My delegation thanks Kenya for convening this debate and we welcome you once again, Madam President, to the Council. We also thank Special Envoy Huang Xia, Mr. João Samuel Caholo and Mrs. Martha Pobee for their briefings and express our greetings to the representatives of Angola, the Democratic Repu…
I welcome the participation of the Special Coordinator, Tor Wennesland, and I thank Ms. Ashrawi and Mr. Levy for their valuable briefings. We also welcome the delegations of Israel and Palestine to this Security Council meeting.
We have once again heard accounts of the prevailing tension and violen…
Mexico welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2600 (2021) and thanks the members of the Council for supporting and adopting it.
After an extensive process of consultations with member States, the resolution is a clear signal of support to the people of Haiti and to the work that the United N…
Mexico welcomes the participation of Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and extends our support to him. We also thank Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham and Ms. Maysaa Al-Deen for their comments.
For almost seven years now the people of Yemen have suffered from the consequences of this conflict. The current situatio…
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his briefing and acknowledge the commendable work of his entire team. We also thank Ms. Bibiana Peñaranda and Ms. Daniela Soto for their courageous an…
I thank Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for convening today’s debate on the links between peacebuilding, sustainable peace and diversity, as well as Secretary-General António Guterres, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, former South African President Thabo Mbeki and Ms. Fawzia Koofi for their informativ…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu, Mr. Badreldin Elamin Abdelgadir and Mr. Lochhead for their briefings.
I also express our appreciation to Kenya for today’s timely meeting on small arms and light weapons, which is an issue of particular importance for Mexico. Last month we organized an Arria F…
I wish to express my gratitude for the briefings delivered by Ms. La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ms. Emmanuela Douyon, whom I thank for her candidness and clarity. I also acknowledge the presence here among us of Haiti’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Claude Joseph.…
We welcome the participation of Special Coordinator Wennesland, as well as Ms. Rothbart and Ms. Farsakh, in this meeting.
My delegation expresses its concern about the lack of progress in the Middle East peace process. The transfer of settlers, the seizure of land, the demolition of more than 670 s…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Ms. Mhaissen for their briefings. I also welcome the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey to this meeting.
Today I will focus my remarks on three areas: the political process, the ceasefire and human rights.
Mexico applauds the Special Envoy’s continued…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu, Executive Secretary Floyd — whom we congratulate on his recent appointment and to whom I reiterate my country’s support — and Ms. Magdalene Wangui Wanyaga, for their valuable briefings.
Mexico congratulates Ireland for convening today’s meeting of the Securit…
We thank the authors of resolution 2596 (2021) — Norway and Estonia. Mexico supports and recognizes the fundamental work carried out by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). For that reason, it is important that the Security Council has renewed its mandate for six months.
As…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for sharing with us the outcome of his visit to Syria and the region. We welcome the fact that the visit took place in a timely manner, in tandem with the beginning of his new mandate. Engaging with actors involved in the humanitarian response in Syri…
I thank Special Representative Perthes for his briefing and express my appreciation in particular to Ms. Hala Alkarib, whose contribution is of great value to the Council. I also warmly welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
Two years after the revolution of 2019, …
I thank Special Representative Deborah Lyons, Ms. Malala Yousafzai and Ms. Wazhma Frogh for their briefings. My country highly values their testimony, and I am sure the same is true for other countries.
The Security Council has before it today the important task of considering the role of the Unite…
We join others in thanking you, Madam President, for convening this open debate. We are also grateful for the briefings by the Secretary-General, the former President of Liberia, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and the President of the Community Development Association of the Sudan. In addition, we comm…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s session. I thank the former President of Ireland, Mrs. Robinson, and the former Foreign Minister of Algeria, Mr. Brahimi, for their remarks.
We also warmly welcome former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and former President of Mexico,…
Allow me, Madam President, to add my congratulations to those of my colleagues upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. You have the support of the delegation of Mexico. I wish also to acknowledge the good work done by India last month. I also thank the High Representative for…
We express our gratitude for the briefings delivered by Ms. Lyons and Ms. Akbar and for the statement made by the representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Ghulam M. Isaczai.
As we have heard, the situation in Afghanistan is critical. The recent military advances of the Taliban have had a very seri…
We wish you every success, Mr. President, during your presidency this month, and we thank France very much for its leadership last month.
I am grateful for the briefing by Mr. Thomas Markram and express our concern about what happened on 8 July when, as reported by the Syrian National Authority, on…
