I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and the Vice-Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and Mass Media of the Moscow Patriarchate for their briefings.
We have received reports from Ukraine in the past few weeks of decisions banning part of the Orth…
I would like to thank the respective Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), on terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Mrs. Frazier of Malta, Mrs. Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates and Mr. Pérez Loose of Ecuador, for the…
Gabon just voted in favour of the resolution submitted by Malta (resolution 2712 (2023)) to demonstrate its support for the Palestinian and Israeli peoples and its commitment to peace. I am delighted that the Council has been able to reach a consensus, thereby prioritizing the best interests of thos…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, giving us an opportunity to address the issue of the contribution of United Nations police forces to the New Agenda for Peace. My thanks also go to Under- Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Mr. Christophe Bizimungu, Ms…
My delegation thanks the Director-General of the World Health Organization for his briefing and for all the information that he has provided to us. We listened closely to the briefing by Director General of the Palestine Red Crescent Society on the overwhelming situation facing the people of Gaza.
…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate, and I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan, for presenting his twenty-sixth report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). I welcome the presence among us of the representative of Libya.
We note wit…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
Fighting continues in Ukraine, concentrated in the eastern regions, with several indiscriminate attacks by shelling, drones and other explosive devices targeting residential housing, public buildings and civilian sit…
I thank you, Sir, for the leadership that you have shown in guiding our work and assure you of my country’s support.
My country aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of Uganda, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China; and Zambia, on behalf of the Group of African States; as w…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and I pledge the full support of Gabon. I also congratulate Brazil for its remarkable presidency of the Council during the month of October.
The Dayton Agreement remains the ideal framework a…
I would like to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Mr. Filippo Grandi, for presenting his latest report on the refugee situation.
The latest UNHCR statistics show that the number of displaced people in the world reached a frightening 114 million people, and those figur…
I would like to thank Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director for Coordination of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for his briefing. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
The war in Ukraine is abo…
I would like to thank Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, Executive Director Catherine Russell and Director Lisa Doughten for their briefings on the situation in Gaza in the past hours. I am deeply moved by their various briefings and accounts.
I would like to thank the United Arab Emirates an…
Gabon voted in favour of the one-year renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), as a reflection of my country’s support for the political process aimed at arriving at a pragmatic, realistic, achievable and lasting compromise-based political …
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo, for his briefing. I listened attentively to the remarks of Mr. Randy Credico.
For 671 days, the war has raged in Ukraine without interruption, and although the Council has met regularly, it has not been able to …
Gabon voted in favour of the draft resolutions submitted by the United States delegation (S/2023/792) and the Russian delegation (S/2023/795), respectively, to express our support for the Palestinian people and for the Israeli people and our commitment to peace. That commitment to peace and the prot…
I congratulate your country, Brazil, Mr. President, for initiating this important debate concerning a matter of priority for my country, Gabon. It offers an additional opportunity, two years before the twenty- fifth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), to reaffirm our commitment to the full partic…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open ministerial debate at a time when the situation in the Middle East continues to worsen and requires the utmost attention from the international community. I would like to take this opportunity to
congratulate you, Sir…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, for her informative briefing. I welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Ms. Ana Brnabić, and the President of Kosovo, Ms. Osmani-Sadriu.
Since our me…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on the initiative to convene this high-level debate, offering us an opportunity to consider the contribution of regional, subregional and bilateral arrangements to the prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes. I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for h…
The Council finds its credibility being put to the test this morning in the face of the scale of the deadly violence in Israel and Gaza and the extreme gravity of the crisis in the Middle East, whose shockwaves threaten peace and security throughout the region and beyond. As the Security Council, ou…