As the representative of one of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), I would like to thank all of the members of the Security Council for the adoption of the resolution submitted this evening (resolution 2719 (2023)), which will open a new chapter for Africa. Every time this Counc…
I commend Ecuador for taking the initiative to convene this important open debate. I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her informative briefing. I also thank Ms. Cécile Aptel and Ms. Folade Mutota for their important contributions to this debate.
The combination of crises in several reg…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the on the progress report (see S/20223/566) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. I would also like to thank the President of the Mechanism, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their res…
I thank the Secretary-General for his work and his efforts
to uphold the letter and spirit of the Charter of the United Nations in the war between Israel and Hamas, whose scale of murderous violence and destruction has reached inhumane proportions. We want to express our deep appreciation and suppo…
Gabon voted in favour of draft resolution S/2023/970, submitted to us this evening at the initiative of the United Arab Emirates. We did so out of a sense of responsibility, because it is time to stop the murderous violence and intolerable bloodshed among the civilian population. The Security Counci…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on taking the initiative of holding this important debate, which affords us the opportunity to address the issue of transnational organized crime, which is a growing threat to international peace and security.
I would like to thank Secretary-General António Guterr…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Director Ramesh Rajasingham for their informative briefings.
Millions of people in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian aid. With temperatures dropping and the fighting ongoing, those needs are growing, notwithstanding the winter response plan, …
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and of the Republic of Korea in this meeting.
Gabon is concerned about the launch of a military reconn…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and thank
the United Arab Emirates and Malta for the initiative to hold this important briefing, which allows the Security Council to remain mobilized in the face of the unprecedented scope of the deadly violence in the war between Israel and H…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Mr. Hollingworth of the World Food Programme for their briefings.
The scale of the humanitarian needs arising from the war in Ukraine continues to grow as attacks continue to target critical infrastructure, hospitals, Black Sea ports, scho…
I congratulate China for taking the initiative of convening this important debate and thank the Secretary-General for his tireless commitment to the promotion of peace and development as two essential facets of sustainable global security. I would also like to thank President Dilma Rousseff and Pres…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
Fighting continues in Ukraine, concentrated in the eastern regions, with several indiscriminate attacks by shelling, drones and other explosive devices targeting residential housing, public buildings and civilian sit…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and I pledge the full support of Gabon. I also congratulate Brazil for its remarkable presidency of the Council during the month of October.
The Dayton Agreement remains the ideal framework a…
I would like to thank Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, Executive Director Catherine Russell and Director Lisa Doughten for their briefings on the situation in Gaza in the past hours. I am deeply moved by their various briefings and accounts.
I would like to thank the United Arab Emirates an…
Gabon voted in favour of the one-year renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), as a reflection of my country’s support for the political process aimed at arriving at a pragmatic, realistic, achievable and lasting compromise-based political …
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on the initiative to convene this high-level debate, offering us an opportunity to consider the contribution of regional, subregional and bilateral arrangements to the prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes. I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for h…
The Council finds its credibility being put to the test this morning in the face of the scale of the deadly violence in Israel and Gaza and the extreme gravity of the crisis in the Middle East, whose shockwaves threaten peace and security throughout the region and beyond. As the Security Council, ou…
I would like to thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
Yesterday’s air strike on the Anglican hospital in Gaza, which left hundreds of Palestinian civilians dead and many wounded, illustrates the extreme br…
Gabon voted in favour of a draft resolution (S/2023/772) that calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, firmly condemns the violence and hostilities targeted at civilians and acts of terrorism, calls for the unconditional release of hostages and for unfettered access to humanitarian assistance for the civ…
I would like to thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing. I listened carefully to the briefing by Mr. Nixon.
We are very concerned by the intensification in recent weeks of the bombings and other attacks against civilian infrastructure, popu…
