I too want to thank the three briefers — Special Representative Haysom, Director Wosornu and Major General Gituai — for their briefings and their continuous commitment to supporting South Sudan under increasingly challenging conditions. I also want to welcome the representative of South Sudan to t…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this urgent meeting, as requested by Algeria. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo as well as Director Doughten for their briefings today.
This Saturday, the world was once again shell-shocked by another devastating air strike in Gaz…
I want to welcome you to the Chamber, Mr. President, and to thank you for your country’s leadership this month. I would also like to begin by thanking Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres and Ms. Sithembile Mbete for their insights and briefings t…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Executive Director Gherman for their informative briefings. We also thank the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.
Reports on the threat posed by Da’esh consistently contain the observation that despite sustained and relatively succe…
I would like to thank Sierra Leone for organizing today’s briefing. I also want to thank today’s briefers — Ms. Bahous, Ms. Pobee and Ms. Khair — for their insights and for their recommendations to the Council.
In recent years, we have seen a drawdown of peacekeeping operations and special politi…
I would like to thank Ms. Wosornu from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Mr. Omollo from
the World Food Programme (WPF) for their sobering remarks and for their very clear appeal to the Council. We commend and appreciate their tireless efforts to help the people of …
I too would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Sierra Leone on assuming the presidency of the Council in August. We wish you every success in guiding us through any challenges and roadblocks we might encounter this month, and you can count on our support. I also want to thank Mr. Khan for …
I want to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing today.
We meet today in what feels like the eye of the storm. Several traumatic days for the Middle East region have led us to this: a new unfolding spiral of attacks and retaliation. The Secretary-General said on 21 June:
“The risk…
I also want to thank the two briefers, Ms. De Meo and Mr. Hadi, for their very clear messages.
From the beginning of the war, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza. We are therefore parti…
I wish to thank Director Ebo for his briefing. I also take note of the statement by Ms. Kneissl.
Let me make a couple of points on behalf of my delegation.
First, as a staunch supporter of international law, Slovenia cannot and will not accept this aggression and rejects this violent attempt at la…
I also thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator Msuya for their briefings. I welcome the Yemeni Ambassador to this meeting. I also welcome the recent renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement.
Following the drone attack in Te…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director of Coordination for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Rajasingham for their briefings.
Slovenia reiterates its call to defuse and de-escalate the situation in Syria, and it urges all actors in the region to exert the utmost restraint…
I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Major General Michael Beary for their briefings.
Once again, we have to begin by expressing our concern about the most recent developments in the Middle East. Let me make three points in that regard.
First, we condemn the drone attack on Tel…
I wish to start by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Spehar for her briefing today. I also thank the Secretaries-
General and representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for th…
I also want to thank Chef de Cabinet Rattray for delivering, as always, a very clear message from the Secretary-General.
In his December letter invoking Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations (S/2023/962), the
Secretary-General underlined that the hostilities had caused appalling human su…
As we are meeting to discuss the preparedness of our multilateral system for contemporary challenges, I would like to start with the timeless words of our Organization’s second Secretary- General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, when he said, “The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven,…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Simão for his insightful remarks, especially on the most recent developments in the region.
Since this is the first meeting of the Security Council on this matter since the adoption of the presidential statement (S/PRST/2024/3) o…
I would like to thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and to warmly welcome President Petro Urrego and Mr. Tovar to today’s meeting. The presence of the President of Colombia assures us of his country’s commitment to implementing the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and B…
I would like to thank both briefers — Ms. Msuya and Mr. Zhovnir — for their contributions. And I welcome the participation of the representatives of the European Union, Poland and Ukraine in this meeting.
We are appalled by the most recent air strikes on Ukraine by the country that you, Mr. Presi…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her briefing today and appreciate her dedicated work. We fully support the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and commend the troop- and police-contributing countries. I…