Malta reiterates its strong condemnation of the act of sabotage that occurred in September targeting the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. Such acts pose a serious threat to energy security and regional stability. We also reiterate our firm stance against any form of disruption to critical energy infra…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
Independent investigations by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have demonstrated that Syria has used weapons of mass destruction against its population nine times. After the adoption of resolution 2118 (2013) 10…
I too thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Resident Coordinator Gressly for their briefings today.
Yemen is at a pivotal point in this protracted conflict. The truce from last year continues to deliver benefits for the Yemeni people, and we welcome the steps made by …
I will now deliver a statement in my national capacity.
I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings. We welcome the Secretary-General’s fifteenth report (S/2023/473) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), as well as the Report of the Joint Commiss…
I thank Special Representative Salvador and Ms. Gilles for their briefings. I also welcome the briefings by Prime Minister Holness of Jamaica on behalf of the Caribbean Community and by Ambassador Biang in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 265…
Malta thanks France, as the penholder, for its extensive efforts on this file. We also thank Special Representative Wane and his team at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and we pay tribute to those peacekeepers who have served the Mission since …
I thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings. The updates they have given us this morning underscore the need for the Council to come together and make sure that Syrians remain supported.
Regrettably, after 12 years of conflict, the depth and breadth…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing, and the other briefers for their contributions.
Today’s meeting was requested by the Russian Federation to condemn the increasing supply of weapons to Ukraine. This is the sixth time that the Council is convened on this issue in an attempt to …
I too thank Mr. James Zogby for his remarks, as well as Special Coordinator Wennesland for his sobering briefing and his continued efforts to de-escalate the volatile situation on the ground.
In 2016, the Security Council adopted resolution 2334 (2016), which provides a clear road map towards peace…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting.
Malta aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union. We would like to add some remarks in our national capacity.
This debate provides us with an opportune moment to recall our collective c…
I too thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her insightful remarks today and welcome the Ambassadors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
We find ourselves at a crucial point in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The appalling brutal attacks against the popula…
I too thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her sobering briefing.
Malta strongly condemns Russia’s continued escalation of the war and its blunt disregard for international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law. We deplore the continued killing of civilians. The in…
We join others in welcoming President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to today’s meeting. I thank Special Representative Laing for her briefing and wish her every success in her new role. I also thank Mr. El-Amine Souef, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, an…
We welcome today’s discussion, particularly since this year marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Yaoundé Architecture, and I thank Ghana for its initiative. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General and the other briefers for their valuable insights and important briefings.
Malta comme…
I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva for her briefing. I also thank Ms. Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-Founder and President of the School of Leadership, for the courageous and poignant briefing she delivered. Let me begin by underlining our support for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghan…
I thank Ms. Rugwabiza, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bahous, the Executive Director of UN- Women, African Union Commissioner Adeoye and Mr. Ngatondang for their insightful remarks. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republi…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom, Mr. Gituai and Mr. Impagliazzo for their briefings today.
Malta fully supports efforts towards a peaceful and stable transitional process in South Sudan, with the Revitalized Agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan …
Echoing the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and others, I begin by expressing Malta’s heartfelt condolences to the families of the migrants who lost their lives at sea last Wednesday. We wish a speedy recovery to the survivors. The tragedy is a brutal reminder of how important it is …
I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for his briefing and acknowledge the participation of Mr. Diop in our meeting today.
Malta expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the peacekeepers who were killed in the attack on the United Nations Multidimensional Int…
I too thank the Secretary- General, His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher and Ms. Latifa Ibn Ziaten for sharing their thoughts and insights with us today.
International human rights law provides a robust normative fram…