The Security Council has today taken strong action on one of the most enduring and pressing peace and security challenges of our time — the nuclear and ballistic missile activities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. I welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2321 (2016). Maintaining …
I thank the Senegalese presidency and His Excellency Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal for having organized this debate at a crucial moment.
By 2050, at least one in four human beings will live in a country where the lack of fresh water is chronic or recurrent. Climate chan…
I am pleased to be here today, and I thank the Russian presidency for having convened this debate.
Before turning to the subject at hand, I wish to say a few words about the latest developments regarding
the International Criminal Court (ICC). The world has made enormous strides in building a glob…
We come together to pay tribute to the life and legacy of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, the world’s longest- reigning monarch. On behalf of the United Nations, I once again express our most profound condolences to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the royal family, the Government of Thai…
I thank the Russian presidency of the Security Council for organizing this very important meeting to discuss women’s role in peace and security.
Women have a vital role to play in preventing conflict and building and maintaining peace. But, although that is now widely recognized, far too often wome…
I join the General Assembly in conveying my deep sorrow at the loss of His Excellency Mr. Girma Asmerom Tesfay, who passed away on 5 October in New York. I express my deep personal condolences, as well as the condolences of the United Nations system, to his family, to His Excellency Mr. Isaias Afwer…
Before turning to our agenda item, I would like to offer my deep condolences to the royal family, the Government and the people of Thailand on the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. His Majesty King Adulyadej was revered by the people of Thailand as a unifying national leader. He was al…
I thank New Zealand for convening today’s debate, and I welcome Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Ms. Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). ICRC and MSF play a critical role in providing health care in the most di…
It is a pleasure to welcome President Santos Calderón to the Chamber today and to share the good news he brings. After more than four years of arduous negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army, a Final Peace Agreement is finally at hand. I salute President Santos Cal…
I thank Prime Minister Key for organizing this very important meeting.
The Syrian tragedy shames us all. The collective failure of the international community should haunt every member of the Security Council. Well over 300,000 Syrians have been killed, half of the country’s population has been upr…
I stand before the Assembly today with gratitude for the support I have been given across the decade during which I have had the privilege to serve the great Organization of the United Nations. In taking the oath of office in December 2006, I pledged to work with the Organization for “we, the people…
Today’s summit represents a breakthrough in our collective efforts to address the challenges of human mobility. More people than ever are on the move. Some are fleeing war, while others are seeking opportunity.
Refugees and migrants are not to be seen to be a burden; they offer great potential, if …
I should like to thank Foreign Minister McCully for organizing this meeting at a cruciall important time. Allow me to begin by wishing all Muslims who celebrated this week Eid Adha Mubarak.
I also want to reiterate my hope for the swift and full recovery of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, wh…
It is a great pleasure to join everyone for the opening of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly. I congratulate most sincerely His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson of Fiji on assuming the very important Office of the President. Fiji is on the front lines of many key issues on the internatio…
Today we bring down the gavel on a productive session of the General Assembly. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your skilled leadership. Had this session adopted only the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1), that would have been notable enough. But Member States ac…
I thank you, Sir, for hosting this debate today. The elimination of all weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) is one of the most important obligations entrusted to the international community. We can take some comfort from our success in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The multila…
The global security landscape continues to change dramatically, but one grim reality does not — children still pay the highest price in wartime. Young boys and girls are directly targeted and conscripted. They are tortured, maimed, imprisoned, starved, sexually abused and killed. Their homes and sch…
Peacebuilding is at the core of the United Nations activities in conflict-affected countries throughout the world. The recent historic resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council emphasize that sustaining peace is a shared responsibility of Governments, national stakeholders…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the very important responsibility of the presidency of the Security Council.
Late last month, I returned from my eleventh visit to Israel and Palestine as the Secretary-General. As it
happened, it was also as Israel’s occupation entered into…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly and the co-facilitators — Ambassador Martín Garcia Moritán and Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson, the Permanent Representative of Argentina and the Permanent Representative of Iceland, respectively — for their hard work in steering this fifth rev…
