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Mr. Hwang S/PV.9831 Jan. 6, 2025

We thank Director Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Director-General Bechdol of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for their comprehensive and sobering briefings. We also thank the United Kingdom, Slovenia and Guyana for their init…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9830 Jan. 3, 2025

I thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Türk, Dr. Peeperkorn of the World Health Organization and Dr. Haj-Hassan for their sobering briefings. Since this is the very first meeting of the Security Council this month and year, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming t…

Mr. Sangjin Kim S/PV.9829 Dec. 30, 2024

Before delivering my statement, I would also like to express my appreciation to the five members — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland — for their dedicated efforts in maintaining international peace and security during their past two-year term as members of the Security Council. I als…

Mr. Cho S/PV.9828 Dec. 27, 2024

I thank the United Kingdom for its critical role as penholder, and I welcome the representatives of Ethiopia and Somalia. The Republic of Korea voted in favour of the resolution (resolution 2767 (2024)) authorizing the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) to support r…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9823 Dec. 20, 2024

I welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2764 (2024) on children and armed conflict, with a focus on ensuring child protection capacities in United Nations peace operations. I thank the delegation of Malta for its dedicated efforts in that regard. Today’s adoption of the fourteenth resolution…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9825 Dec. 20, 2024

I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Simão, for his comprehensive briefing and Ms. Addae-Mensah for sharing her views. Allow me to highlight three points today. First, when it comes to terrorism, a lack of coordinated regional responses and fragmented counter-terrorism …

Mr. Sangjin Kim S/PV.9827 Dec. 20, 2024

I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her timely briefing. Today’s meeting is the third that the Security Council has held this month on the situation in Ukraine (see S/PV.9799 and S/PV.9816). The topics addressed at the previous two meetings — the war’s impact on children and the attacks on cr…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9821 Dec. 19, 2024

I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to the United States for convening this important meeting and my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing. I also thank Mr. Yann LeCun and Ms. Fei-Fei Li for their valuable contributions. As an ultimate enabling techn…

Mr. Cho S/PV.9822 Dec. 19, 2024

I would like to thank the President for convening this crucial meeting. We thank Director Wosornu, Ms. Lewis and Sultan Saad Bahr Al-Din for their insightful and sobering briefings. We also welcome the presence of the representatives of the Sudan, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates. It is deeply …

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9820 Dec. 18, 2024

I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Mr. Leff, Executive Director of Conflict Armament Research, for their briefings. As the year comes to an end, I want to take this opportunity to recap …

Mr. Sangjin Kim S/PV.9819 Dec. 18, 2024

I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Ms. Efron for their briefings. I also thank Mr. Levy in particular for his touching testimony. The region has been experiencing its darkest moment for more than 14 months, not only in Israel and Palestine but in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and …

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9820 Dec. 18, 2024

I support the briefing by the Executive Director of Conflict Armament Research. Mr. Leff already gave a presentation at the meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in June (see S/PV.9676), during the presidency of the Republic of Korea. At that time, most of us found his presentation in…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9818 Dec. 17, 2024

I extend my gratitude to Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and His Excellency Ambassador Lambrinidis for their briefings. I would also like to express my appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Malta, Vanessa Frazier, for her dedication as the Facilitator for the implementation of res…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9817 Dec. 17, 2024

I would also like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher for their comprehensive briefings. I also thank Ms. al-Kateab and Mr. Jamous for sharing their personal stories and insightful observations. After 13 years of devastating civil war, Syria has demonstrate…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9815 Dec. 16, 2024

I extend my gratitude to Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Koury and Ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki of Japan for their briefings. And I also thank Mr. Omar for his sobering remarks and welcome the participation of Libyan Ambassador at today’s meeting. Against the backdrop of the …

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9816 Dec. 16, 2024

I would like to express my gratitude to Director Doughten for her timely briefing. We also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in today’s meeting. Ukrainians are once again enduring harsh winter conditions brought on by Russia’s merciless attacks. The targeting of c…

Mr. Cho S/PV.9813 Dec. 13, 2024

I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry and Ms. Nlate for their insightful briefings today. The long-awaited adoption last month of presidential statement S/PRST/2024/7, on the Central African region, reaffirmed the Security Council’s recognition and support for Special Repre…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9810 Dec. 12, 2024

We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Roza Otunbayeva, Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher, Ms. Mahboob and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) for their briefings. We also take this opportunity to thank Japan for its penholdership of this fi…

