Kenya voted to renew the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya because it is a critical support tool for a Libyan- led and -owned peace process. We acknowledge the joint efforts of fellow members of the Security Council in seeking the best possible support to Libya. However, we beli…
I join others in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for his briefing.
Terrorism in whatever form is deplorable and should be condemned wherever and whenever it is perpetrated. No act of terrorism whatsoever can be justified. We recall the anguish visited on innocent civilians by terrorist groups …
I thank Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths and Mr. Egeland for their briefings and welcome the participation of Syria, Iran and Turkey in this meeting.
Earlier this week, we had the benefit of holding a high-level open debate on wars in cities and protection of civilians in urban settings (s…
We would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Thuraya Hijazi for their briefings this afternoon.
As we begin another year of monthly deliberations on the political situation in Syria, the need for progress that can deliver a long-desired peace to the Syrian people is more compelling and urgent than e…
I thank the Secretary- General for his remarks. I also thank Special Representative Lyons for her briefing on the latest developments in Afghanistan and Ms. Mahbouba Seraj, Executive Director of the Afghan Women Skills Centre, for her insights this morning. I would also like to thank Ambassador Tiru…
I welcome you to New York, Mr. President. I thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Ms. Radhya Al-Mutawakel for their briefings. I also welcome His Excellency Mr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President of Ghana, and H…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members
of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Tirumurti, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his briefing, and I welcome the participation of His
Excellency Mr. Emilio José Archila, Presidential Adviser for Stabilization and Consolidation of Colombia. I also thank Ms. Luz Marina Giraldo for her insightful prese…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his update. Kenya continues to acknowledge his work. I also thank the briefers and take note of the perspective that they have shared. I would also like to recognize the presence of the delegations of Israel and Palestine among us today.
With regard to…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important debate and coming all the way to New York at a time when travel
is not as easy as it used to be. I also want to thank you for your presidency of the Security Council, which, so far, has impressed us as thoughtful, generous and well- managed…
I thank Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for his briefing and report, and I welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan in this meeting.
The people of the Sudan are having a promising yet volatile national dialogue on the nature of Government, democracy, j…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary-General Ramesh Rajasingham and Ms. Ola Al-Aghbary, co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sheba Youth Foundation, for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Yemen in this meeting.
Kenya remains deepl…
I wish to congratulate Norway on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January 2022.
I assure you, Madam President, of Kenya’s cooperation and support. I also wish to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing.
As this i…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Ms. Amani Ballour for their briefings. We also welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey.
The situation in Syria is a profound test of the promise of the United Nations and its Charter…
I also thank the briefers — Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassadors Olof Skoog and Byrne Nason — for their overview of twelfth report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2021/995), the report of the Joint Commission to the Security Council on the stat…
We thank you, Mr. President, as a co-penholder, and Ireland for your efforts to bring draft resolution S/2021/990 to the floor and to the wider United Nations membership for its co-sponsoring of the draft resolution.
Kenya is disappointed at the use of a veto. We believe that the importance of this…
I thank Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor, for their briefings. I welcome the presence of representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Rwanda and Serbia in this meeting.
Kenya supports the work of…
I welcome you to New York, Mr. President. I congratulate you on the Niger’s leadership of the Security Council this month, and I have the honour to transmit to you a message of gratitude from His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta for your delegation’s effective advocacy on behalf of Africa during …
I want to thank Mr. Filippo Grandi for his comprehensive briefing.
Kenya takes note of the growing number of refugees globally as a result of protracted conflicts, economic crises and the effects of climate change. It is worth noting, as other Council members have, that the overwhelming bulk of ref…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
The A3+1 thanks you, Mr. President, for your work as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursu…