I, too, would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing. I also take note of the statement by Mr. Waters, and I welcome the representative of Ukraine in the Chamber.
The Minsk agreements were supposed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine and reintegrate separatist-controlled are…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under- Secretary-General Fletcher for their briefings. They can rest assured of Slovenia’s full support for their efforts. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the meeting.
It is with deep regret that we are meeting today against the backdrop o…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings.
It has been only two months since a long-elusive dream for the Syrian people to live a life in peace, freedom and prosperity became tangible and within reach. The interim authorities face a histo…
I want to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Executive Director Gherman for their briefings. Our thanks also go to the teams at the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Te…
Let me begin, Mr. President, by wishing you all the best in steering the work of the Council through February.
I wish to thank the briefers, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom, Major General Gituai and Mr. Yakani, for their briefings, and I also welcome the representative of Sou…
We thank Algeria for organizing this debate, and we thank Commissioner-General Lazzarini and Mr. Egeland for their contributions.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been at the centre of our discussions for many months now. With its unique…
We thank the Algerian presidency for convening this urgent meeting and Ms. Van de Perre for her briefing.
Just two days ago, the Council condemned the advances of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) and demanded that the offensive and the advances on Goma stop immediately (see S/PV.9849). Unfortunately,…
I wish to thank Prosecutor Khan for the report and for reminding us, once again, why justice matters. I welcome the representative of the Sudan to the meeting.
I will start by reiterating Slovenia’s strong and unwavering support for the International Criminal Court. The Court and its officials must…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their updates on the alarming situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
No words can truly capture the death and gravity of the situation we are wit…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Fletcher and Ms. Nateel for their powerful briefings.
Children in Gaza have experienced unspeakable horrors. Many lost their families, their homes and their schools. Too many are missing — either lost, disappeared, detained or buried. Far too many have been maimed o…
I would like to thank Assistant-Secretary- General Khiari and Mr. Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, for their briefings.
The League of Arab States and the United Nations share a common mission — the protection and promotion of peace and security through solidarity and coo…
I wish to thank Special Representative Salvador and Executive Director Waly for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Colombia, and the representatives of Canada, Suriname and Kenya in today’s meeting.
Ten days ago, Haiti com…
I would like to thank Special Representative Massieu for his briefing and commend his leadership of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I also wish to express my gratitude to Mr. Valbuena and Mr. Tovar for sharing their insights, and I welcome Minister Murillo to today’s meeting.
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I wish to thank the Algerian presidency for convening this timely debate. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed and our briefers — Mr. Adeoye and Mr. Djinnit — for their insights on the threat of terrorism in Africa, its drivers and ways to fight them. We also highly appreciate the first-ha…
I want to start by thanking you personally, Mr. President, for the organization of this high-level debate and for the work of your country on the Council. I also thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and his commitment.
The Middle East has been swept up in a windstorm of changes that will und…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
All wars come to an end, and after almost three years of Russian aggression, it is beyond high time for the Security Council to reflect on how the outlook for a just and lasting peace for Ukraine can be found. In recen…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya very much for their briefings. I welcome the Yemeni delegation to this meeting.
The situation is unsustainable and unacceptable. The people of Yemen should not be used as a pawn in a geopolitical game. They simply cannot endure a…
I too want to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under- Secretary-General Fletcher for their briefings today.
Images of Syrians celebrating the start of a new chapter of their country fill us with hope. However, let us be clear — the wounds run deep and the stakes remain incredibly high, as we heard …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Let me make a couple of points on behalf of my delegation.
First, Slovenia strongly condemns the latest launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of what appears to have been an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). With…
I also wish to extend my gratitude to today’s briefers, Ms. Wosornu and Ms. Bechdol, for the very clear and factual presentations.
They said three sentences, which, in summary, for me is all we need to know. First, this is the worst food insecurity in the country’s history. Secondly, the famine con…
