We meet in the face of the most serious global peace and security crisis in recent years, and certainly in my time as Secretary-General. Our world is facing a moment of peril that I truly hoped would never come. The latest development regarding Ukraine are a cause of grave concern. They include repo…
I welcome this opportunity to address the Security Council on cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). My thanks go to the Russian presidency for organizing this open debate.
Cooperation with regional organizations is at the core of United Natio…
Six months after the takeover by the Taliban, Afghanistan is hanging by a thread. For Afghans, daily life has become a frozen hell. They are in the grips of another brutal winter of
blistering winds, cold and snow. Families huddle in makeshift tents under plastic sheets — even burning their possess…
I thank Norway and its Prime Minister for organizing today’s public debate, and I am pleased that Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, is able to join us.
Today more than 50 million people are affected by urban conflicts. They face dangers that are unique to …
We begin another year in the grips of a global pandemic. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to upend lives, plans and hopes. The only certainty is more uncertainty. Meanwhile, inequalities are growing, inflation is rising, climate-crisis pollution and biodiversity loss rage on, we face a cauld…
Allow me to begin by resolutely condemning the cowardly attacks carried out on Sunday in against the forces of the Group of Five for the Sahel in the Niger and yesterday against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, in the course of which seven Togolese peacek…
I thank you, Sir, for highlighting the importance of preventive diplomacy.
Prevention does not always receive the attention it deserves. Perhaps that is because it is difficult to measure the results of preventing conflict, preventing war or preventing the suffering of thousands of people in advanc…
I thank the Government of Mexico for convening today’s debate on an issue that is at the heart of so many challenges facing the Security Council.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has increased hardship and inequality for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Some 120 million additional…
We just came from the exhibition you mentioned before the start of the meeting, Madam President. Indeed, we saw true women heroes. I think their struggle, commitment and courage is an inspiration for us all. I would say that nothing could better start off our debate than the testimony of this group …
I wish to start by reiterating my sincere condolences to the Government of Algeria on the passing away of His Excellency Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Mr. Bouteflika, former President of Algeria, presided over the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session from 1974 to 1975 while serving as Foreign M…
My thanks to the Government of Kenya for convening today’s open debate on the important issue of diversity, State-building and peace. Your theme, Mr. President, captures a crucial but often overlooked idea — that peace is not found in a piece of paper. It is found in people — more specifically, a di…
If there is anything that I have cherished during this entire period, it has been maintaining a very effective and operational relationship with the Government of Ethiopia and its Prime Minister — to the extent that I received much criticism in the global media accusing me of being biased towards th…
I welcome this opportunity to brief the Security Council concerning the situation in Ethiopia.
In August, I warned the Council that a humanitarian catastrophe was unfolding before our eyes in Ethiopia (see S/PV.8843). Since then, the crisis has worsened. Up to 7 million people in Tigray, Amhara and…
I thank the Irish presidency for organizing this timely open debate.
Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a deeply alarming report. It shows that climate disruption caused by human activities is widespread and intensifying. The report is indeed a “code red” for humanki…
At the dawn of this century, world leaders and human rights advocates journeyed to Durban determined to banish the hatred and prejudice that had disfigured previous centuries, to make this — in the words of the original Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action — a century of human rights, and to …
I am here to sound the alarm. The world must wake up. We are on the edge of an abyss and moving in the wrong direction. Our world has never been more threatened or more divided. We face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has super-sized glarin…
It is a pleasure to join everyone again for the opening of the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly.
Let me start by warmly congratulating His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives on his election. His long-standing diplomatic experience, including as Minister for Foreign Affairs, …
I am pleased to be with everyone in this Hall for the closing of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly, a session held under the shadow of a formidable foe — the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. By any measure, this has been the most challenging period facing the world since the…
My thanks to Ireland for convening today’s debate on the important issue of peacekeeping transitions.
As the Security Council knows well, United Nations peacekeepers are an extraordinary group of women and men who put themselves in harm’s way to protect people, create space for dialogue and politic…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the situation in Ethiopia — a matter that is increasingly preoccupying the African continent and the wider international community.
The military confrontation, which started some 10 months ago in the northern region of Tigray, is spreading, …
