicko for their briefings on the current situation…
I should like to congratulate you, Madam, on your presidency of the Council and on the way in which you have been leading our work. I assure you of my delegation’s support throughout your presidency. I thank you, as well as those colleagues who already spoke, for the warm words of welcome to my coun…
Allow me first of all to extend to you, Mr. President, the fraternal congratulations of President Ali Bongo Ondimba to his brother, President Mohamed Bazoum, and to thank you for your leadership in steering the work of the Security Council. I would also like to express Gabon’s solidarity with the br…
I have the honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and Head of State, to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.
I have the honour to present the outcome of round table 2, which I will do in English because we do not yet have the definitive French version. I shall therefore ask everyone for their indulgence as I read out the document in English.
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I had the honour to chair round table 2, ent…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States. The African Group would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for your support for nuclear disarmament. We also appreciate the valuable message delivered by Mrs. Nakamitsu on behalf …
At the outset, on behalf of the Group of African States, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Haiti on the devastating consequences that the recent earthquake caused the Haitian nation. The second in a decade, the earthquake hit Haiti at a time when the …
Gabon aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representative of Eritrea, on behalf of the Group of African States, the representative Guinea, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the representative of the Niger, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (see A/75/PV.85).…
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by Mr. Guy Patrick Obiang Ndong, Minister of the Health of Gabon, at this high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement of His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and Head of State.
Thirty years ago, the leaders of the world mobilized to adopt the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Thirteen years later, in 2002, the international community reaffirmed its ambition to build the world that children deserve. Through that gradual and fair mobilization, we recognize that children…
Gabon has always voted in favour of the successive resolutions on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. My country has done so in compliance with the obligations stemming from the Charter of the United Nations and…
