I would like to commend the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s important high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. I also join other speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive remarks and commitment to peace and sustaining peace as an import…
On behalf of the Kenyan delegation to the United Nations, I congratulate you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on the role of youth in the prevention and resolution of conflict, as well as in the maintenance and promotion of peace and security.
Additionally, I would like to commend …
My delegation commends Italy for convening today’s important open debate on trafficking of persons in conflict situations and welcomes the informative briefings. We also take note of the report of the Secretary-General on trafficking in persons in conflict, pursuant to resolution 2331 (2016) (S/2017…
Kenya would like to align itself with the statements made earlier this morning by the representative of Ecuador, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China; the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement; and the representative of Gabon, on behalf of t…
Kenya commends France for convening today’s important open debate.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women and Peace and Security.
We also welcome the 2017 report (S/2017/861) of the Secretary-General and its recognition of the fact that the i…
We thank the President for convening this high-level meeting to review the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons and our collective efforts to combat human trafficking.
Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that affects almost every country i…
I am delighted to address the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I convey to all warm greetings and best wishes from the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, whom I have the honour to represent here today. The President is committed to the agenda of thi…
I thank you, Madam President, for hosting this important debate at a time when the United Nations is preparing to revamp its counter-terrorism architecture, following the initiative by the Secretary-General to create the Office of Counter-Terrorism.
Kenya takes this opportunity to congratulate Mr. …
I am pleased to be here today to present the annual report (S/2017/76) of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its tenth session. I congratulate you, Sir, for your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and commend you for the manner in which you have conducted its affairs.
I should…
I thank President Thomson for convening today’s meeting and for giving us the opportunity to speak on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and to share our thoughts on reinvigorating the AIDS response in order to catalyse sustainable development. We welcome the Secretary-G…
It is a great pleasure to be here today to present the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its tenth session (A/71/768). I would like to congratulate the Chair of the PBC at its eleventh session, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, for the dextrous manner with which he has co…
I thank the President for convening this debate on global awareness of the tragedies of irregular migrants in the Mediterranean basin, with specific emphasis on Syrian asylum- seekers.
I also thank Mr. Volker Türk, the United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees, and Mr. Ashraf El Nour,…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I commend you, Sir, for the manner in which you have conducted the affairs of the Council so far. I thank you for organizing this timely debate on conflict…
Kenya takes this opportunity to recognize Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the International Criminal Court. Over the years we have continued to encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) to expand its activities, enhance its work and improve its efficiencies and footprint so t…
Allow me to recognize the presence earlier of the Secretary-General and that of my sister the redoubtable Executive Director of UN- Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, as well as to add the compliments of my delegation to those of other delegations for the convening this important discussion on women…
I would like to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to lead the General Assembly at its seventy-first session.
Seventy-one years after the founding of the United Nations, we have made significant progress in human development. Inspired by the guarantees in the Charter of the Un…
Kenya wishes to join previous speakers in congratulating the President and the presidency for the manner in which they have steered the affairs of the General Assembly. Kenya also wishes to thank the delegations of Argentina and Iceland, co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process on the fifth …
Allow me, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Kenya, to express my sincere gratitude to the General Assembly for convening this high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS. This is irrefutable proof that the General Assembly is fully committed to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
As …
Kenya acknowledges today’s adoption of resolution 70/264, entitled “Report of the International Criminal Court”, and we would like to thank the coordinator for steering the lengthy negotiations.
At the outset, we should recall the independent and separate nature of the relationship between the Inte…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Kenyan delegation, on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of May. I commend you for the manner in which you have conducted its affairs. I also thank you for hosting this important debate at a time when the United Na…
