Let me start by congratulating Slovenia on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this important month of the year. We thank Director Ebo for his comprehensive briefing.
Last month marked the eleventh anniversary of the chemical-weapons attack in the Ghouta area of Damascus. Ghouta was…
We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting after an interval of two months. We believe that the Security Council should continue its active engagement and periodic review of this critical file. We also thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The use of chemical weapons i…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this meeting. We also thank Ms. Marchi- Uhel for her briefing this morning, as well as for her service as the Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Cri…
We also thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
This month marks the thirteenth year of the conflict in Syria — thirteen long years of killing, gross human rights violations, deprivation, forced displacement and an unabated humanitarian crisis of catastrophic proportions, and a whole generation living in d…
In this critical period, as we approach the thirteenth year of the Syrian conflict, we need realism, above all, in order to put this conflict on a path to settlement. It is high time for all relevant actors to do a realistic fact check of the situation.
First, the Syrian conflict is not over. On th…
We thank the Ecuadorian presidency for convening this meeting after a two- month interval (see S/PV.9411), allowing for the Security Council to consider progress on the elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme. We also thank Director Ebo for his briefing.
Türkiye notes with great with c…
It has been more than 12 years since the beginning of the conflict in Syria. However, the prospect of a lasting political solution is not on the horizon yet. Meanwhile, the implications of the aggression in Gaza are felt in the region. Preventing a spillover should continue to be among our prioritie…
The international community’s continued attention to the humanitarian situation in Syria is crucial.
The conditions remain especially dire in the north- west, where 4.1 million people need critical life-saving humanitarian assistance. An increasing number of attacks by the regime in the greater Idl…
We thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The use of chemical weapons is a grave violation of international law, and it is our collective responsibility to address that issue with the utmost diligence. Considering the Syrian regime’s track record in the use of chemical weapons, we be…
We would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Rajasingham for their briefings.
The Security Council is meeting for the fourth time this month to address the humanitarian situation in Syria. Meanwhile, 4.1 million Syrians who depend on United Nations cross-border aid to survive continue…
We thank you, Madam President, for organizing this meeting, and we also thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for their briefings.
In addition to the loss of thousands of civilian lives, millions of displaced people and billions of dollars in material damage, …
The United Nations cross- border mechanism has played an indispensable role since 2014 in delivering humanitarian assistance predictably, transparently and effectively to millions of people in need. Given the record levels of humanitarian needs, which have been further exacerbated in the aftermath o…
As we heard from Deputy Director Mudawi, three months after the devastating earthquakes the humanitarian situation in
Syria continues to be a source of deep concern. The international community has been responding to the worsening needs, mostly through the United Nations cross-border assistance. We…
We congratulate Switzerland on its first presidency of the Security Council. We would also like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Syria became a State party to the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013. Like every other State party, the Syrian regime has the following obligatio…
I thank President Kőrösi for having organized this meeting. We also thank the Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic…
We too would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
It has been nearly 10 years since the unanimous adoption of resolution 2118 (2013). Last month, the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) briefed the Security Council (see S/PV.9…
Let me start by sincerely thanking you, Madam President, and other Security Council members, as well as Mrs. Nakamitsu, Mr. Arias and Mr. Oñate-Laborde, for their expressions of condolences, support and solidarity at this difficult time.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu, Director-General …
At the outset, let me join other delegations in congratulating Japan, as well as Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, on beginning their terms as non-permanent members of the Security Council. We thank the Deputy High Representative, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing. We also commend the Organization…
I take the floor to explain the position of my delegation in relation to resolution 77/29, entitled “International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development” and its paragraph 17. As my delegation explained during the consultations on the dr…
As the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recently launched Global Humanitarian Overview 2023 shows, humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels globally, while humanitarian crises are becoming increasingly complex.
The failure to address the major root causes of crises co…
