I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing to the Security Council. We also thank Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Mr. Ray McGovern for their perspectives.
When we met in the Security Council last September, we expressed great concern about the unprecedented damage c…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing to the Security Council and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea.
We continue to be gravely concerned by the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and the wider North-East Asia reg…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, and the Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), Leni Stenseth, for their briefings. We encourage their further effort…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Miroslav Jenča and Ambassador Martin Sajdik for their briefings to the Security Council this morning.
We recall that when the Council met on 17 February last year to discuss the implementation of the Minsk agreements (see S/PV.8968), we expressed concerns at the…
Let me thank Malta for its leadership on the issue of sea level rise and its implications for international peace and security. I welcome the fact that you are presiding over today’s open debate, Mr. President. I also welcome the participation of all the high-level officials here today. I thank the …
I would like to begin by borrowing the words of Maya Angelou, who in recognition of the direct implication of our actions on the lives and future of our children, stated, “each child belongs to all of us, and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to the…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, and the delegation of Malta for convening today’s meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
We take note of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2023/76) and thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronko…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. I also thank civil-society briefer Roger Waters for the views he expressed on the matter at hand.
At the outset, I want to affirm the right of Ukraine to self-defence and …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Gabon, Mozambique and my own country, Ghana (A3).
We thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and
Mr. Fernando Arias, Director-General of the Organization f…
At the outset, we would like to join other delegations in expressing our deep sympathies to the Governments and the peoples of Türkiye and Syria over the devastating effects of the recent earthquake, which led to the loss of many lives and the destruction of a number of properties. I thank the Under…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, Gabon, Mozambique and my own country, Ghana (A3).
We welcome the quarterly report of the Secretary- General on Mali (S/2023/21) as well as his report on the internal review (S/2023/36) of the United Nations Mul…
I begin by thanking Japan for organizing today’s open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. The focus of the debate on the investment in people to enhance resilience mirrors, in part, our signature event of 3 November 2022 (see S/PV.9181) and takes forward the Security Council’s need for fur…
I would like to thank Mr. Karim Khan for his thirty-sixth briefing to the Security Council on the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor on the Sudan file. Let me also warmly welcome the representative of the Sudan to today’s meeting.
The report demonstrates the Office’s seriousness in dealing …
I join others in thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his comprehensive briefing on the overall situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, and welcome, in that regard, the briefing on the detailed measures being taken to restore calm in observed hotspots and to acti…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ms. Brands Kehris, for her briefing. We have also taken note of the information shared by the Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow.
As the war in Ukraine evolves, worrisome accounts of human r…
Let me begin by thanking Special Envoy Hans Grunberg and Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
At the outset, we note with regret the continuing inability of the parties to reach an agreement to extend the truce, despite the mediation efforts of the Special Envoy and other …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her comprehensive briefing on the security and
humanitarian situations in Ukraine. Ghana appreciates and remains fully supportive of the crucial work of the different United Nations agencies aimed at addressing the several crises generated by th…
I warmly welcome your leadership of this open debate, Sir, and thank Japan for focusing the attention of the Security Council on the rule of law among nations, a subject that has acquired great significance in recent years. I also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his statement and the Pr…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Mozambique, and Ghana (A3).
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) (S/2022/1019) and take this opport…
Let me begin by thanking the delegations of China and the United Arab Emirates for requesting today’s meeting and Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for his briefing to the Council. We also welcome the participation at this meeting of the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine and the …