Mr. Hwang S/PV.9806 Dec. 11, 2024

I extend my gratitude to Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Under- Secretary-General Tom Fletcher for their briefings. I also thank Mr. Al-Omeisy for sharing his personal experiences with us today. I also take this opportunity to wish Under- Secretar…

Mr. Cho S/PV.9805 Dec. 10, 2024

I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to President Gatti Santana and Chief Prosecutor Brammertz for their insightful briefings on the current state of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. I also welcome the presence at today’s meeting of Her Excellency Ms. Maja Pop…

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Session Date Speaker Source
79 Sept. 27, 2024 Mr. Tae-Yul Cho UNDL ↗ A/79/PV.14
78 Sept. 20, 2023 Mr. Suk Yeol Yoon UNDL ↗ A/78/PV.6
77 Sept. 20, 2022 Mr. Suk Yeol Yoon UNDL ↗ A/77/PV.4
76 Sept. 21, 2021 Mr. Jae-in Moon UNDL ↗ A/76/PV.3
75 Sept. 22, 2020 Mr. Jae-in Moon UNDL ↗ A/75/PV.4
75 Sept. 22, 2020 Mr. Hyun Cho UNDL ↗ A/75/PV.4
74 Sept. 24, 2019 Mr. Jae-in Moon UNDL ↗ A/74/PV.3
73 Sept. 26, 2018 Mr. Jae-in Moon UNDL ↗ A/73/PV.8
72 Sept. 21, 2017 Mr. Jae-in Moon UNDL ↗ A/72/PV.11
71 Sept. 22, 2016 Mr. Byung-se Yun UNDL ↗ A/71/PV.16
70 Sept. 28, 2015 Ms. Geun-Hye Park UNDL ↗ A/70/PV.13
69 Sept. 24, 2014 Ms. Geun-Hye Park UNDL ↗ A/69/PV.6
68 Sept. 27, 2013 Mr. Byung-se Yun UNDL ↗ A/68/PV.15
67 Sept. 28, 2012 Mr. Sung-hwan Kim UNDL ↗ A/67/PV.16
66 Sept. 21, 2011 Mr. Myung-bak Lee UNDL ↗ A/66/PV.11
65 Sept. 25, 2010 Mr. Kak-soo Shin UNDL ↗ A/65/PV.17
65 Sept. 29, 2010 Mr. Moon-hwan Kim UNDL ↗ A/65/PV.24
64 Sept. 23, 2009 Mr. Myung-bak Lee UNDL ↗ A/64/PV.3
63 Sept. 25, 2008 Mr. Seung Soo Han UNDL ↗ A/63/PV.10
62 Sept. 28, 2007 Mr. Min-soon Song UNDL ↗ A/62/PV.11
61 Sept. 21, 2006 Mr. Ki-moon, 1944- Ban UNDL ↗ A/61/PV.15
60 Sept. 18, 2005 Mr. Ki-moon, 1944- Ban UNDL ↗ A/60/PV.12
59 Sept. 24, 2004 Mr. Ki-moon, 1944- Ban UNDL ↗ A/59/PV.9
58 Sept. 25, 2003 Mr. Young-Kwan Yoon UNDL ↗ A/58/PV.12
57 Sept. 13, 2002 Mr. Sung-hong Choi UNDL ↗ A/57/PV.5
56 Nov. 10, 2001 Mr. Han-dong Lee UNDL ↗ A/56/PV.44
55 Sept. 19, 2000 Mr. Joung-binn Lee UNDL ↗ A/55/PV.22
54 Sept. 30, 1999 Mr. Soon-young Hong UNDL ↗ A/54/PV.18
53 Sept. 25, 1998 Mr. Soon-young Hong UNDL ↗ A/53/PV.15
52 Sept. 29, 1997 Mr. Chong-Ha Yoo UNDL ↗ A/52/PV.15
51 Sept. 27, 1996 Mr. Ro-Myung Gong UNDL ↗
50 Sept. 28, 1995 Mr. Ro-Myung Gong UNDL ↗ A/50/PV.10
49 Oct. 3, 1994 Mr. Sung-Joo Han UNDL ↗
48 Sept. 29, 1993 Mr. Sung-Joo Han UNDL ↗ A/48/PV.9
47 Sept. 22, 1992 Mr. Tae Woo Roh UNDL ↗ A/47/PV.6
46 Sept. 24, 1991 Mr. Tae Woo Roh UNDL ↗