To begin, I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their detailed briefings today.
As explained in the briefings, the current political and humanitarian situation in Syria has shown no improvement at all. At the same time, regional tensions arou…
My delegation is taking the floor to exercise the right of reply in response to the statement just given by the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Korea.
Any arms dealings with the Democratic Republic of Korea are prohibited as they are in violation of multiple Security Council resolutions.
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As we tragically enter the third year since Russia began its war against Ukraine, it is truly deplorable that there is still no end in sight as civilian casualties continue to mount. Since December 2023, when Russia embarked on large-scale offensives against Ukrainian cities amidst hard, cold weathe…
I would like to thank Guyana for convening this meeting and to express my appreciation to Secretary-General Guterres for his insightful yet sadly troubling briefing.
Indeed, it feels almost surreal to be in the very Chamber that bears the primary responsibility for international peace and security …
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his detailed briefing, and Mr. Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins sans frontières, for his vivid testimony, which I believe touched Member States in this Chamber.
The current catastrophe in Gaza started in the fall of last year, and we…
I extend my gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Rugwabiza, for her comprehensive briefing. I also welcome the representative of the Central African Republic to today’s meeting.
At the outset, I express my deepest condolences to the family of the peacekeeper killed…
The Republic of Korea voted in favour of the draft resolution proposed by Algeria (S/2024/173), considering the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire to end the suffering of civilians in Gaza. Right now in Rafah, where more than half of the entire population of Gaza is densely packed, people are …
I am grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her comprehensive briefing today. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to today’s meeting.
In the past two weeks, alarm…
I extend my gratitude to Special Representative of the Secretary- General Laing and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Souef for their comprehensive briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Somalia in today’s meeting.
Soma…
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily and Ambassador Yamazaki for their briefings and welcome the participation of the Libyan representative in today’s meeting.
It has been more than two years since the scheduled Libyan elections were called off in December 2021. Despi…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, Executive Director Gherman and the Secretary General of INTERPOL, Mr. Stock, for their briefings on the eighteenth report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by Da’esh (S/2024/117) to international peace and security.
As a new member of the Securi…
At the outset, I too would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Ms. Edem Wosornu, the Director of Operations
and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their informative briefings.
More than a month has now passed since we adopted resolution 2722 (2024),…
The Republic of Korea commends Guyana for holding today’s timely open debate, Mr. President, and welcomes your presence here today in steering it. I thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and Mr. Simon Stiell, Ms. Beth Bechdol and Ms. Jimena Leiva Roesch for their well-grounded and insightful b…
I would like to express my appreciation to Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Mr. Steve Sweeney for their respective briefings. I also warmly welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine and Germany in today’s meeting.
Nine years ago, with a view to addressing the conflic…
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing. My delegation also warmly welcomes President Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister Albin Kurti to the Security Council.
When Serbia and Kosovo agreed to resume negotiations to normalize relations based on th…
I too would like to thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and hard work over the past five years and to welcome the participation of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait in this meeting.
As a country that has been a long-standing partner of Iraq and that dispatched more…
I too thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
It is with great regret that we are gathering in the Chamber today to once again discuss a series of casualties caused by war. It has been reported that yet another tragedy has occurred, this time in the city of Lysychansk. At t…
I too thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her timely briefing.
At the outset, my delegation expresses its serious concern about the regional escalation since the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas and Israel’s subsequent
military operations in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have continued thei…
I also thank Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing.
Indeed, the humanitarian crisis is deepening by the day before our eyes. My delegation would like to reiterate the Republic of Korea’s full and continuing support for the humanitarian activities of the United Nations, includin…
I also thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, for his comprehensive report and briefing on the situation in Darfur.
Regrettably, we are witnessing the recurrence of a tragedy that echoes the one that took place in Darfur 20 years ago. As Prosecutor Khan has …
