At the outset, allow me to commend Japan for its presidency, and notably for convening a ministerial debate on the rule of law (see S/PV.9241), as well as to thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting.
I would also like to warmly welcome and congratulate the new members of the Security Co…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this emergency meeting in response to our appeals and those of several Security Council members. I also congratulate Japan on its presidency of the Council this month and express our confidence in your wise leadership.
What red line does Israel need to cross for the …
Our multilateral order was conceived and built in the aftermath of the Second World War, as we became conscious that a crisis somewhere could turn into conflict everywhere. We discovered we were interconnected in the worst way possible and decided to address it in the best way possible. One of the m…
Allow me to express our gratitude to all those who voted in favour of today’s resolutions. We are very thankful that, in spite of everything, for all the resolutions, the votes in favour increased on average by 8 to 10 votes. That is a strong illustration that the international community is still co…
Seventy-five years ago, a very different General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), partitioning Palestine without ever consulting the people of Palestine and without fully examining or understanding the consequences of that decision
for successive generations of Palestinians. Within months, two…
I would like to remind the Israeli representative in which Hall we are talking. We are talking at the United Nations. When we speak of narrow political goals, it is disrespectful for many delegations at the United Nations that have fought and struggled for their own freedom from all forms of oppress…
I thank the delegations for bearing with me speaking twice in a such a short span of time.
We are grateful to the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his briefing (see A/77/ PV.22), but more importantly for his leadership in these challenging times. We would also like to take th…
We thank President Donoghue for her report (A/77/4) and the Court for its important work and, following the passing of Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade to Brazil, we join the international community in expressing our deepest
condolences to his wife and children and the global law and justice …
At the outset, allow me to commend the brotherly nation of Gabon for its able leadership of the Security Council and for convening this open debate. We listened to Mr. Wennesland’s briefing.
Our people, our children and our youth are being killed. They will not die in silence, and they will not die…
I thank China for its able leadership of the Security Council and its convening of this emergency meeting to address blatant violations of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Council’s resolutions. I also thank the United Arab Emirates, France, Ireland and Norway, together with China, for r…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, and to reiterate our appreciation to Brazil for its leadership of the Security Council this month. We also thank Ms. Hastings for her briefing this morning and for all her and her team’s tireless efforts to address the h…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate again the United States for its presidency of the Council and for convening today’s briefing. Allow me also to thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing and unstinting efforts for peace, and to acknowledge the briefers, Ms. Robi Damelin and Mr. Daniel Mun…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s stewardship of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and for his efforts at this critical juncture. I would also like to take th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting and for the Russian Federation’s leadership of the Security Council for the month of February. I also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing on the situation in t…
As we gather here to discuss how to advance peace, Israel pursues its
relentless way against the Palestinian people on the ground.
Today, before dawn, Israeli forces surrounded and raided the Salhiye family house in Sheikh Jarrah, violently uprooting them — including their children — from their ho…
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the State of Palestine on this very important agenda item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance, in particular with regard to sub-item (…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting and for your principled stance on the Palestine question. We also reiterate our gratitude to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its steadfast support to our just cause and reaffirm ou…
International law is often elaborated in the aftermath of great tragedies and horrors. Often unable to prevent their occurrence, it aims to prevent their recurrence. In the post-Second World War era, humankind developed unprecedented and far-reaching instruments, adopting in the span of five years t…
Let me start by saying that resorting to the International Court of Justice is never a threat. These are international law mechanisms, civilized mechanisms, peaceful mechanisms. We have heard delegation after delegation calling on States whenever they were confronted with situations to resort to the…
We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/76/PV.22).
At the outset, I would like to thank Judge Donahue, President of the International Court of Justice, for her report (A/76/4) on the work of the Court o…
