We have taken note of the factual briefing by Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari on the latest in a series of attacks by Israel against the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. At the same time, we find it strange that a representative of the Secretariat is using such terms as “rules-based …
What we just heard in the Chamber from our Western colleagues only strengthened our conviction that we took the right decision to not support the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006).
NATO members today have essentially dro…
First of all, I would like to thank all those who supported us in the voting today. There are many more of us, which means that our arguments are being heard. In addition, I cannot fail to note that today’s vote confirmed the point that we have been raising in the context of Security Council reform …
It may seem that the Security Council has convened to consider the routine matter of extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006). This mechanism is supposed to assist the work of the Committee to ensure the effectiveness of the restri…
Very briefly, I want to thank my American colleague, who got overanxious for some reason, for illustrating that our Western colleagues are prepared to go back in history as much as they want, but only when they see fit. Otherwise, they are not prepared to do so.
Today we are witnessing, for the second time, how the French delegation, under artificial pretexts and manipulating the procedure, is attempting to block a meeting requested by Russia on the topic of the twenty-fifth anniversary of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia.
At the outset, let me recall …
We have already set out in detail our fundamental concerns about the approach taken by the French delegation on 25 March with regard to the Security Council meeting that we requested on the twenty-fifth anniversary of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia, under the agenda item “Threats to internatio…
We would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing. We listened very closely to Ms. Jacquie-Anna. We welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to this meeting.
We note with regret the fact that the secu…
As we said yesterday (see S/PV.9588 and S/PV.9589), on 25 March (see S/PV.9587) the delegation of France set a procedural precedent regarding a Security Council meeting requested by our delegation on the twenty-fifth anniversary of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia by insisting that the Council s…
I would like to start today with a number of quotations.
Yesterday in this Chamber, commenting on the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 2728 (2024), the Permanent Representative of the United States said, “we fully support some of the critical objectives in this non-binding resolution.” (S/…
We thank Mr. José Javier De La Gasca, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and Permanent Representative of Ecuador, for his comprehensive report on the work of this subsidiary body of the Council over the past year and its plans for the near future. We support the ef…
The request of a member of the Council to call a meeting of the Council on the subject that that member asks to discuss is not the subject of consensus-based discussions. I would like to remind the representative of France of that. In any case, I think, now is not the time for a dialogue on procedur…
As we said this morning before the meeting on the situation in the Middle East (see S/PV.9588), yesterday during a discussion (see S/PV.9587) about the Security Council meeting that we requested on the twenty-fifth anniversary of NATO’s aggression against Yugoslavia, the French delegation expressed …
Yesterday the delegation of France, when discussing the Security Council meeting that we had requested to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia, set a procedural precedent when it insisted that the Council take all decisions regarding the holding of meetings onl…
The Russian Federation has submitted draft amendment A/78/L.55, which objects to the use of the word “crisis” in relation to antimicrobial resistance. Further consultations took place with a view to reaching compromise language. I understand that that will be announced later today.
In that regard, …
It is not the first time, Madam President, that I have had to express regret over the decisions you have made today.
We requested the convening of a meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of NATO’s aggression against sovereign Yugoslavia, the consequences of which continue to adversely affect the …
We regret the fact that you, Madam President, put to the vote a question that was different from the one that should have been. However, if the members of the Security Council are not ready to support the holding of the meeting we requested for 3 p.m. on 25 March, today, under the agenda item “Threa…
Russia voted in favour of resolution 2728 (2024), submitted by the 10 non-permanent members of the Security Council. It is of fundamental importance that the Security Council is, for the first time, demanding that the parties observe an immediate ceasefire, even if it is limited to the month of Rama…
I do not know what the United States representative means when he says they “were rebuffed”. Yes, we had arguments about this meeting. That happens about other meetings too, but it does not lead to such an inappropriate reaction as the one we are witnessing today in this Chamber.
I apologize to the representative of France, but the statement that we did not consult the representatives of Serbia is, at the very least, misleading, to put it mildly. I have here a letter to the Permanent Mission of Serbia with regard to the participation of the Acting
Prime Minister of Serbia i…
