I thank the Mexican presidency for organizing this very important open debate, and I welcome you, Your Excellency, to preside over it. I also thank Mr. Geiss and Ms. Devoto for their informative briefings.
My delegation registers its concern over the impact of illicit small arms and light weapons i…
I would like to join other colleagues in thanking the Mexican presidency for organizing this annual briefing. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Police Commissioner Lusala of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei and Police Commissioner Boughani of the United Na…
Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his insightful remarks, and Ms. Tibán Guala for sharing her thoughts. We also thank the Mexican presidency for convening this very important open debate. We sincerely thank you, Mr. President, for your insightful remarks and for presiding over this …
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Obasanjo for their insightful briefings. I welcome the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to our meeting today.
We are deeply concerned about the deteri…
The ongoing situation in the Western Sahara has been of great concern. With regard to resolution 2602 (2021), we would like to see a more balanced text that better reflects the situation on the ground. However, we consider that the continuation of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Wes…
I would like to start by thanking Judge Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, for her presentation and informative report (A/76/4) on the activities of the Court. We are delighted to see her here in the General Assembly, something that has not been possible in the past two years…
I would like to thank Kenya for convening this open debate and to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his valuable remarks. I thank Ms. Sima Sami Bahous and the other briefers for their insightful presentations. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the wider U…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his informative briefing. I also thank Mr. Daniel Levy and Ms. Hanan Ashrawi for their insights. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Palestine and Israel in today’s meeting.
We are concerned over the continued violence in the occupied…
I welcome the participation of the President of the Central African Republic in today’s meeting. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ndiaye, Ambassador Adeoye, Ambassador Skoog and Ms. Derom for their briefings.
Hostility, poverty, displacement, sexual exploitation and abuse, th…
Let me first warmly welcome Her Excellency Ms. Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia to our meeting today.
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ruiz Massieu, Ms. Bibiana Peñaranda and Ms. Daniela Soto for their informative briefings.
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At the outset, I would like to thank Kenya for convening this open debate and to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his valuable remarks. We also thank President Kagame, President Mbeki and Ms. Koofi for their insightful presentations.
Rather than separating us from one another, …
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, Mr. Abdelgadir and Mr. Lochhead for their informative briefings.
It is worrisome that armed conflicts in 2020 resulted in 27 per cent of civilian deaths by small arms and light weapons, as compared to 24 per cent by heavy weapons and other explosive munitions.
The illicit t…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita, Ambassador Abdou Abarry and Ms. Mbangu for their comprehensive briefings. We welcome the participation
of the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in our meeting today.
On the political front, my …
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome the presence of Ms. Meredith Rothbart and Ms. Mai Farsakh at this meeting and thank them for their statements.
I would like to begin by expressing our serious concern abo…
We thank Ireland for this initiative and for its commendable efforts on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. We also thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, Mr. Floyd and Ms. Wanyaga for their informative presentations. We welcome the representatives of Italy and South Africa to our briefing today.
We reaffirm…
I should like to start by thanking all of our briefers today, and I join others in congratulating Mr. Hans Grundberg on having assumed the post of Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen. I believe that he will build upon the important work of his predecessor and bring new momentum to the …
I thank Ireland for convening this important meeting, and I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence of Ireland for presiding over it. I thank Special Representative Lyons for her comprehensive briefing. We commend the efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ireland for taking the initiative to convene this debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General, Mrs. Johnson-Sirleaf, the former President of Liberia, and Ms. Adam for their informative briefings. I welcome the Minister of State for External Affairs …
Let me start by thanking the Irish presidency for convening this meeting to allow a candid dialogue with The Elders. We commend the efforts of The Elders and highly value their ideas and insights on issues related to the mandate of the Security Council.
During our presidencies in January 2020 and A…
I thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis- Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), for her comprehensive briefing. I also welcome the representative of Iraq to our meeting today.
We commend the efforts made by the Iraqi Gove…
