I thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing, and I also thank Mr. Roger Waters, whose account of his own life reminds us all that when we speak of war, it is above all a matter of human lives and deaths.
It will soon be one year to the day since the war in Ukraine began, and th…
I would like to express my compassion to the many people who are working in the rubble of the earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria this morning and which has already claimed thousands of lives.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his update on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine…
I thank Japan for the initiative to convene this important debate on peacebuilding and sustainable peace. I thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, for her insightful description of the relevant challenges and the trajectory of the international community towards sustainable peace. I…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate on the thirty-sixth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation in Darfur pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). I thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for his update on the activities of the Court
and welcome the…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3) — Ghana, Mozambique and my own country, Gabon.
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Deputy Director Ghada Mudawi for their briefings on the most recent political and humanitarian develop…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the Observer State of Palestine and Israel in today’s open debate.
The clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces reached unprecedented levels of violence in 2022. G…
We would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights for the information that she has brought to our attention. We listened carefully to the briefing delivered by Metropolitan Anthony.
For the past eleven months, the eyes of the world have been focused on Ukraine, and every day t…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their informative briefings and express our support for their work on the ground. I also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
Since the expiration of…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. I welcome the participation in this meeting of the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland, our colleague the representative of Lithuania and the Head of the European Union delegati…
I would like to congratulate Japan on the initiative of this important debate on the need to ensure that the rule of law prevails in relations among nations. I thank the Secretary-General for having so clearly outlined our debate. I would also like to thank the President of the International Court o…
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 country, Gabon.
The A3 wishes to congratulate the members of the Council for unanimously adopting resolution 2673 (2023), which mandates the United Nations …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing, and I welcome the participation in this meeting of the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representatives of Israel and Jordan.
Respect for the historical and legal status quo of the holy sites in Jerusalem is fundam…
In my capacity as the Permanent Representative of Gabon, I thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Helen La Lime, for their respective briefings. I also listened closely to the briefing made by Mr. Kim Ives.
I welcome the Minister fo…
Gabon voted in favour of resolution 2669 (2022), adopted today. We thank the United Kingdom for facilitating it. Above all, our vote reflects a message of solidarity with the people of Myanmar and against violence on the civilian population. It is also a call for a resolution of the Rohingya crisis,…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Ghana, Kenya and my own country, Gabon (A3).
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria, Geir Pedersen, and Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths for their briefings on…
I have the honour to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022), concerning Haiti, as mandated by paragraph 19 (e) of resolution 2653 (2022), in which the Committee undertakes to report to the Security Council o…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for the clarity of his briefing on the situation along the Lachin corridor and the tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
We are concerned about the reports of a blockade of the Lachin corridor since 12 December, which could lead to a humani…
Gabon voted in favour of the two resolutions adopted today (resolutions 2666 (2022) and 2667 (2022)).
Our vote is a show of support for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, and the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for their informative briefings. I also thank Ms. Mahbouba Seraj for her contribution. I wish to congratulate you, Madam, on India’s outs…
I would like to thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his informative briefing on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016).
The twenty-fourth quarterly report of the Secretary- General is shocking. Six years after the adoption of resolution 2334 (2016), it is clear that its imp…
