I welcome the briefings by the Chairs of the three subsidiary bodies and commend them for their excellent leadership. Kenya takes notes of the challenges the Committees have faced throughout the year due to the pandemic and welcomes the measures taken to mitigate its impact to ensure the implementat…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. I thank Mexico for shepherding us through the previous month with such positive effect. I congratulate Mr. Christian Ritscher on his appointment as Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations
Investigative Tea…
It is good to see Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland at last in person on this cold morning. I would also like to thank Ms. Comfort Ero for her briefing.
During the October open debate (see S/PV.8883) on this file, Kenya called for the greater recognition of grass-roots organizations that are const…
Let me begin by once again congratulating the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session and assuring him of Kenya’s support. I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to Ms. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar,…
I thank Mr. Ján Kubiš, Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Libya, for his briefing and his service to the people of Libya. I also thank Ambassador Tirumurti, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution
1970 (2011), and Ms. Lamees Bensaad, member of the Libyan P…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Ms. Amal Kabashi for their briefings.
We take note of the Secretary-General’s reports on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) (S/2021/946) and on the Iraqi elections (S/2021/932).
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I thank Mr. Karim Khan for his report and for his first briefing to the Security Council. I also congratulate him on his election as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Kenya welcomes the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya in this meeting.
The Libyan people hav…
Kenya is honoured to speak at this high-level meeting on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 64/293).
As a country, we are determined to prevent the trafficking of persons and punish the criminal networks — including those also tra…
I welcome the President to New York. I commend his country’s presidency of the Security Council this month for convening today’s open debate on curbing the diversion of and illicit
trafficking in arms — a challenge that Kenya considers requiring enhanced action by the Security Council. I thank Mr. …
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Niger, Tunisia and Kenya, as well as Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines (A3+1).
We would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Deborah Lyons, for her briefing on the latest developments in Afghanistan. We also th…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on having convened this timely open debate. I recognize the participation of the Secretary- General and the Presidents of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the International Court of Justice. I thank them for their insights on this important…
I congratulate Your Excellency, Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of the United Mexican States, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and for convening this important debate. I also thank His Excellency the Secretary-General and Ms. Lourdes Tibán Guala for their insightful brie…
Let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November and to assure you of the support of Kenya’s delegation. On behalf of my delegation, allow me also to most sincerely thank all the members of the Council both for their compliments thi…
Kenya thanks the penholder and fellow members of the Council for their commitment to the peace process in Libya. It is clear that we all want the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to succeed, particularly at this critical juncture of the transition in Libya.
However, the technical ro…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his observations and recommendations during this reporting period. We also welcome all constructive grass-roots efforts in advancing the peace process, including the observations and insights shared with the Security Council by Ms. Meredith Rothbart and…
Let me also thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Ms. Rouba Mhaissen for their briefings on the political situation in Syria. I acknowledge the presence of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey in the Chamber this morning.
Every month, the people of Syria look to the Security Council as it …
I thank Deputy Secretary- General Mohammed for coming to brief us today and
for undertaking the trip to Somalia. There is nothing like being there and being on the ground to speak with the people and get their perspectives. We were glad to receive her in Kenya in mid-September, and we would again u…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on Ireland’s stewardship of the Security Council this month and thank you for personally presiding over the Council’s open debate on the subject at hand. I also thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Ilwad Elman for their insightful briefings.
Climate change is leadi…
It is my privilege and honour, as Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Kenya, to present a pre-recorded video statement by His Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, during the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.
I thank Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths and Ms. Amany Qaddour for their briefings on the humanitarian situation in Syria. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey at this meeting.
Kenya commends Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his recent visi…
