We welcome the recent inclusion of gang coalitions in the sanctions regime established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022). That is an important step, but not sufficient to dismantle the structures that perpetuate violence and weaken institutions.
We thank the United States as co-penholder for its w…
I thank the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Cour, Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, for her presentation on the progress of cases under investigation in the context of the Sudan. We welcome the participation of the representative of the Sudan, who is here with us.
As a party to the Rome Stat…
Panama thanks the presidency of the Council for convening this meeting. We thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their valuable briefings. We also acknowled…
I wholeheartedly echo the well-deserved recognition that you, Mr. President, have extended to our colleague, Her Excellency Mrs. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, for her commendable stewardship as President of the Council throughout the past month. I likewise congratulate the representative of Pakistan an…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. Panama thanks Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary- General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, for his very clear briefing, and it acknowledges the work of Mr. Khiari and his team in an extremely complex environment. We also welcome…
Panama thanks Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her detailed and timely briefing. We also thank His Excellency Mr. Joonkook Hwang, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea and Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan, and Ms. Sha…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing and all the officials of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), who, with great commitment, continue their work in a…
We thank Under-Secretary- General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his detailed report on the situation in the Central African Republic and the update on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). We welcome the represe…
We welcome your participation, Madam President, as you preside over our Council meeting today, and we would like to congratulate the delegation of Guyana on its admirable steering of the Council presidency this month and on coordinating the holding of this vitally important open debate.
Allow me to…
We commend and thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo; the representative of the Coordinator of the Joint Commission and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis; and the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), Ambassador Sa…
On the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, we extend a special greeting to you, Madam President, and to all women in diplomacy, for your and their valuable contributions to diplomatic endeavours.
Panama welcomes the briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Hanna Tetteh…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, for her presentation of the report (S/2025/372); Ms. Joyce Msuya — whom I cannot see very well because she is on the other side of the camera — Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and …
We welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, and value his important remarks. We extend our gratitude to Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, and Mr. Rafael Grossi, Director General
We note the recent de…
We welcome and thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency António Guterres, for his powerful message, in which he urged us to give peace a chance. We extend our gratitude to Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi…
Panama thanks Guyana for convening this meeting, in view of the serious and sustained deterioration of the situation in Ukraine, the product of an armed conflict that has had devastating humanitarian consequences, as we have repeatedly denounced in the Council. We appreciate the detailed briefings o…
Panama thanks Guyana for convening this open debate on an issue of great complexity, but also of urgent international relevance. We welcome His Excellency Mr. Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. We also welcome the valu…
We thank Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya and Ms. Amneh Khoulani, Executive Director of Adalaty Centre, for their valuable briefings. We also acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of the delegations of the Syrian Arab Republic, the…
Panama would like to express its thanks to the President of the Council for convening this meeting; to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg; and to the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya, for their…
Panama extends its appreciation to the President of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Ms. Graciela Gatti Santana, as well as to the Prosecutor, Mr. Serge Brammertz, for their detailed briefings. We also welcome the delegations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Rwanda and …
Panama extends its appreciation to the presidency of the Security Council for convening this meeting and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan. We also warmly welcome the representatives of the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait, who are participat…
