I thank the High Representative for his briefing. Malta values the role and mandate of the High Representative and acknowledges the importance of his Office in maintaining the continued stability and peace in the country. We take the High Representative’s concerns about divisive inter-ethnic and sec…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan in our meeting today.
Malta is committed to a stable, secure, peaceful and prosperous Abyei. Only a mutually accept…
I also thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her informative briefing today.
On nine occasions, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) or joint United Nations-OPCW investigations have concluded that Syria has used chemical weapons against its own people — nine instances i…
I would like to warmly welcome Mr. Osmani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, in his capacity as Chairperson-in- Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and to thank him for his informative and insightful briefing. We applaud North Macedonia for choosi…
I would like to begin by congratulating Switzerland on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and by wishing you, Sir, and the Swiss team all the very best for a successful and fruitful term. I also thank Ambassador Nebenzia and his team for steering our work last month. I thank you, Mr. P…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their remarks today.
As we just heard, the people of Syria continue to grapple with a multitude of complex humanitarian, protection and political crises. Such levels of needs are a stark reminder of the urgent need for real and just political…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ziadeh for her briefing today. I welcome the presence at this meeting of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of t…
One year ago, Malta proudly co-sponsored resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”. As a member of the core group on that initiative, which was led by Liechtenstein, Malta fully subscribes to the Security Council’s contin…
I would like to thank Special Representative Salvador for her briefing, and I welcome her to the Chamber for the first time in her new role. I also thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for her briefing and welcome the participation of the Foreign Ministers of …
At the outset, we align ourselves with the statement made by the European Union and would like to add some remarks from a national perspective.
I begin by thanking Judge Marchi-Uhel, the Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of…
I thank Special Representative Perthes, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Permanent Observer Kyari Mohammed for their briefings, and I hope we will be joined later by Special Envoy Wais. I also welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Sudan, Egypt, Djibouti, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Saudi Arab…
I too would like to thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and his Office’s constant efforts to maintain calm, particularly during this past month.
Regrettably, several escalations in recent weeks against the backdrop of religious festivities have again brought us too close to the br…
I too thank the Secretary-General for sharing his thoughts and insights with us today.
Over the years, multilateral institutions, with the United Nations at their heart, have promoted cooperation and brought prosperity and stability. To ensure that our institutions continue to serve us well, we mus…
I thank Special Representative Bathily and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings, and I would like to assure the Chair of our full collaboration with the work of the Committee. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent …
I also thank Special Envoy Grunberg and the Deputy Director for Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ms. Ghada Mudawi, for their briefings, and I acknowledge participation of the representative of the Republic of Yemen at today’s meeting.
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I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for another important briefing.
We are meeting today following yet another launch of an intercontinental-ballistic missile (ICBM) — once again in violation of multiple resolutions adopted by the Security Council. This missile launch was confirmed t…
I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing today and the crucial work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I also thank Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Mr. Londoño Echeverri for their briefings, and I welcome the Minister for Foreig…
I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing, and I welcome the presence of our colleague the Permanent Representative of Mali at this meeting.
Malta reiterates its full support for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Missi…
I too begin by thanking High Representative Nakamitsu for her informative briefing.
Malta strongly supports export-control mechanisms and agreements, which are crucial tools in preventing sensitive. materials technology and equipment from falling into the wrong hands, contributing to the implementa…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her clear and sobering briefing today on this important issue.
At the outset, I want to insist on Malta’s unwavering commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which remains the cor…