Let me start by welcoming His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine and the members of his delegation.
I address the Council today with a deep sense of concern as we witness growing tensions and instability around the globe, particularly in the Middle East. Tensions and risks…
Let me begin by extending my profound condolences to the royal family, the Government and the people of Oman on the passing of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said.
Sultan Qaboos led Oman for nearly half a century and transformed it into the remarkable country that it is today. Throughout his reign, …
I thank Viet Nam, as President of the Security Council and Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2020, for organizing this briefing.
At this time of increasingly complex challenges for global peace and security, cooperative and inclusive multilateral efforts, including str…
I wish everyone present a happy new year.
The year 2020 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. I draw tremendous strength from all that we represent and all that we have achieved together. But anniversaries are not about celebrating the past; they are about looking ahead. We mus…
I thank the Vietnamese presidency of the Council for organizing this timely debate. I congratulate Viet Nam on assuming the presidency of the Security Council at the beginning of its tenure on the Council itself.
I also welcome the presence of the Chair of the Elders, Mary Robinson. And I am please…
I thank all present for joining this important meeting.
We are all keenly aware of the geographical disadvantages faced by the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries. Many are in remote locations. By definition, they do not have access to the sea,
and other forms of connectivity — roads, railw…
I thank the United Kingdom presidency for having convened this debate, as reconciliation processes supported by the international community can have a critical impact on the lives of the people we serve.
Successful reconciliation contributes to preventing a recurrence of conflict and to building mo…
The women and peace and security agenda is clearly one of the top priorities of the United Nations as a whole. We see that in the adoption of a great many resolutions by the Security Council, including landmark resolution 1325 (2000) and its many follow-up decisions. We see it in the global recognit…
It is with great sadness that I join the General Assembly in mourning the loss of Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral. I wish to convey my deepest condolences to his wife and loved ones.
Here in this Hall, we remember Mr. Freitas do Amaral as the esteemed President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth s…
I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the Council on the United Nations work on preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention and resolution in Africa.
All our work on conflict prevention and resolution relies on partnerships with Member States, regional and subregional organizations, regional eco…
I am grateful for this opportunity to address the Security Council on cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in countering terrorist threats.
We face an unprecedented th…
The Charter of the United Nations sends a clear message to us all: put people first. The first words of the Charter, “We the peoples”, are a summons to place people at the centre of our work — every day, everywhere. People with anxieties and aspirations, people with heartbreaks and hopes and, above…
I am pleased to be with everyone present for the opening of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly. Let me begin by warmly congratulating His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria on his election as President of the General Assembly. As Nigeria’s Permanent Representative here …
I am pleased to be with everyone in this Hall for the closing of the seventy- third session of the General Assembly. Here, in this prestigious place, and in the building’s many conference rooms, delegations discuss, daily, humankind’s most pressing issues. In our fast-changing world, these issues ar…
I thank all those present for coming together to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests. As the President of the General Assembly mentioned, the International Day was officially set for 29 August to mark the closing, in 1991, of the nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, th…
It is a privilege to be here at the General Assembly today to remember and honour the legacy of His Excellency President Béji Caïd Essebsi.
At the outset, I extend my sincere condolences to President Essebsi’s family and friends and to the people and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia on the…
I thank the Peruvian presidency for convening this meeting.
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United Nations special political missions and peacekeeping operations are some of our most effective tools to promote and maintain international peace and security, but they are temporary. We are strengthening our focus…
It is a pleasure to be here to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. Many of the policies set out in the Cairo Programme of Action, from tackling inequality and environmental degradation to promoting gender equality and access to sexual and …
I thank the Government of Kuwait for convening this discussion on issues of priority to the League of Arab States and outcomes of the Arab Summit.
I want to express my warm welcome to Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. We have been working together on many of the…
I thank Kuwait and His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, for this opportunity to brief the Council.
I welcome two representatives of The Elders, former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former President Mary Robinson. I also see before me the former President of…
