Russia’s war in Ukraine shows no sign of letting up. The past seven months have seen unspeakable suffering and devastation. The latest developments are dangerous and disturbing. They are further steps away from any prospect of peace and towards an endless cycle of horror and bloodshed. As I have sai…
Our world is in big trouble. Divides are growing deeper, inequalities are growing wider, and challenges are spreading farther. But as we come together in a world teeming with turmoil, an image of promise and hope comes to my mind.
This ship on the screen is the Brave Commander. It sailed the Black …
The sun has set on a most extraordinary reign. We are here today to pay tribute to the memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain’s longest- reigning monarch.
Queen Elizabeth was a pillar without peer on the world stage for more than 70 years. She accede…
Let me start by warmly congratulating His Excellency Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly at its seventy- seventh session.
Your acceptance speech, Mr. President, provided an inspiring motto to guide your stewardship of the Assembly: “solutions through solidarity, sustainability and s…
I am pleased to join members for the closing of the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly. Like the previous one, this session was marked by a series of deepening challenges — rising prices, the erosion of purchasing power, growing food insecurity and the gathering shadows of a global recess…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing on developments in and around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. I want to salute the courageous efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the mission led by Director General Grossi. Allow me to also th…
Today marks a sad and tragic milestone. It has been six months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. During this devastating period, thousands of civilians have been killed and injured, including hundreds of children. Countless others have lost family members, friends and loved ones. Th…
I thank you, Sir, for convening the Security Council on such an essential topic. Our collective security demands that we seize every moment to forge a common understanding of the threats and challenges before us and, most important, to shape united responses to them.
As the focus of this briefing m…
I thank the Government of Brazil for organizing this discussion and I commend your vision and foresight, Mr. President, in choosing this topic. For the first time the Council is devoting a high-level debate to the critical role of strategic communications in peacekeeping operations, which is helping…
Let me begin by thanking members for their presence here today to promote road safety — one of the many critical challenges facing our world. I would also like to commend my Special Envoy for Road Safety, Mr. Jean Todt, and thank him for his leadership and tireless commitment.
Road accidents are a …
The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire for millions of children, women and men across the country. Needs are at the highest point since the war began, more than 11 years ago. The world’s largest refugee crisis continues to have an impact on the region and the world. I have just issued anot…
Gender equality offers a path to sustainable peace and conflict prevention, and yet we are moving in the opposite direction. Today’s conflicts are amplifying gender inequality, poverty, climate disruptions and other forms of inequality. Women and girls are affected differently and disproportionately…
It is my privilege to be here with everyone for the election of the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session.
I want to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to the current President, His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives, for his skilled stewardship…
I wish to begin by reiterating my deepest condolences to the royal family, the Government and the people of the United Arab Emirates following the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Over three decades ago, Sheikh Khalifa reflected on the influence of his father, Sheikh Zaye…
When war is waged, people go hungry. Some 60 per cent of the world’s undernourished people live in areas affected by conflict. No country is immune. In April, the World
Food Programme and its partners distributed food and cash to more than 3 million Ukrainians. Until March, their country was feedin…
I welcome this opportunity to address the Security Council on my recent visit to the Russian Federation and Ukraine, where I met with President Putin and President Zelenskyy on 26 April and 28 April, respectively. As part of my visit to the
region, I also held discussions with President Erdoğan in …
The war in Ukraine is one of the greatest challenges ever to the international order and the global peace architecture, founded on the Charter of the United Nations, because of its nature, intensity and consequences. We are dealing with the full-fledged invasion, on several fronts, of one State Memb…
It is my privilege to join the General Assembly as we pay tribute to the victims and survivors of the transatlantic slave trade.
There is much that we know about the trade in enslaved Africans, and today is a day we remember the crime against humanity, the unprecedented mass human trafficking, the …
I am pleased to be here on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This day is both a day of recognition and an urgent call to action. Even today, racism continues to plague institutions, social structures and daily life in every society. It continues to be a driver of pe…
I want to reaffirm what I expressed this morning in the meeting of the General Assembly (see A/76/PV.58), but of course it would not make any sense to bother members reading again the same text that I am sure they are all aware of.
In between, during the day, a number of events took place, and with…
