I would like to thank Kenya for hosting this important debate. I also wish to thank our briefers: Special Envoy Xia, Ambassador Caholo and Assistant Secretary-General Pobee. I would also like to recognize our colleagues from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I am very pleased that th…
As mandated by paragraph 11 (g) of resolution 1844 (2008), I have the honour to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992), concerning Somalia. This briefing will cover the period from 15 June to 20 October 2021.
I would li…
It is a privilege to see you, Mr. President, in the chair among us again today. As always I sincerely thank Tor Wennesland for his comprehensive briefing this morning. I would like to welcome Ambassadors Mansour and Erdan who are with us today. I want to extend a very special thanks to Hanan Ashrawi…
I, too, wish to thank the briefers for their important contributions this morning. I wish to extend particular recognition to Ms. Derom, whose presence here today demonstrates the continued desire of the people of the Central African Republic to see the advent of peace and security in the country. I…
I want to begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Tanin for his briefing and all his team for their valuable work. I would like to underline at the outset Ireland’s strong support for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I also want to thank…
I would like to start by warmly welcoming Ms. Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia. It is good to have her with us today, and we welcome her to today’s meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gen…
My thanks go to our briefers — Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Assistant Secretary-General Rajasingham and Ms, Al-Deen, whom I especially thank for her briefing.
Today I want to begin by strongly condemning the heinous attack carried out in Aden last Sunday, allegedly targeting a Government Ministe…
The quest for peace, our collective effort to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, is the foundation stone of the United Nations and the mandate of the Security
Council. Such an enormous responsibility is entrusted to each member of the Council. Every day, millions of vulnerable peo…
Like others, I want to start by thanking Kenya for convening today’s very important meeting, which we see as critical to addressing the very real threat posed by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons across the agenda of the Security Council and beyond. I also want to congratulate Kenya …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his important and timely briefing today.
Ireland joined others in calling for this meeting because we believe that the recent expulsion of United Nations leadership from Ethiopia should be addressed publicly by the Security Council. That expulsion is …
I would like to thank Ms. Keita for her briefing. Ireland commends her dynamism and leadership. We are encouraged by the progress made in the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). My thanks also go to…
I would like to join others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. La Lime, for her briefing. I thank the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti and the United Nations country team for their continued efforts. I also thank Ms. Douyon for clearly sharing her views thi…
I want to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her
detailed and informative briefing today. I would like to make three points.
First, the Security Council should be united and firm in upholding the international prohibition against chemical weapons, while making it clear that …
This week, in this Hall, a series of alarms have sounded. They have sounded for conflict; they have sounded for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; they have sounded for climate. We have heard the alarms; now we must respond. I believe that this is what the General Assembly, our
Assembly o…
I welcome you, Foreign Secretary, to the Security Council table. I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing. The fact is that we should all be concerned by the rising tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip over recent weeks and, the comprehensive briefing of Tor Wennesland just reinforces that view…
We welcome the adoption today of the resolution on Afghanistan (resolution 2593 (2021)). I want to express our appreciation to France, the United Kingdom and the United States for their efforts in bringing it forward.
Ireland voted in favour of the resolution because we believe in the importance of…
I would like to preface my remarks, if I may, by offering my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the horrific attack today in Kabul.
I want to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting today. I thank the Secretary- General for his insightful, yet — I must admit — …
I welcome and thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her
trademark frank and excellent briefing. I would also like to welcome our Iraqi colleague to this meeting.
I begin by extending my deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who tragically lost their lives in the …
Today I make this statement on behalf of the co-penholders of the Syrian humanitarian file, Norway and Ireland.
We would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Martin Griffiths; Special Envoy Geir Pedersen; and the Secretary-General of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, …
I would like to thank today’s briefers and welcome Mr. Martin Griffiths to the Chamber. It is good to see him here in his new role. I am always very happy to see Ms. Henrietta Fore in the Chamber.
I would also like to welcome the appointment earlier this month of Mr. Hans Grundberg as the new Speci…
