I would like to thank Acting Under-Secretary-General Joyce Msuya and Mr. Zhovnir for their briefings.
As has been the case during previous meetings, large-scale Russian aerial attacks continue across Ukraine, with a sustained targeting of essential infrastructure causing more death, destruction and…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her update, and I welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to the Chamber.
The Council recently adopted a press statement (SC/15739) that expresses strong condemnation of foreign mi…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador for her briefing. I also welcome the participation in today’s
meeting of His Excellency Prime Minister Garry Conille of Haiti, Mr. Roberto Álvarez Gil, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, and the representatives of…
I would like to thank the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Ms. Kaag, for her briefing and her efforts.
Resolution 2720 (2023) sought to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. It is gravely alarming that, nine months into the conflict, the conditions in the Strip r…
I also thank High Representative Nakamitsu and Mr. Leff for their informative and sobering briefings today.
We welcome the holding of this timely meeting. Malta is deeply concerned about the growing evidence, including through independent reports, of Russia’s procurement and use of missiles from th…
I too thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her remarks and welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic in the Chamber today.
Malta strongly supports the recent important initiatives undertaken by the Centra…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this important open debate. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba de Potgieter, former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Deputy Executive Director Chaiban for their briefings. I also want to take this o…
I thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings.
The Syrian crisis continues to deepen on our watch. The humanitarian consequences of this 14-year conflict and its aftershocks continue to compound human suffering. The continued lack of political progress risks committing…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
The situation in the occupied Palestinian territories remains dire. It is extremely troubling that since 7 October over 500 Palestinians, including over 100 children, have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, many of them d…
I will now make a statement in my national capacity.
I too thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Lambrinidis for their briefings.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s seventeenth report on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2024/471) and the Joint Commission’s report on t…
I thank Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan and African Union (AU) Special Representative El-Amine Souef for their remarks. We also welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia to the Chamber today and avail ourselves of this occasion to congratulate Somalia on being elect…
I too thank Special Representative Otunbayeva, Director Doughten and Ms. Wafeq for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Afghanistan in today’s meeting.
Malta commends the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) as it continues to work to build …
I begin by thanking the Republic of Korea for organizing this open debate on this highly topical and important issue. I also thank the Secretary-General and the briefers for their insightful briefings.
Malicious cyberactivities present multifaceted challenges that can have serious impacts on the ma…
I also thank Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Koury for her briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to today’s meeting.
More than three years have passed since Libyan leaders agreed to hold parliamentary and presidential
elections in December 2021. Regretta…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Director Wosornu for their sobering briefings, as well as Ms. Ahmed, Senior Programme Director of the Sudan Family Planning Association, for her testimony today. We also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her briefing.
The ongoing war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine continues to cause large-scale human suffering and destruction, with wide-ranging consequences across the globe. The summit on peace hosted by Switzerland last weekend brought togeth…
I too thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
It has been 28 months since the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. The security situation in the Kharkiv region, along with other parts of…
I too thank Special Adviser Nderitu for her briefing.
This meeting is taking place in a global context in which intolerance, hate speech and discrimination are on the rise, offline and online. That undermines social cohesion and can lead to tension and violence. The genocides that we have witnessed…
I too would like to thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their sobering briefings today.
To begin with, I want to express Malta’s condemnation of the Houthis’ recent arrest and detention of United Nations personnel, civil society workers and
staff working for non-governmental org…
Malta thanks the United Kingdom as penholder for its extensive efforts on this file and all Security Council members for engaging constructively.
Malta voted in favour of this important resolution (resolution 2736 (2024)), which resoundingly calls upon the Rapid Support Forces to end the siege of t…
