I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali, Mr. Wane, for his briefing and welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali, Mr. Diop.
Circumstances oblige me, as those who spoke before me, to begin by expressing my sadness at the death of four blue helmets…
I am grateful for the briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, Ms. Helen La Lime, and I welcome the participation of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, of our colleague fro…
I thank Ambassador Muhith and Ms. Elizabeth Moreno Barco for their briefings. We greatly value their testimony. I am very pleased to welcome to the Security Council Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway.
I th…
Mr. President, I would like welcome you and the other senior ministers who are here in the Security Council today. First of all, I appreciate the timely initiative of your country, Gabon, in convening this debate. I also thank the briefers for their statements.
Mexico maintains that in order to eff…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and welcome the delegations of Japan and the Republic of Korea to today’s Council meeting.
We note with concern the information confirming that, on 4 October, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched an intermediate-range ballis…
Having suffered the loss of its own territory by annexation throughout its history as a result of foreign invasion, Mexico cannot consent to another country falling victim to such acts of aggression.
Mexico’s position has always been clear on unnegotiable respect for international law, in particula…
I thank Mr. Hanif and Mr. Eyl-Mazzega for their briefings and the information they shared with us.
Mexico has followed with concern the recent incidents in the Baltic Sea that caused leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, and we regret the impact they will have on the environment and inter…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his very extensive briefing.
I would like to begin today by wishing our Jewish friends and colleagues chag sameach — a very happy new year. The briefing we just heard once again demonstrates the very limited progress that has been made in the implementatio…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing and President Zelenskyy for his comments to this meeting.
We are monitoring reports of the convening of referendums in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions. General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) is explicit in stating that a…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, Ms. Helen La Lime, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, and the representative of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ms. Valerie Guarnieri, for their briefings.
We wel…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for the valuable information he shared with us, and we welcome the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan to this meeting.
Mexico expresses its deep concern about the clashes that took place on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which left dozens…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris and Ms. Drik for the information they have shared with us.
As we all know, the escalation of the armed conflict in Ukraine has led to a large number of civilian casualties and the destruction of basic infrastructure,…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing and Mr. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for informing us on the visit of the mission to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
At the outset, I welcome that the agreements reached between the confli…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate France on its presidency of the Security Council this month and to recognize China for its wise leadership of the Council last month.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing, which is timely and informative, as always.
For more than 70 y…
We are grateful for the convening of today’s briefing of the Security Council, and we thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, for his briefing on the critical situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. The nuclear plant regulato…
I am grateful for the briefings by the Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), Mr. Voronkov, the Acting Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Mr. Chen, and Mr. Martin Ewi, of the Institute for Security Studies.
Mexico n…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. We also thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
As we have heard, the situation in the Middle East is a very delicate one that compels the Security Council to
convene. However, we hope that it meets not to merely deplor…
We thank the Chinese presidency for convening this debate. We welcome Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; Ms. Cristina Duarte, Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General; and Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Chair of the Peacebui…
At the outset, I would like to wish our friend the Ambassador of Ireland every success in undertaking her new responsibilities in Washington, D.C. It has been a pleasure working with her.
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and we welcome those representatives present at this …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya.
Mexico expresses its concern about the deteriorating security situation in Libya. The intensification of fighting among militias in Tripoli represents a serious risk for the civilian…
