I wish to thank Mr. Ján Kubiš and Ms. Asma Khalifa for their briefings and insights. We also thank Ambassador Tirumurti, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, for his periodic report. We also welcome the Permanent Representative of …
Let me join others in congratulating and welcoming Special Envoy Hans Grundberg. I assure him of Kenya’s support for his efforts towards a political solution to the conflict in Yemen.
I would also like to thank Deputy Director of Operations in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…
I want to join others in thanking His Excellency the Secretary-General, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Ms. Safaa Elagib Adam for their insightful briefings. I also welcome the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State for External Affairs of India.
Allow me al…
I commend Ireland for convening this meeting and I sincerely thank our briefers, Mrs. Mary Robinson and Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi. At the same time, we welcome the former President of Liberia, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and the former President of Mexico, Mr. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce.
It is indeed a great …
We join others in congratulating you, Madam President, and your team on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We assure you of our cooperation and support. We also wish to commend India for its successful presidency. I also thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her b…
We are happy to the see the Foreign Secretary of India presiding over our meeting today, and we thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
Kenya hopes that the 20 May ceasefire agreement will continue to hold. However, the recent increase in violent incidents and clashes in the West…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council plus one (A3+1), namely, Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia, as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the latest developments in Ethiopia. We comme…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Jeanine
Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing, and I take note of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2021/700) on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). We welcome the participation of the representative of Iraq in th…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths
and Mr. Khaled Erksoussi for their briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey.
Kenya welcomes the combined considerat…
Let me begin by welcoming Mr. Martin Griffiths, in his new capacity as the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, with whom we look forward to working. We also thank Assistant Secretary- General Mohamed Khaled Khiari and UNICEF Executive Director Henriett…
I thank you the President for organizing today’s meeting and travelling to New York to hold it. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx for their briefings on the Secretary- General’s thirteenth strategic report (S/2021/682), as well as …
I thank His Excellency Mr. António Guterres for his insightful briefing on this important subject.
As our contribution to international peace and security, Kenya has participated in United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world for many years. Our peacekeeping story is similar to that of ot…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — namely, Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on the latest developments in Afghanistan. The A3+1 rei…
Let me join other speakers in commending France for its leadership during its just- concluded Security Council presidency in the month of July. I also congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August and assure you of Kenya’s support and co…
Kenya associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the Gambia on behalf of the Group of African States. I make this statement in my national capacity.
I begin by congratulating and commending the current and former Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) — Ambassador Moh…
At the outset, I would like to thank Deputy Special Coordinator Lynn Hastings and Ms. Yudith Oppenheimer for their detailed briefings. We also recognize and welcome the participation of the representatives of the observer State of Palestine and Israel in today’s meeting.
Kenya notes that, despite t…
I am honoured to join you this morning, Your Excellency Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian. I thank you, Sir, for convening this important debate. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Her Excellency Ms. Amina Mohammed, participating on behalf of the Secretary-General. I acknowledge the briefings offered t…
Kenya takes the floor to explain its vote.
We would like to sincerely thank and commend the co-penholders for their resolute efforts. We also applaud the cooperation that has produced this text — sponsored by the co-penholders, the United States and Russia — in a spirit of compromise and unity.
Ou…
I thank you, Sir, for holding this meeting. I also thank the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for conveying the message of his Minister for Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), who is an actively seized mediator on the matter of the Grand Ethi…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
It is with immense sadness that the A3+1 has learned of the recent assassination of His Excellency Mr. Jovenel Moïse,…
