I recall the able manner in which you, Mr. President, presided over last year’s open debate on conflict-related sexual violence (see
S/PV.9016), especially the interest and fervor you brought to the discussions, as well as your own long- standing contribution to ending conflict-related sexual viole…
I make this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Mozambique and Ghana (A3).
While we know the broad support that the Council has just granted for the cause of peace and stability in Haiti, our position is that more could have been done and indeed more s…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing to the Security Council and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the brotherly countries of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in today’s meeting. We note this to be the first…
I would like to thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for presenting his thirty-seventh report to the Council on the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor with regard to the situation in Darfur. I also wish to welcome the Permanent Representative of the Sud…
I thank the briefers for their respective views on this agenda item. We also take note of the joint letter submitted by Denmark, Germany and Sweden on developments related to their respective ongoing national investigations on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines (S/2023/517).
Ghana continues …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Mozambique and my country, Ghana.
We thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya and Mr. David Gressly for their briefings and welcome the …
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her presentation of the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2023/473) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I also thank Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, in her capacity as Facilitator for the implementation of res…
The group of three African members of the Security Council (A3) is of the view that the resolution just adopted (resolution 2690 (2023)) marks a significant milestone in the international community’s engagement with the people of Mali as they strive towards the restoration of peace, security and sta…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her informative briefing. We have also taken note of the other briefings.
It has now been 491 days since the Russian Federation launched its brutal and unrelenting war against Ukraine…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Tor Wennesland, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, for his briefing, and Mr. James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, for his perspective on the situation in the Middle East.
We note the Special Coordinator’s emphasis on the deta…
I join the previous speakers in thanking Under Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her informative briefing. We thank her for reaffirming the Organization’s commitment to support efforts aimed at finding a lasting solution to the raging conflict in Ukraine and providing the needed humanitarian su…
I thank the United Arab Emirates for convening today’s briefing on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. Ghana welcomes the briefings by Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations; His Excellency Mr. Gilberto da Piedade…
In accordance with paragraph 3 (a) (iv) of resolution 1591 (2005), I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the work of the Sudan Sanctions Committee, covering the period from 21 March 2023 to today.
During the reporting period, the Committee met once in informal consultations and receive…
I thank the United Arab Emirates for organizing today’s open debate, which contributes to our collective efforts to promote and sustain global peace. We thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his briefing. We are also grateful to His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of…
I thank the United Arab Emirates for convening today’s high-level debate on climate change, peace and security.
We welcome the briefings by His Excellency Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for
Peace Operations, and His Excellency Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, former President of …
First of all, I wish to thank Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the Mechanism, for their insightful briefings to the Council, which provide Council members with an overview of the progress of…
My delegation welcomes your participation, Mr. President, and thanks you for presiding over today’s important meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and subregional organizations, focusing on the League of Arab States. We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and League of Arab S…
I would like to thank Special Adviser Christian Ritscher for his presentation of the tenth report on the activities of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (see S/2023/367), which reflects advancements in …
I too thank Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing.
My delegation is deeply alarmed by emerging reports of extensive damage to the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and its consequential flooding of several settlements in the Kherson region. We are particularly concerned b…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing to the Council and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea in this meeting.
Ghana is gravely concerned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s launch of a military satellite on 31 Ma…
