Let me start by reiterating Norway’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as one State comprising two entities and the Brčko district. We welcome the peaceful holding of the general elections on 2 October. We were pleased to see citizens exercise their dem…
I thank the briefers for their candid statements.
We are here once again to discuss the consequences of Russia’s own illegal war against its neighbour and fellow United Nations Member State, Ukraine. That war is a blatant violation of international law and the very principles of the Charter of the …
We thank the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for sharing this important but worrying information. We appreciate the opportunity to discuss the issue today and thank the United States and Albania for the initiative.
In our view, ICAO’s reports makes i…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing. We share his concern about the deteriorating security situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. His efforts and those of his team towards de-escalating the situation are crucial. We urge all actors to engage with the Special Coordi…
I thank the briefers for their insights. I particularly commend Special Envoy Hanna Tetteh for her efforts to revitalize the political process. We also want to commend her collaboration with the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council and the AU High-Level Implementation Panel for the Sudan an…
I would like to thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
We regret that yet again this Chamber is being used as a stage for the Russian disinformation campaign. The sole purpose of these false allegations is to provide a smoke-screen aimed at sowing confusion and drawing attention away from Russia’s own unp…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Ferreira de Serpa Soares for his briefing.
Norway fully supports the Secretariat’s role in implementing resolution 2231 (2015).
The reported transfer of unmanned aircrafts (UAVs) from Iran to Russia for use in Ukraine is of great concern. Those drones are used to …
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his briefing.
The deteriorating situation on both the security and humanitarian fronts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is deeply concerning and has serious regional implications. Violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abus…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing on progress in the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons programme.
Let me begin by commending the Secretariat for conducting the ninth round of inspections of the Barzah and Jamrayah Scientific Studies and Research Centre facilities from 11 …
I make this statement on the political situation in Syria in my national capacity.
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing. Norway continues to give its full support to him and his team. We are pleased to hear that he has continued consultations with the relevant actors regarding the step-f…
I thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing. Norway welcomes his appointment as Special Representative of the Secretary- General, and we are pleased to see that he has started work from Tripoli.
Libya faces a number of challenges. It is therefore crucial that we have a strong and stable…
Let me first thank the briefers for their candid words to the Council today. Their accounts leave no doubt about the devastation that this war has brought upon the people of Ukraine. Norway will continue to stand with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people against Russia’s aggression, which is a gross vio…
Norway voted in favour of resolution 2653 (2022). The alarming situation in Haiti, as discussed in our recent Council meeting (see S/PV.9153), requires action from the international community. The Haitian people deserve our full attention, assistance and dedication. And today, in response, the Counc…
I want to thank Gabon for organizing this timely debate, as well as the Deputy Secretary-General, Executive Director Bahous, Special Envoy Bineta Diop and Ms. Zahra Nader for providing the necessary context for our discussion today.
Thanks to our commitment and hard work within the Security Council…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her very valuable insights and welcome the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to today’s meeting.
Let me turn directly to the tragic loss of three b…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ziadeh for her briefing, and her leadership in delivering on the mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2022/739).
Norway supports Kosovo and the ot…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for his briefing and leadership. We also welcome the participation of Foreign Minister Diop.
Since this is the last regular briefing on Mali and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) during…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing. I also welcome the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as the representatives of Belize and the International Organization of the Francophonie, to this meeting.
Norway welcomes the convening…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings, as well as for all their hard work and efforts in the past weeks and months to bring the parties together on a path towards peace.
It is not too late to reach an agreement. France reiterates its call for a la…
The climate crisis is rapidly getting worse. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned us that nearly half of humankind is already living in the danger zone. Let me first start by thanking Gabon for firmly placing climate-related security risks on the Security Council’s agenda. I woul…
