I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Mr. Erksoussi for their informative briefings.
The crisis in Syria continues to be of profound concern. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating and is exacerbated and fuelled by an economic downturn and the perpetuation of h…
We begin by welcoming the remarks provided by Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari and Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths, with whom it is indeed a pleasure to continue working. We also welcome Ms. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, and thank her for her remarks.
The recent UNICEF repo…
We, too, thank the briefers for their briefings.
The threat of their terrorism and violent extremism is among our most complex challenges. Every day people continue to lose their lives to terrorism and families and communities continue to suffer. Indeed, 21 August marks the fourth commemoration of …
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines welcomes today’s discussion and we thank the Secretary-General for his remarks.
Peacekeepers are deployed under the most hostile conditions, where they face immense threats to their own security, as well as that of the communities they are mandated to protect. Again…
We join others in congratulating India on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We wish the members of the Indian delegation the very best. They can count on our support. We also commend France for a well-organized and successful presidency last month.
Chemical weapons do not di…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly and the current and previous Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for their leadership and invaluable contributions to this joint debate.
Despite the many challenges of 2020, the fourteenth session marked another important year …
I thank all our briefers for their briefings. I also welcome our colleagues the representatives of Israel and the State of Palestine to today’s meeting.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines continues to stand in solidarity with the State of Palestine in its quest to live within safe and secure borders.…
We wish to recognize the participation of the Foreign Ministers and to thank the briefers for their remarks.
Attacks against humanitarian workers and the infrastructure needed to sustain aid delivery have risen dramatically since the start of the coronavirus disease pandemic. Heightened and extende…
It is a privilege to deliver this statement on behalf the three African countries on the Security Council — Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
I begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz Massieu and Ms. Melissa Herrera, F…
At the outset, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines expresses its appreciation to the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the African Union, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa and the Executive Director of the United Nations Enviro…
I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Byrne Nason, in her capacity as Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015), for their briefings.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines remains committed to the full implementation of resoluti…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines thanks The Officer-in-Charge of the Europe and Central Asia Division of the Departments of Political
and Peacebuilding Affairs, Mr. Hervé Lecoq, for his briefing. We also recognize the presence of Ms. Turković, Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Ministers and Mini…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his usual thorough briefing. It is good to have him here in person. We also thank Ms. Abeer Hussein for her remarks today.
Syria’s only viable path to peace and stability is through a credible, balanced and inclusive political process that is owned and led by the …
I also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
Today we are called on to reflect together on the ongoing crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory. For more than 54 years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has afflicted the Middle East landscape. For the situation to be mutually ac…
I thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency
Mr. António Guterres, the Acting Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, and Ms. Sherine Ibrahim for their briefings.
After 10 years of war, a political solution to the Syrian conflict…
I thank you, Mr. President, for allowing me to take the floor once more on behalf of the L.69 group, a diverse pro-reform group of developing countries in favour of justice, sovereignty and equity in the reform of the Security Council — both in process and outcome.
We are pleased that delegations w…
I have the distinct honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Kenya, the Niger, Tunisia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
We thank Ms. Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, and Ms. Chantal Hudicourt Ewald for their briefings. We also welcome the pr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor
and for convening today’s meeting. I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the L.69 group, a diverse, pro-reform group of developing countries in favour of justice, sovereignty and equity in reform of the Security Council, both in the proces…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines thanks the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, for his comprehensive briefing.
The cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union (EU) strengthens both organizations and allow…
I have the honour to introduce a pre-recorded video statement by His Excellency St. Clair Jimmy Prince, Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
