I would like to thank Special Representative Perthes for his very valuable briefing and all the good and important work he and his team are doing on the ground. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Estonia for the report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 15…
First, let me acknowledge the Niger’s leadership on the issue of climate change and security during its term on the Security Council, and also the presence of its President here today. Your efforts have certainly helped move the agenda forward. You have our full support.
I also thank the briefers f…
I, too, would like to thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing on the progress towards the full elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.
Once again, the Council is meeting with regrettably few developments in the Syrian dossier. It is discoura…
First of all, let me thank the High Commissioner for his very important briefing to us today. Sadly, the high numbers and the grave situations that he highlighted are not new to us, but that does not make them any less serious.
I took note of several of his statements, for example when he underline…
Norway had the honour of coordinating the informal consultations on draft resolution A/76/L.18, on sustainable fisheries. I am pleased to introduce the text of the draft resolution on behalf of its co-sponsors and its facilitator, Mr. Andreas Kravik.
Owing to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-…
I thank you, Ambassador Abarry, for convening this meeting in your capacity as President of the Security Council. I also thank Special Representative Keita and Ms. Kalala for their important briefings.
We are deeply concerned about the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Co…
I thank my colleagues for their briefings here today.
Terrorism is a global phenomenon. Therefore, a multilateral strategy is key to a successful response. The United Nations plays an indispensable role in that regard as the only global forum to strengthen, coordinate, monitor and evaluate our coll…
We congratulate the Niger on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and we offer our sincere thanks to Mexico for its excellent steering of our work in November. I welcome the representative of Iraq to today’s meeting.
Let me congratulate Mr. Ritscher on his recent appointm…
In our last joint Council briefing in November 2020, the prior Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups undertak…
It remains Norway’s firm position that only a negotiated two-State solution, based on internationally agreed parameters, can lead to durable peace. That will continue to be the basis for us in our capacity as Chair of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of International Assistance to P…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and for joining us here today in person. Let me also thank Ms. Comfort Ero for her insightful remarks. I will touch on a few points that Mr. Wennesland brought up.
First, we urged Israel to reverse the recent decisions to construct more than 3…
I wish to thank Mr. Kubiš, Special Envoy for Libya, for his briefing, and Ambassador Tirumurti for the periodic report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya. I also want to thank Ms. Lamees Bensaad for her insightful briefing today.
Let m…
Allow me to start by extending my congratulations to Mr. Karim Khan on his election as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and thanking him for today’s briefing.
Norway has been a staunch supporter of the ICC from the outset, and today, the mission of the ICC — to fight impunity fo…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and dedication. I also thank Ms. Amal Kabashi for her very timely and concrete briefing to the Security Council. We thank her for her important work and for speaking up on behalf of women, girls…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Robin Geiss, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, and Ms. María Pía Devoto for their important insights. I also thank Mexico for convening this very important open debate and appreciate your presence, Mr. President, here among us today.
For…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Madeira and Ms. Asha Siyad for their insightful briefings.
Somalia is still at a political impasse — one that has absorbed too much energy for too long. There is a…
Allow me to first thank Ms. Lyons, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for her briefing. We are delighted to have the Special Representative with us here in the Security Council Chamber and commend…
Norway thanks you, Sir, for convening this important debate and in particular for bringing together so many important parts of the United Nations system. My thanks go to the briefers.
This issue is of great importance to Norway. We firmly believe that preventative diplomacy should be at the heart o…
I thank the briefers for their insights, not least those of our civil society briefer, Ms. Fatimata Ouilma Sinaré. Let me again express Norway’s deep concern about developments in Mali, which affect not only the country, but also the region and regional cooperation efforts. We continue to strongly s…
I would like to thank Mexico for its consistent focus on women, peace and security, including within the Security Council. I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Police Commissioners for their thorough and informative briefings today.
Norway has been a police-contributing country since 198…
