We thank the United Kingdom for bringing forward a resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for an additional 12 months (resolution 2742 (2024)).
This resolution allows UNMHA to continue patrols of Red Sea ports and coordinate with the …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador for her briefing and for the work she and the entire team of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) are doing in Haiti during these challenging times. Those efforts are critical to supporting Haiti’s path t…
We thank Senior Coordinator Kaag for her briefing and for the continued work and dedication of her team to alleviating the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. The United Nations humanitarian response capabilities and leadership are essential.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification recen…
We welcome the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, Mô Bleeker, and wish her every success in her new role.
As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the Assembly’s adoption of its landmark World Summit Outcome document (resolution 60/1), which included the res…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I will be very brief.
As I have said before in the Council, my delegation will continue to call out China and any other State that is indeed violating Security Council resolutions, particularly with regard to issues concerning the Democratic People’s Repu…
I apologize for taking the floor again. But I do need to respond briefly
to some points that were made by the representatives of China and the Russian Federation.
First and foremost, with regard to the Chinese representative’s remarks, if indeed China is so concerned about the security situation o…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing. I also thank Mr. Leff very much for his briefing. His presentation was quite compelling.
Let me start by taking this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms the June 25 ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Rep…
I would like to make a brief statement in support of Ukraine’s participation in this meeting under rule 37 and of the European Union’s under rule 39.
Ukraine’s participation is relevant to this agenda item. Russia is launching ballistic missiles against the
Ukrainian people that it unlawfully proc…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her informative briefing, which illustrates the critical role that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) plays in supporting peace and security in the Centra…
I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the United States and Japan.
In January, the Security Council adopted resolution 2722 (2024), which underscored the importance of the exercise of navigational rights and freedoms of vessels of all States in the Red Sea and unequivocally demanded t…
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this very important debate. I also want to thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter for her very thorough and thoughtful presentation, and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Edward Chaiban and former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for their valuable insigh…
Let me start by thanking Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Director Rajasingham for their briefings. We commend their dedication to ensuring that United Nations operations remain consistent with humanitarian principles despite the actions taken by th…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing today and for his most recent report.
The world’s eyes are rightfully on Gaza, but we cannot ignore the situation in the West Bank. Last year saw the highest number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since the United Nations began collect…
I would like to thank Ambassador Swan and Ambassador Souef for their briefings. We are grateful for Ambassador Swan’s return to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
I would like to congratulate my colleague from Somalia on his country’s election to membership in the Security Co…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Frazier for her work as Facilitator.
As we reflect today on the conclusions of the report of the Secretary-General (S/…
I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva, Ms. Doughten and Ms. Wafeq for their briefings. I would also like to thank the entire team of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its work to build a stable, prosperous, inclusive, and secure Afghanistan. We appreciate UNAMA’s c…
I want to start by thanking the Republic of Korea for bringing us together again to discuss this critical issue and matter of peace and security. I want to welcome you here to the Security Council, Mr. President, and to express my strong appreciation. I had the honour of meeting you in Seoul during …
We also thank the Secretary-General for sharing the initial progress report on the path to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and achieving the 2025 targets (A/78/883).
As a global community, we have made enormous progress in preventing, detecting and treating HIV — greatly reducing ann…
I will be very brief in responding to the Russian representative. We basically know what they are doing — they are violating sanctions, and we will continue to call that out, as need be.
I thank Ms. Koury for her briefing. I also want to thank Ambassador Yamazaki for his leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya.
Former Special Representative Bathily’s resignation is a reminder of the challenges to reaching a political compromise th…
