I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland, Mr. Levy and Ms. Ashrawi for their briefings.
A month ago, the announcement of a rehabilitation plan for the Gaza Strip, the meeting in Ramallah between the Palestinian President and the Israeli Defence Minister and the visit to Egypt by the Israeli Prime Minis…
I thank his Excellency Mr. Nikola Selaković for his statement and Mr. Zahir Tanin and Ms. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu for their briefings.
My delegation welcomes the positive political dynamic prompted by the legislative elections of 14 February as well as the general policy statement of the new Kosovo Gov…
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham and Ms. Shuja Al-Deen for their briefings.
The ongoing hostilities in Yemen — namely, the intensification of the fighting in Ma’rib and Shabwah, the attack against a convoy of Government officials in Aden and the drone attacks that targeted the Jaz…
I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Paul Kagame, Mr. António
Guterres and Mr. Mbeki for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Fawzia Koofi for her contribution.
We know, Mr. President, how important the theme of this open debate is to you, given the recent history of your country, which went thro…
First of all, I would like to thank Kenya for organizing today’s meeting on the issue of small arms and light weapons, on the occasion of the consideration of the seventh biennial report of the Secretary-General on small arms (S/2021/839), as mandated by Security Council resolution 2220 (2015). I wo…
I have the honour to address the Council in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I intend to give an overview of the Committee’s work since my most recent briefing to the Council, on 6 O…
Since the adoption of resolution 2118 (2013), the United Nations has continued to make great efforts to establish responsibility for the multiple cases of chemical-weapons use in Syria. Regrettably, for whatever reason, those efforts have not yet made it possible to attribute, in a manner acceptable…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland for his detailed briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank Ms. Rothbart and Ms. Farsakh for their valuable contributions to our discussions. I would also like to acknowledge the presence of the representative of Pales…
I thank Ms. Amina Mohammed and Ms. Shukria Dini, for their briefings, which have given us an insight into the involvement of women in the political process in Somalia.
We offer our condolences to the families of the victims, the people and the Government of Somalia following the latest deadly attac…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Rouba Mhaissen for their briefings. I welcome the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey to this meeting.
After so much loss of life and the immense destruction caused by a decade of conflict, it is regrettable that the Syrian political actors are unable to lay the g…
At the outset, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth session on his election and my wishes for his success. My delegation stands ready to support him in fulfilling his noble mission.
Allow me also to pay a well-deserved tribute …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Ireland on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September, as well as to commend the way in which it has led the work of this organ of the United Nations.
Your country’s commitment, Sir, to holding a debate on the issue of…
I thank Mr. Griffiths and Ms. Qaddour for their presentations. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Turkey and Iran in this meeting.
The various briefings to the Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria show that it is far from improving. In addition to food insec…
I thank Mr. Grundberg for his briefing and wish him every success in his new role. I also thank Ms. Ghada Eltahir Mudawi and Ms. Entesar Al-Qadhi for their briefings.
My delegation is following with great concern the continuing hostilities in the conflict in Yemen, in particular the violent clashes…
I thank Mr. Ján Kubiš and Ambassador Tirumurti for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Asma Khalifa for her briefing.
The Niger commends the tireless efforts of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in assisting the Libyan authorities to implement the road map adopted by the Libyan Politic…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the A3+1, namely, Kenya, Tunisia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Niger.
We would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lyons for her briefing on the most recent developments in Afghanistan. The A3+1 reiterates i…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Ms. Safaa Elagib Adam for their briefings.
As the Security Council well knows, the most difficult thing is not to come between warring parties and silence the weapons in a conflict, but to leave the host country in a peacef…
I would like to commend Mrs. Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders,
and Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, conflict mediator, for their briefings. I thank other members of The Elders for attending today’s meeting.
The Security Council, whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of international peace and secu…
I, too, would like to congratulate India on its presidency last month and to wish Ireland every success in its presidency this month. I also thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The Niger takes note of the report of the Director- General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons…
I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
My delegation remains concerned about recent developments in the region, which do not give cause for optimism with regard to our hopes following the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire in May. The incidents observed this month, like those of the prev…
