I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his enlightening briefing, to which we paid close attention. I also welcome the participation of our colleagues the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine in this meeting.
We are holding this debate in a pa…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Ghana, Kenya, and my own country, Gabon (A3).
I thank Ms. Hanna Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, and Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-Ge…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing on the latest developments on the ground and for her intense activity since taking office. I welcome the participation at this meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, His Excellency Nikola Selakovi…
I thank Ms. Kelly Clements, from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Mr. António Vitorino, from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), for their informative briefings. I welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Simon Coveney, Minister for Forei…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership in the conduct of our work. I thank Ms. Sima Bahous and Mr. Manuel Fontaine for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Kateryna Cherepakha.
The devastating escalation of violence in Ukraine threatens the safety of women and children, who now represent the …
I thank Mr. Ted Chaiban, Ms. Martinez and Mr. Ojwang for their briefings.
Since its emergence in 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has proven to be a formidable enemy that has challenged many of our certainties, our resilience to many challenges and our ability to predict and combat them eff…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Executive Director Beasley for their respective briefings.
The war in Ukraine is now entering its second month. Hostilities continue on the ground, as does the flow of civilians. including African residents and students, who are attempting…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Kenya, Gabon and Ghana.
I take this opportunity to commend the outstanding work of Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita. Her detailed briefing provides additional …
We took the floor this afternoon in the General Assembly (see A/ES-11/PV.8). We take it again now to make clear and underline our principled position on the humanitarian issue. It will not change because we believe in the values underlying humanitarian issues. We believe that the Geneva Conventions …
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing on the latest developments in the Middle East, including with regard to the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016).
This meeting is being held in a particularly tense regional context, with Ramadan, Passover and Easter approaching.
Viol…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo; Ambassador Tirumurti, Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011…
I thank the Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for their respective briefings. I welcome the participation of the representative of Yemen in this meeting.
The briefings we just heard from Mr. Grundberg and Mr.…
I thank Mr. Zbigniew Rau, Chairperson-in-Office for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for the information he shared with us this morning. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
We have noted the Chairperson-in-Office’s reading of the situati…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and High Representative Nakamitsu for their briefings and the information provided. I also welcome the participation of our Ukrainian colleague in this meeting.
The meeting is being held in a context marked by the risk of the use of weapons of mass destructio…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, for their very informative briefings.
We take note of the appointment of Mr. Amin Awad as United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine.
A dozen days after the start of the war in Ukraine, we …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and High Commissioner Filippo Grandi for their insightful briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in these discussions.
Our view of the situation in Ukraine is clear. We do not want a war against a Membe…
Today the Security Council is tasked with reaffirming the fundamental principles that underpin its existence. The main objective of the United Nations, which was established at the end of a deadly war, has been to prevent and deter another such conflict. Many nations and peoples of the world still s…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African States members of the Security Council (A3): Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for her informative briefing on developments in Iraq and the activities …
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement, as well as Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
This is the fourth time in three weeks that the Council is meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine. We meet tonight, 48 hours after our last meeting (see S/PV.8970) on the subject, bec…
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We welcome the participation of Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central…
