I have the pleasure to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, the Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lake…
The United Nations was created with the primary purpose of saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war and protecting the dignity and worth of the human person, as well as their fundamental human rights.
Under Articles 24 and 25 of the Charter of the United Nations, Member States conferre…
Given the trajectory of events in recent weeks, we welcome the briefing from Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland. Kenya also welcomes the high-level outreach by the Secretary- General and the Office of the Special Coordinator, as well as the openness to engage on this issue shown by the top officials…
I join other speakers in welcoming Special Representative of the Secretary- General Caroline Ziadeh, this being her first time in the Council in her new capacity, and thank her for her briefing. My delegation supports the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and her team in the execution …
I thank Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements and Director General António Vitorino for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Ukraine, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Estonia and Slovakia in this meeting.
The scale of the Ukrainian exodus to escape the war i…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings and welcome the participation of the representative of Yemen in this meeting.
After seven years of devastating armed conflict, the positive developments over the past few weeks are encouraging. I commend all t…
It is particularly fitting that Lord Ahmad presided over this debate earlier, given his role as his Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. We thank his delegation for bringing this important debate to the Security Council.
I also thank Special Representat…
I want to express our condolences to our American colleagues while the nature of the attack on the subway station in Brooklyn is being verified. We already know that some people have been hurt and we express our sincere regrets to our fellow New Yorkers.
I have the honour to deliver this statement …
I thank the Under- Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN- Women, Sima Bahous; the Director of the UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes, Manuel Fontaine; and Ms. Kateryna Cherepakha for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Ukraine and the cou…
I would like to commend the United Kingdom for convening this meeting and acknowledge its leading role in the adoption of the landmark resolutions 2532 (2020) and 2565 (2021). I thank Mr. Ted Chaiban, Ms. Esperanza Martinez and Mr. Emmanuel Ojwang for their informative briefings and reflections.
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I congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for April and assure you of my delegation’s full support.
I listened closely to the remarks by the Secretary- General and his Under-Secretaries-General, Rosemary DiCarlo and Martin Griffiths, hoping to hear that…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Joyce Msuya and World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine is a humanitarian catastrophe. More than 10 million people have fled their …
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 Envoy Geir Pedersen, Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and His Excellency Mr. Hossam Zaki, Assistant Secretary-General of the Lea…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his detailed briefing.
Resolution 2334 (2016) addresses decades-old issues, but its objectives, while being of immediate and urgent relevance, remain largely unimplemented. Kenya recognizes and commends the progress made through regional mediation effo…
We join other speakers in expressing our deepest condolences to the Permanent Mission of Ireland and the family of Ambassador Jim Kelly over his shocking demise.
I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary- General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing.
It is regretta…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Yemen in this meeting.
Kenya remains concerned about the intensified hostilities between factions across several front lines. This unfortu…
I welcome the briefing by the Mexican Ambassador and commend him for the conduct of the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Weapons of mass destruction pose a grave danger. The indiscriminate nature of those weapons can lead to
immediate and long-term effects on p…
I thank His Excellency Mr. Zbigniew Rau, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for his briefing. I congratulate him on his assumption of the Office and wish him every success as he advances the growth of th…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and High Representative Nakamitsu for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine.
The conflict in Ukraine continues at an unacceptable cost to the people of Ukraine and, increasingly, to the
entire world, as the price…
Kenya commends the United Arab Emirates for organizing today’s timely open debate, as we mark International Women’s Day. We are pleased to see you, Minister Mariam Almheiri, presiding over the meeting.
We also welcome the Ministers and other guests who have joined us today. We thank all briefers fo…
