I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting.
On 8 July (see S/PV.9087), the Security Council took action on the renewal of the Syria humanitarian cross-border mechanism by taking a vote on two competing draft resolutions, which were not adopted, one (S/2022/538) owing to a negative vot…
I commend you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate. I also thank Mrs. Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, and Mr. Patrick Kumi for their briefings. Kenya …
Kenya thanks Mexico and the United States of America for their dedicated efforts to prepare and present resolution 2645 (2022) to renew the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for 12 months. Kenya voted in favour of the resolution, and we are glad that it enjoyed unanimo…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Carlos Ruiz Massieu and Ms. Jineth Casso Piamba for their briefings, and we welcome the powerful…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, as well as the Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lieutenant General Affonso da Costa, and Ms. Jenn…
I make this explanation of vote before the voting on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E-10), in Kenya’s capacity as coordinator for the month of July.
The E-10 appreciates the manner in which delegations rallied to put foremost the humanitarian needs of the Syrian people. I…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Yemen in this meeting.
Kenya acknowledges the efforts made by the Special Envoy to engage with the parties concerned, including the latest …
Today is a costly day for the Security Council and even more so for the people of Syria. Our lack of unity will have real-life dire humanitarian consequences.
We commend and thank the co-penholders, Ireland and Norway, for their immense efforts to have the cross-border humanitarian aid mechanism re…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor. I am explaining our vote on behalf of the current 10 elected members (E-10) of the Security Council in Kenya’s capacity as coordinator for the month of July.
The E-10 has been in consultations this morning. We appreciate the co-penh…
Road traffic injuries are among the leading causes of death in Kenya. In 2021, road traffic crashes caused 4,579 deaths on Kenyan roads. In the two days over which we are holding this high-level meeting, 25 Kenyans will die as a result of preventable road accidents, while dozens more will suffer lif…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo, as well as Ambassadors Skoog and Byrne Nason, for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Germany in today’s meeting.
It was our expectation and hope that today’s meeting wou…
Kenya’s vote in favour of resolution 2640 (2022) is based on our belief that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) plays a key role in Mali. We also note an overall improvement in the adopted resolution as compared to the original draft resolution.
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I too would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, for her briefing, as well as His Excellency President Zelenskyy for his address.
Kenya stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who are suffering from the multilateral system’s failure to bring an end to a war that…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing and overview of the Secretary-General’s report.
As regards the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), there has unfortunately been no meaningful progress since its adoption five years ago. The objectives of that resolution speak to the …
At the outset, Kenya joins others in expressing its heartfelt condolences to the people of Afghanistan following the devastating earthquake in Paktika province. We commend the rapid mobilization by the authorities and humanitarian actors to provide emergency-response and search-and- rescue efforts.
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I thank Ms. Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, for her briefing and the work she is doing on the important agenda of addressing hate speech. I also thank Ms. Tsybulska and Mr. Cohen for their presentations this morning.
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who are…
At the outset, I would like to welcome and thank His Excellency Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for his briefing.
Regional organizations, as guided under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, have continued t…
Kenya commends Albania’s efforts to advance the shared commitments of the women and peace and security agenda. I thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and the representatives of regional organizations for their insights and recommendations on this important topic.
We welco…
I thank Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, for their briefings on the work of the Mechanism and their assessments of its progress. We note th…
We commend the President of the General Assembly for initiating this historic debate, in line with resolution 76/262. We also commend all the delegations that have taken and will take the rostrum. The cause of international peace and security belongs to every nation. None of us are safe from the sco…
