We thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
Russia is opposed to any military activity that threatens the security of the Korean peninsula and the countries of North-East Asia. Our position on the matter is well known. Time after time we have underscored the need for all parties to show restraint and tak…
We thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East region in the context of a settlement. We listened carefully to the Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Re…
Since we spoke first, I would just like to make a few remarks by way of reaction.
I would like to correct my Albanian colleague: Roger Waters has not been threatened in any way in Russia. We respect freedom of speech, unlike the countries of the West, which prohibit alternative points of view and p…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep and sincere condolences to the Governments and the peoples of Türkiye and Syria with regard to the numerous casualties as a result of the devastating earthquake that has occurred in those countries. Our rescuers have already flown to Syria, and we are …
First of all, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the delegation of Gabon and the people of Gabon on the passing of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of their country. We too are mourning with our friends from Gabon.
We thank Ms. Helen La Lime for her briefing.
According to statis…
We are grateful to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, for their briefings on political and humanitarian developments in Yemen.
We continue to closely monitor the situation in the country. …
We congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We also welcome the other new non-permanent members of the Council — Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland and Ecuador. We wish them every success and productive work.
It is a shame that we are starting the new workin…
We thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his briefing. We also thank you, Madam, for your briefing as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970…
We listened very carefully to all the speakers and asked for the floor to draw Council members’ attention to the following.
Our former Western partners have not said a peep about the topic of today’s meeting — the consequences of supplying weapons to Ukraine — despite the facts and evidence that we…
The report presented by Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu on behalf of the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (see S/2022/897) again provides no added value in comparison to previous one (see S/2022/828), which is not surprising given that there have been no devel…
We thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the occupied Palestinian territories. It is fitting that our discussion today is taking place on the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Another escalation of violence in …
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Director for Operations and Advocacy, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Reena Ghelani, for their briefings on the political and humanitarian developments in Y…
We would like to thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his briefing on the current situation in the country. I would like to take this opportunity to express our support for his mediation…
The previous meeting on the implementation of resolution 2118 (2013) (see S/PV.9164) was held on 25 October, that is, less than two weeks ago. There are no subjects within the Security Council’s mandate-reporting cycle that have been considered with such frequency. Given that, in the case of the Syr…
We are extremely disappointed by the fact that the Security Council today did not manage to activate the mechanism provided for under Article VI of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruct…
The upcoming vote is a considerable milestone for the Security Council. We will have to decide whether the Council shows readiness to act in line with international law, in this specific case, with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (B…
Before I address the topic of today’s discussion, let me express our surprise and great disappointment at the decision of the President to allow representatives of several European Union (EU) States to participate in today’s meeting. They have no connection with today’s agenda item. That sets a bad …
Russia abstained in the voting on resolution 2654 (2022), submitted by the United States, on renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The process of preparing and agreeing on the document was not fully consultative. None of our principled and…
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and
Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Reena Ghelani for the briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria.
We advocate advancing a Syrian-led and Syrian- owned political …
We wish to thank the Special Representative of Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his briefing on the situation in that country.
First and foremost, I wish to congratulate Mr. Bathily on his appointment to his ver…
