I will be very short. Again, I will emphasize that the previous speaker does not represent Syrians. He represents only a very bloody regime that is waging a war against its own people. They do not deserve to be seated behind the Syrian name plate in this Chamber. Their continued presence behind the …
At the outset, let me extend our condolences to the families of the OXFAM humanitarian workers who lost their lives today.
I would also like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings.
Two weeks ago the Security Council discussed the growing risk of fur…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting. I would also like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under- Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings on the current alarming situation in Idlib.
Syria has been the subject of discussion in the Council for almost a …
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, as well as Assistant Secretary-General Mueller for her comprehensive briefing.
The humanitarian situation in Syria remains catastrophic. We are extremely worried about the escalation of violence in Idlib. The Al-Assad regime
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We are pleased that the negotiations led by Germany on draft resolution A/74/L.13, on the situation in Afghanistan, were successfully completed. We thank all the delegations that made genuine efforts to that end. We are pleased to be among its sponsors and look forward to its adoption by consensus. …
I thank the President for convening this meeting.
We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the Uniting for Consensus group. I would like to make the following additional remarks in my national capacity.
Security Council reform is both ne…
Every three months we meet here to debate the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. If these meetings are really meant to be helpful, we must start by finding a more appropriate and more frank name for the agenda item. I suggest that the name be “The sit…
Over the past two weeks, developments in the north-east of Syria have been the subject of lengthy discussions. Various views have been expressed, which is fine. We are all entitled to hold our own views. But we are not entitled to our own facts. I therefore view today’s meeting as a platform for me …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto, Under-Secretary-General Fedotov and the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, Ambassador Djani, for their briefings, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Raz, for her statement. I also thank the Secretary-Gener…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this timely debate on a theme that is of paramount importance to the maintenance of international peace and security.
For centuries, the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa lived together in peace and harmony, regardless of their race, religion, …
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto and Ms. Samar for their briefings, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Raz, for her statement. We also thank the Secretary-General for his enlightening report (S/2019/493).
The increasing engagement of the int…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this timely meeting. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings depicting the grave situation in Idlib.
Unfortunately, ceasefire violations are still on the rise. The con…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency and thank you for organizing today’s open debate. We appreciate the important role that Kuwait has been playing with regard to the issue of the working methods of the Council, particularly by steering the related Informal Working Group on Doc…
On behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, I would like to express our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. As the current Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the …
I would like to thank the Indonesian presidency for organizing this timely debate. We also thank the Secretary-General and the briefers for their insightful statements.
Armed conflicts take a massive toll on people’s lives. Trapped in wars, millions of civilians are forced to flee. They are torture…
I would like to thank Under-Secretaries-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Mark Lowcock for their briefings on the situation in Idlib. We express our appreciation and gratitude to all humanitarian workers for their tireless efforts. Those unsung heroes provide lifeline services to millions of Syrians in n…
We have come here on numerous occasions and stated that the Palestinians have the right to live like the rest of us. They have the right to be free and secure, and they have the right to enjoy what is their own. Yet nothing has changed. A systematic effort is being made to undermine the inalienable …
The multilateral system is experiencing perhaps the gravest crisis it has seen since its emergence after the Second World War. For some, a rules-based system based on multilateralism is no longer the best guarantor of international security and prosperity. Consensus-building and compromise are viewe…
First, I would like to convey our strong condemnation of the heinous and reprehensible terrorist attacks against worshippers and civilians in Sri Lanka and express our solidarity with the people and the Government of that country.
Next, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’…
I would like to warmly welcome Ms. Marchi-Uhel and thank the President for convening the first formal debate on the third report of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under Internati…
