I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his remarks.
It is clear from the Secretary-General’s report that resolution 2334 (2016) is not being implemented. Settlement-building, demolitions and evictions have continued since 2016. We are especially concerned about plans to demolish several village…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her briefing and Ms. Bushra Alhodiri for her insightful remarks.
Let me start by reiterating our support for the United Nations and for Special Adviser Williams, in particular for her efforts to facilitate talks in Cairo between the House of Representati…
Allow me first to express our condolences to those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan yesterday. This catastrophe heaps even greater suffering on civilians already hit hard by a humanitarian, economic and human rights crisis, and safe and unhindered humanitarian a…
Allow me to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her first briefing to the Security Council on the Central African Republic. I also thank Ms. Ekomo for her insightful remarks and all her work to support women’s leadership in the Central African Republic.
Norway commen…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting, and the briefers for their valuable and important remarks.
We are currently seeing reports of widespread and blatant violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law being committed in Ukraine, particularly in are…
I thank the briefers for their insights and for providing the Council with a much-needed reality check regarding the current situation in South Sudan. I would particularly like to thank Ms. Merekaje for her concrete and constructive recommendations.
With only eight months left of the transitional p…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing today and the pertinent recommendations in the report (S/2022/481). We thank her and team for their dedication and efforts in Haiti. We would also like to thank Mr. Arnoux Descardes for his valuable input, and we welcom…
The situation in Europe has dramatically changed since the Security Council met to discuss this issue a year ago (see S/PV.8792). By waging war against its peaceful neighbour, Ukraine, the Russian Federation has violated the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations — the principl…
I would like to thank Albania for convening today’s timely debate. Protecting women’s rights and participation has certainly not become less important against the backdrop of violent takeovers and militarized responses.
I would also like to thank Secretary-General Guterres, Under-Secretary-General …
I would like to thank Judge Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their thorough report to the Security Council and for today’s briefings. Let me also extend our appreciation for Judge Agius’s long and committed service as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
At th…
I start by thanking Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Director Mudawi and Ms. Al-Salafi for their important briefings and updates.
Let me extend our appreciation to the Special Envoy and his whole team, as well as regional and international actors, for their efforts over the past few weeks to secure …
I thank the briefers for their insights. We also welcome Foreign Minister Diop’s presence, as well as that of Mr. Djimé Adoum, High Representative of the Coalition for the Sahel. Special Representative Wane’s remarks are, in essence, a tale of a United Nations that remains committed to Mali despite …
As highlighted in the Secretary-General’s report to the General Assembly (A/76/783), the AIDS pandemic is responsible for more than 13,000 deaths every week, a crisis that is undermining our efforts to achieve global health goals. It is also colliding with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic…
I thank the briefers for their important insights.
Last week, the Norwegian Refugee Council published its annual list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises. Three out of five of these crises — those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Chad — are in the region under the…
I also thank Special Adviser Ritscher for his comprehensive briefing today.
Norway remains a steadfast supporter of the mandate of United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD). Accountability for the crimes …
I thank the three briefers for their important statements.
Norway condemns in the strongest terms Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter. Russia must stop the war and withdraw its troops immediately. We reiterate our demand …
Norway welcomes the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) (resolution 2636 (2022)), and we thank the United Kingdom as penholder for its inclusive and transparent approach to the mandate renewal.
Since the adoption of resoluti…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June and for organizing this very important meeting. We offer our condolences on the passing of Judge Cançado Trindade.
Norway also joins others in thanking today’s briefers for clearly underlinin…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Huang Xia for their informative briefings. I would also like to warmly welcome the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the representatives of Uganda and Rw…
Let me start by thanking all Security Council members for their constructive engagement over the past months towards reaching an agreement on resolution 2634 (2022). In particular I want to thank our co-penholder, Ghana, for its excellent cooperation every step of the way. Our thanks also extend to …
