Allow me at the outset to thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing and for your decision to preside over it. I also thank the Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia for participating in this meeting. Allow me also to thank the three brief…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this open debate at such a pivotal moment for peace, justice and human dignity. Allow me also to welcome the ministers who are with us, to thank Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov for his briefing and to welcome again our friends, the five new…
Allow me to begin by commending Slovenia for its term on the Council. It has shown determination and courage and has been relentless in upholding the principles it pledged to honour, including as expressed in the very moving statement you have just delivered, Mr. President. The Palestinian people wi…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and to commend your presidency for
highlighting the defence of international law. Allow me also to thank Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator, for his briefing, appeals and efforts, and, through him, to thank …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council and to thank you for convening this open debate. Allow me also to thank the Deputy Special Coordinator for his briefing and relentless efforts.
We knew that the ceasefire was the only way forward: t…
I have only one question. The whole world is saying we want a two-State solution, which requires the end of the occupation and the independence of the State of Palestine. Is the representative of the State of Israel ready to accept this global consensus or not? Let him share with us the position of …
I think it is becoming crystal clear that almost the entire international community is moving in the direction of peace and putting an end to this tragedy in Gaza. The Israeli leadership — not the representative in the Chamber but his boss — stated it clearly, setting the stage for moving the war to…
I want to welcome you, Mr. President, to the United Nations, and I extend to you and your delegation my commitment and that of my delegation to continue the close cooperation between our two sides — as we say in Arabic, ahlan wasahlan — welcome.
I also want to express our gratitude for the briefing…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Korean presidency of the Security Council for convening this important meeting and to thank the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries that are members of the Council for requesting this meeting to highlight the horrific situation in Gaza as world lea…
I congratulate the Republic of Korea for its assumption of the Security Council presidency, assured of your wise leadership of these deliberations and the work of the Council.
From the outset, I wish to express our thanks to Algeria, Denmark, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra …
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also extend our thanks to all the briefers for their presentations and testimonies to the Council.
Before I deliver the rest of my statement, I just want to share with the Council that possibly thousands of Palestinian children are…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting based on a request supported by nearly every member of the Security Council to address the grave situation in Gaza and further shocking developments. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his report and Mr. Rajasingham…
We extend our warm congratulations to Panama on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing, and I acknowledge the testimony of Ilay David and the distressing, unacceptable video of his brother digging his own grave. We reject…
We thank Pakistan for elevating this open debate to a ministerial level, and in this connection we welcome Your Excellency, Mr. President, presiding over this very important meeting. I also would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Khaled Khiari, for his briefing.
Four-year-old Razaa…
For almost 650 days now, more than 2 million Palestinians, half of them children, have woken up not knowing if they will make it through the day and have gone to sleep not knowing if they will wake up the next morning, day after day after day. They have spent every hour — all 15,600 of them — with d…
I wonder, if this is not Israel attempting to destroy Palestine, what is it?
We heard that Israel is taking every precaution not to harm civilians. I can only imagine what it would be like if it were not taking those precautions. The representative of Israel asked questions, but as it happens, we a…
We have seen attacks on humanitarian workers and United Nations staff. We have seen the narrative that Palestinians are bloodthirsty monsters and that the United Nations was part of a terrorism network. That narrative and incitement led to the real-life consequences of occupation forces killing enti…
I wonder if that peaceful settlement for the Middle East includes the independent and sovereign State of Palestine — or is it, again, based on the illusion that, somehow, there is a way to destroy the Palestinian people instead of recognizing and upholding their rights.
We have declared very clearl…
Allow me to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2025/415) on the implementation — or rather, the continuous breaches —of resolution 2334 (2016).
The report shows two important things.
First, the ongoing killing and mass displacement o…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, and I thank Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag for her important briefing and her efforts. I also express our deep appreciation to Dr. Feroze Sidhwa for his compelling briefing, for his service to save wounded Palestinians, especially children, in…
