I begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and thanking the delegation of Switzerland for steering our work in October. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his informative and sobering briefing today.
Malta joined the call for …
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and I thank Switzerland for steering our work in October. I welcome the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the meeting and look forward to listening to his assessment…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing. I also took note of the views expressed by Mr. Szamuely.
We regret to see that the Russian Federation persists in using the Council’s time and resources to express its dissatisfaction with how the victim, Ukraine, is defending itself against the aggression. Request…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ziadeh for her briefing. I also welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo in today’s meeting.
Malta welcomes the recent positive developments and the breakthrough agreement …
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing.
Malta has joined other Council members in supporting Ukraine’s call for today’s meeting because we too are deeply worried, for various reasons, about the recent potential deployment of around 12,000 North Korean soldiers to the Russian Fe…
Malta aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union (see A/79/PV.25). I will deliver the following remarks in our national capacity.
The International Court of Justice is a pillar of the global architecture of international relations and the maintenance of international…
I begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for presiding over this quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East. I also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his sobering briefing.
Malta remains gravely concerned about the war in Gaza, the worsening situation in the West Bank and East …
I too thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
Today’s meeting once again reflects that the Security Council’s repeated calls for caution and restraint continue to be disregarded by the parties in the region. At a time when our focus should be on defusing tensions and ending hostilities, we instead conti…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres and Ms. Eltigani for their sobering briefings.
For more than 18 months, the violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudan has pushed the country into a catastrophe. We are deeply appalled by the reported recent RSF atta…
Malta thanks President Tomoko Akane for presenting the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see A/79/198), highlighting the Court’s fundamental importance as an essential feature for the collective pursuit of international criminal justice. We also thank the Netherlands for facilitating…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing and chairing this annual open debate. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Executive Director Bahous, Justice Owuor and Ms. Wai Wai Nu for their briefings and compelling calls to action.
Nearly 25 years ago, the Council recognized the grave threats…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza and Ambassador Hilale for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to today’s meeting.
Over the past two years, we have observed notable progress in the security situation in Bangui…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Wosornu for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Haj Ibrahim and Ms. Jarbawi for sharing their experiences with us today.
The consequences of the ongoing instability in the region, most vividly the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, and the ongoing military operation…
I thank Special Representative Salvador, Executive Director Russell of UNICEF and Ms. Ducéna for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic and the Permanent Representatives of Haiti and Kenya in today’s meeting.
Significant progr…
I begin by thanking the Swiss presidency for organizing today’s briefing on this important and highly topical matter. I also thank all the briefers for their insightful briefings.
Science and technology are advancing at an unprecedented pace, with a significant impact on matters relating to securit…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing.
As Russia’s aggression against Ukraine drags on, we continue to witness the deterioration of the situation on the ground. That is substantiated by sobering statistics and spiralling markers related to the death toll, injuries and the huma…
I thank Ms. Msuya for her harrowing briefing.
On Monday, we witnessed shocking and disquieting images of civilians being burned alive following the Israeli air strikes on Al-Aqsa Hospital, where several internally displaced people were taking refuge. Regrettably, that is just the tip of the iceberg…
I begin by thanking President Gatti Santana for the twelfth annual report (see A/79/249) and briefing on the ongoing work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. The Mechanism’s activities and accomplishments have been of great importance for the international criminal law sy…
Let me also thank Special Representative Massieu and Ms. Quintero García, co-founder of Red Nacional de Mujeres, for their briefings today. I also welcome the participation of Colombia’s Foreign Minister Murillo in today’s meeting.
Next month, the implementation of Colombia’s Final Agreement for En…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Jumaan for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the Chamber today.
Malta remains deeply concerned by the escalating tensions in the region, which continue to hamper progress towards pea…
