I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary Di Carlo for her briefing. I also thank Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Representative Mikko Kinnunen and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Yaşar Halit Çevik, for their briefings. I further…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the initiative of convening this debate on issues that are so central for most African States. African States view regional and subregional organizations as key actors in responding to international crises and conflicts and increasingly advocate the prevalence of a re…
Terrorism not only represents an attack against the life and dignity of the human person; it also, and above all, negates the principles of civilization, and therefore cannot be justified. No cause, ideology or religion can be used as a pretext for the atrocities perpetrated throughout the world — …
I congratulate you, Sir, on Russia’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I thank Under-Secretaries- General Rosemary DiCarlo and Martin Griffiths for their respective briefings.
In convening the Council to discuss this topic, you are guiding us, Sir, in making the needed s…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
My delegation is closely following the situation on the borders of Ukraine and Russia and has received reports of a large-scale mobilization of Russian troops on the borders of Ukraine, suggesting that military action …
The situation in Syria has brought us here again today to address the humanitarian issues. The briefing by Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths and the moving message from Jan Egeland paint a devastating picture of the extent of the needs and the tremendous humanitarian challenges in Syria.
Fo…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov for his briefing. The clarifications provided allow for a
better understanding of the circumstances surrounding the terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State a few days ago against the Ghweiran prison, which held a number of jihadi…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, for his insightful briefing.
We understand the difficulty of his task, given the complexity of the issues at stake in Syria. We also listened carefully to Ms. Thuraya Hijazi’s briefing.
Six years after t…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his updated report (S/2021/1090). I also thank Ms. Luz Marina Giraldo for her moving testimony. I welcome the presence among us of Mr. Emilio José Archila, Presidential Adviser for Stabilization and Consolidation.
Five …
I would like to begin by offering our condolences to the Government of the United Arab Emirates for the victims of the unacceptable missile attack against civilian infrastructure in Abu Dhabi. My country firmly condemns that attack.
We welcome Norway’s commitment to the Middle East peace process. W…
I thank you, Madam President, for the opportunity that Norway has provided in this open debate for us to follow the lead of those States that have insisted that the path towards sustainable peace is possible only if women’s voices are protected, heard and taken into account in all international peac…
I welcome the presence among us of Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Ola Al-Aghbary. I also thank them for the excellence of their respective briefings. I welcome the participati…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf the three African members of the Security Council (A3) — Gabon, Ghana and Kenya — and I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, and Ms. Adam Dicko for their briefings on the current situation…
I should like to congratulate you, Madam, on your presidency of the Council and on the way in which you have been leading our work. I assure you of my delegation’s support throughout your presidency. I thank you, as well as those colleagues who already spoke, for the warm words of welcome to my coun…
Allow me first of all to extend to you, Mr. President, the fraternal congratulations of President Ali Bongo Ondimba to his brother, President Mohamed Bazoum, and to thank you for your leadership in steering the work of the Security Council. I would also like to express Gabon’s solidarity with the br…
I have the honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and Head of State, to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States. The African Group would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for your support for nuclear disarmament. We also appreciate the valuable message delivered by Mrs. Nakamitsu on behalf …
At the outset, on behalf of the Group of African States, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Haiti on the devastating consequences that the recent earthquake caused the Haitian nation. The second in a decade, the earthquake hit Haiti at a time when the …
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement of His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and Head of State.
