I want to thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Jumaan for their briefings today, and I welcome the Ambassador of Yemen to the Chamber.
Regrettably, recent weeks have seen a dangerous escalation in the region from which Yemen is not immune. We condemn the lates…
I too want to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for their briefings.
It has been a year of escalating exchanges of fire across the Blue Line. Again, civilians — the majority of them women and children — are paying the highest price. The spiral of retaliatio…
I thank Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Koury, the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, Ambassador Yamazaki, and Ms. Bugaighis for their briefings. I also welcome the Libyan Ambassador to the meeting.
I start today by welcom…
I also want to thank Commissioner-General Lazzarini and Director Doughten for their briefings, sobering as always, as was to be expected.
A year ago, we woke up to shocking news from Israel. The events left us confused, and it took days for us to understand them. I take this opportunity to once aga…
I extend my gratitude to Special Envoy Huang Xia and Ms. Ntambwe for their briefings. I also welcome Ms. Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophonie of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the representatives of Rwanda and Angola to the meeting.
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Slovenia reaffirms its condemnation of the act of sabotage directed against the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022.
First and foremost, we are concerned about the environmental impact that the incident has caused in the Baltic Sea, as it appears to have been the single largest discharge of met…
Let thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Swan, and African Union Special Representative, Mr. El-Amine Souef, for their updates. I am especially grateful for the testimony of Ms. Elman, and I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Fiqi, at …
At the outset, I wish to thank the briefers for their comprehensive contributions.
The African Union (AU), subregional organizations in Africa and African countries have a key role in addressing peace and security challenges on the
continent and globally. However, the interconnectedness of today’s…
First, Madam President, allow me, on behalf of Ambassador Žbogar and our entire team, to sincerely thank you, and other members, for your kind words, and also to congratulate you and your team for assuming the presidency of the Council for October. We wish you all the best.
We thank the Secretary-G…
A few days ago, we adopted the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1). In these times of wars, climate catastrophes, increasing inequalities and deepening polarization, it was a rare flicker of unity — the unity of countries and groups from all continents. The Pact should represent the start of a new…
At the outset, let me commend President Philemon Yang and all the facilitators who have brought us to this day. Most of all, let me thank world leaders for adopting the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1). I believe that the need for the Pact is even more important than it was in the past because …
I wish to thank Director Ebo for his briefing.
Let me make a couple of points on behalf of my delegation.
First, weapons transfers to conflict areas are an important topic for my country, and it is important that the Security Council address them in the framework of conflict prevention and with a …
I also want to thank the briefers, Ms. Msuya and Dr. Ryan.
A long time ago, we exhausted our vocabulary for describing the tragedy of Palestinians in Gaza. It is difficult to comprehend and accept that such suffering
of civilians, especially children, has, before our eyes, been met with impunity f…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, as well as Ms. Msuya, Acting Under- Secretary-General of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings.
Against the backdrop of escalating tensions that have engulfed the wider region, progress on a political solution in Syria is urgentl…
We would like to start by thanking the penholder, France, for its efforts
and able steering of the negotiations to come to a balanced text. We welcome the consensual adoption of resolution 2749 (2024).
Slovenia remains extremely alarmed about the hostilities along the Blue Line. Just this week, we…
I thank you very much for organizing today’s meeting, Mr. President. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing. I believe it is useful for the Council to hear the latest on the most extensive conventional war that the world has seen in decades.
In the past two da…
I want to thank the briefers, Special Coordinator Wennesland and, especially, Dr. Baxter from Save the Children for her very chilling briefing. I think that we are not human if such briefings do not touch us.
An ancient saying confirms that the first victim of war is the truth. But the biggest vict…
I would like to thank Sierra Leone for convening this meeting, and I would also like to thank the briefers for their valuable contributions.
This is a very timely and important topic. It is our strong belief that we need to strengthen our efforts on conflict prevention, and for that reason, Sloveni…
I wish to thank the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ms. Koury, and the Chair of the 1970 Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Yamazaki, for their updates. I also welcome the Ambassador of Libya to this …
I want to thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Doughten for their briefings. I also want to welcome the Yemeni Ambassador present today in this Chamber.
What we witnessed last month with the Houthi- claimed drone attack in Tel Aviv and subsequent Israeli strikes on Al-Hudaydah was an extremel…
