We welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to the Chamber. I would like to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her hard work and that of her team under exceptionally challenging circumstances and for her briefing today.
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I thank Special Representative Salvador for her briefing, and I welcome the participation of the Prime Minister of Haiti, the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic and representatives of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Canada and Kenya in this meeting.
The crisis in Haiti has affected the lives of Hait…
Let me begin by welcoming the new Special Adviser, Mô Bleeker, to her role and thanking her and the Secretary-General for the latest report on the responsibility to protect (A/78/901).
As the report highlights, the world is currently facing extremely high levels of conflict, some of which is being …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her comprehensive briefing today. I also welcome the participation of Ms. Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, in our meeting. I would like to make three points today.
First, we welcome the e…
Let me thank all the briefers, from the eldest to the very youngest generation, for their powerful and courageous testimony today.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2024/384) is horrifying. Grave violations regarding children and armed conflict rose by 21 per cent in 2023. Thirty-five per cent more…
Let me thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Director Rajasingham for their briefings today. I will make three points.
First, I want to underline the critical importance of sustainable and effective aid access into Syria. Needs are higher than ever. Humanitarian organizations must be able to delive…
Let me thank Acting Special Representative Swan and Special Representative Souef for their briefings and pay tribute to the work of their teams and troops. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Somalia in our meeting today.
I would like to make four points.
First, I congratulat…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Otunbayeva and Director Doughten for their briefings and for all the work of the United Nations on the ground, and Ms. Wafeq for setting out so powerfully the damage done by the Taliban’s policies on women and girls and the possibilities for ch…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the progress report on the targets and commitments set out in the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS and the advances made in our shared commitments in the global fight against HIV (A/78/883). The report presents causes for celebration, such as data…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Director Wosornu for their briefings today, and I am grateful to Ms. Ahmed for her powerful statement on the devastating impact of the conflict on millions of innocent civilians. I also welcome the participation of the representative of the Sudan in our …
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Our Russian colleague has asked for this debate in order to obscure a simple truth. The situation we face today has one sole cause — President Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion. The problem is the presence of Russian weapons in Ukraine, …
I take the floor to make an oral amendment.
Before I begin, the Secretariat has informed us that the non-governmental organization (NGO) Weltwirtschaft, Ökologie & Entwicklung submitted its documentation in both English and German; we have therefore removed the mention of this organization from our…
The United Kingdom maintains that our autonomous sanctions strongly support and are consistent with the fundamental purposes of the United Nations, as expressed in the Charter of the United Nations.
The United Kingdom’s preference is to support sanctions through the Security Council in order to adv…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her comprehensive briefing.
The United Kingdom would like nothing more than for the Security Council not to need to hold further meetings on chemical weapons, as that would mean that chemical weapons were no longer being produced, stored or used anywhere in…
I would like to thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their most recent assessment and progress report and for their briefings to the Security Council today. I also welcome the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Rwanda and Serbia to today’s meeting.
Let me begi…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry and Economic Community of Central African States Commission President Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo for their briefings.
The United Kingdom welcomes the positive achievements made by the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa…
First, let me congratulate the Republic of Korea on the assumption of the presidency for the month of June and pay tribute to Mozambique for its excellent stewardship of our business during the month of May.
I would like to welcome Acting Special Adviser Peyró Llopis. I thank her for her briefing a…
In 2008, almost 16 years ago, the Russian military invaded the sovereign State of Georgia. Russian troops and border guards remain present to this day in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, some of which are barely half an hour from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The human rights si…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his briefing.
On Monday, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a military satellite for the fourth time. The launch failed, but make no mistake, that remains a flagrant violation of the Council’s resolutions. It also recklessly endangered Ja…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing, and I would like to pay particular tribute to Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his leadership and his efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people over many years.
We are in the fourteenth year of this conflict. I therefore want to ma…
