I wish to thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Under-Secretary-General Fletcher and Ms. El-Mamoun for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the meeting.
A decade of conflict in Yemen has devastated the country and the Yemeni people. Moments of respite over the years, in…
I want to thank Director Jácome for her briefing. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for his really powerful testimony. And I want to thank him for confronting us with our responsibility or, even more importantly, with our conscience.
As a country, Slovenia keeps asking itself if…
I would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Mr. Byrne for their briefings.
Well over a year has passed since Russia’s veto (see S/PV.9591) prevented the mandate renewal of the Panel of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006). For over a y…
At the outset, let me first thank France for successfully steering the Council through April. And, of course, I want to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Greece for taking up the presidency of the Council. Greece will have all our support and cooperation. We welcome Ms. Željka Cvijanović, Chairpe…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General on behalf of my Government for the service of each and every United Nations staff member on the ground.
The day 7 October 2023 was the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust. And what followed are the deadliest 570 da…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their comprehensive briefings.
From the onset of this war, Slovenia has been pushing for peace between Ukraine and Russia and for peace in Europe — and not just any kind of peace, but a just and lasting …
I also thank Mr. Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for his presentation and update on the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We also want to thank him for guiding us through several conflicts from the perspective of civilian refugees…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing and for his efforts to help Syria through the transition process. He continues to have our full support. I also would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for her briefing. We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatr…
I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and express my appreciation for his leadership of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I also thank Ms. Molano Casas for sharing her insights, and I welcome Minister Sarabia Torres to today’s meeting.
Exactly three months …
I wish to begin by thanking Special Representative Salvador for her briefing. We commend the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti on its work; we also commend the continued provision of assistance by the entire United Nations system and team in Haiti amid these challenging circumstances. In add…
We thank Special Representative Tetteh for her briefing, her first to the Council. We look forward to working with Ms. Tetteh in her role, and we express full support for her efforts to forge political consensus towards a united, stable and democratic Libya. We urge all stakeholders to engage with t…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Haysom, Director Wosornu and Ms. Nasiwa for their sobering briefings. I also welcome the representative of South Sudan to the meeting.
The escalating violence and tensions that are threatening and undermining the fragile gains of the Revitali…
I wish to thank today’s briefers, Special Envoy Mr. Xia Huang and Ms. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, as well as His Excellency Mr. Teté António in his capacity as Chairperson of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU).
The Great Lakes region continues to face complex challenges rela…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for their briefings.
Four months ago, Syrians opened a new chapter, bringing hope for a more stable and secure future. It is clear that many serious challenges lie ahead and will need to be addressed on the path …
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing and welcome both Ministers to the Chamber.
According to reports, the security situation in Kosovo remains calm, despite a few serious incidents. I want to start with some encouraging and positive developments. Earlier in the year, Kosovo held p…
I would like to begin by thanking Under- Secretary-General Fletcher for his briefing. I also wish to thank him and all of his colleagues, particularly those who work tirelessly on the ground, in the most difficult of circumstances.
We are in the third consecutive year of the unabated devastation of…
I wish to begin by thanking France for organizing this meeting, Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and Lieutenant General Lázaro Sáenz and Lieutenant General Gomes for their valuable contributions. We highly appreciate the information and the lessons learned on the ground, and we are a…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leonardo Simão and Ms. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi for their briefings. Their remarks on the harsh realities of political, security and humanitarian developments on the ground clearly show that the Security Council benefits from freque…
I also thank the briefers today.
If the walls of this Chamber, the blue and gold tapestries with the symbols of faith, hope and charity, could speak, they would surely have many stories to share. Perhaps they would choose silence over words, for the many unfulfilled commitments made here. Perhaps t…
I want to join colleagues in thanking Denmark for its skilful and effective guidance of the Security Council in March, and we congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council in April. You can count on our cooperation.
We would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Msu…
