I would like to thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo for his briefing and welcome the participation of the Ambassador of Ukraine in this meeting.
The war in Ukraine continues to send millions of displaced persons and refugees on the road to exodus, both inside and outside Ukraine. The human toll of this deadly wa…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for the information he just shared with us on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine, the delegation of the European Union and the representatives of Denmark, Lithuania, Poland and…
I would like to thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for his informative briefing on his twenty-fifth report on the situation in Libya, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). I welcome the presence of Mr. Taher Elsonni, the Permanent Representative of Libya, at this mee…
I thank Mr. Christian Schmidt for his briefing. I welcome the participation in this meeting of Her Excellency Ms. Željka Cvijanović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as that of the representatives of Serbia and Croatia and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
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I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely Ghana, Mozambique and my own country, Gabon.
At the outset, we would like to thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2023/305), as well as Assistant Secretary-General Pobee…
I thank the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for his commitment and his informative briefing.
The thirtieth anniversary of the partnership between the OSCE and the United Nations presents a prime opportunity to reaffirm the fundamental nature o…
I congratulate Switzerland on its historic presidency of the Security Council and on the initiative of holding this important debate on strengthening trust to ensure sustainable peace. I thank the briefers who introduced the debate, High Commissioner Volker Türk, Ms. Cynthia Chingwenya and Ms. ‘Funm…
I would like to thank Special Representative Caroline Ziadeh for her informative briefing and her commitment to the implementation of her mandate. I welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Ghana, Mozambique and my own country, Gabon.
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, Mr. Geir Pedersen, and the Director of the Humanitarian Finance and Resource Mobil…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Ghana, Mozambique and my own country, Gabon. We welcome the appointment of Ms. María Isabel Salvador as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, and express our sup…
Exactly one year ago, the Security Council met in this very Chamber to hold an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (see S/PV.9021). The distressing fact is that the scene is much the same: the same cycle of violence, the same rhetoric and the same dead…
I commend Russia for convening this important debate on how to make multilateralism more effective, and I thank the Secretary-General for doing an excellent job of outlining the issues at stake and their scope.
Today’s open debate comes a week after the publication of the report of the High-level A…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing, and I welcome the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to today’s meeting.
Last Thursday, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a new ballistic missile over the Korean peninsula, rekindling tensions betwee…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Mozambique, Ghana, and my own country, Gabon.
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, His Exce…
I congratulate Mozambique on its exemplary leadership during its presidency of the Security Council in March. I wish Russia every success during its presidency in April. I thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The compounded international crises have brought arms prolifera…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We are particularly concerned by recent reports of Russia’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, one month after the suspension of its participation in the bilateral New START Treaty. This information intersects with that relating to massive ar…
I would like to congratulate Mozambique for taking the initiative to convene this important debate on the impact of development policies on the implementation of the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative. The remarkable experience of Mozambique, shared by His Excellency President Filipe Nyus…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Ghana, Mozambique and my country, Gabon. I take this opportunity to commend the significant work of Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, which the Co…
I join the Permanent Representative of France in thanking the Congolese authorities for hosting the Security Council mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In Goma, the Security Council delegation met with the military Governor of North Kivu, the Minister for Defence and the Minister of S…
I speak to members on behalf of the President of the Gabonese Republic, Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba. I would like to commend Mozambique on taking the initiative of convening this important debate on the threat that terrorist acts continue to pose to international peace and security. I thank the Secretary-…