I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and my own country, Norway.
Let me start by thanking the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its annual report to the United Nations (A/76/293) and the President of the ICC for his presentatio…
I thank the President for honouring us with his presence in the Chamber today. I extend my appreciation to Mexico for organizing today’s debate and putting this important topic on the Security Council’s agenda
I also thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Guala for their insightful remarks. Today’s de…
I thank the three African members of the Security Council — Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Ireland, for leading the call to add this item to our agenda. This is indeed a time when a strong and united message from the Council is critical. And I thank U…
Let me, like others, thank Kenya and the Kenyan team for their excellent presidency. We also wish to convey to you, Mr. President, and your team our best wishes for the month of November.
The contribution of the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina to maintaining stability an…
I too would like to thank Special Representative Wane for his briefing, not least his insights and valuable support during our visit to Bamako. We touched upon a lot of issues during the trip, so I will keep my remarks brief.
Our main takeaway from the visit was the urgent need for the current lead…
Let me start by thanking all Council members for their contributions and constructive spirit in the lead-up to today’s adoption, with 98 sponsors. I must also, of course, thank our dear co-penholder, the Niger, for its great cooperation and long-standing commitment to addressing this topic.
We also…
We would like to express our appreciation to the co-facilitators and their teams for bringing the resident coordinator (RC) review to a conclusion. We are pleased to join the consensus today and we are grateful for the co-facilitators’ hard work.
Norway’s overarching aim with regard to the review h…
I make this statement in a national capacity on the political situation in Syria.
I wish to thank Ms. Mounerfah Albarouki for her valuable inputs in our discussions today as well as Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for their detailed briefings.
Let me start …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix, His Excellency Mr. Mbeki and Special Envoy Onanga-Anyanga for their insightful briefings.
We feel that it is appropriate to state again, as others have done in this meeting, that we are deeply alarmed by the current situation in the Sudan, where the gains m…
I want to thank Kenya for convening today’s debate, in particular for facilitating the participation of the broader membership. It is vital to the Security Council’s work that we hear from everyone. In that respect, allow me to thank Secretary- General Guterres, Executive Director Bahous and Special…
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia, Executive Secretary Caholo and Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for their briefings.
I will also focus on three points today.
First, we recognize the positive advances in cooperation in the Great Lakes region. The bilateral diplomatic outreach and high-leve…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his very thorough although slightly concerning briefing today. I also thank Daniel Levy and Hanan Ashrawi for their very valuable contributions.
Let me begin by reiterating Norway’s enduring commitment to a broad political solution to the Israeli-Palestini…
I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ndiaye, Mr. Skoog, Commissioner Adeoye and Ms. Derom for their briefings, and we appreciate the participation and remarks by President Touadera in today’s meeting.
Like others, Norway welcomes the unilateral ceasefire announced by Preside…
Let me first thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2021/861).
The report describes progress in some areas, but a slow pace in fighting political instability. In that regard, combating corruption and ensuring the…
I thank Acting Assistant Secretary-General Rajasingham of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and particularly Ms. Shujaa Al-Deen for their timely recommendations. The role of independent Yemeni researchers and journalists is essential.
We also thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his briefing. We also thank Ms. Peñaranda and Ms. Soto for their powerful statements. We warmly welcome Ms. Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, to our meeting today.
As so …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, President Kagame and His Excellency Mr. Mbeki for their thought- provoking briefings.
I also thank Ms. Koofi for her words. She rightly highlighted that, in Afghanistan, neither the parties nor the international actors supporting the process were previou…
I also thank the briefers for their concrete, comprehensive and very useful remarks today.
Protecting civilians against violence and threats of violence is a core objective for the Security Council
and for the mandates of peace operations. Illicit flows of small arms and light weapons and their am…
On Friday, we were shocked by Ethiopia’s expulsion of seven United Nations officials, and we are profoundly dismayed today by Ethiopia’s failure to reverse that untenable decision. The man- made humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia is getting worse by the day, and famine most probably has already taken h…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Keita, for her very
informative briefing. My thanks also go to Ambassador Abarry, Permanent Representative of the Niger, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee est…
