I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Mr. Khaled Erksoussi for their comprehensive briefings. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Turkey and Iran in our meeting today.
I would like to begin by reiterating our constant support for …
I thank Mr. Khiari, Mr. Griffiths and Ms. Fore for their comprehensive briefings, and I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Yemen in our meeting today.
On the peace process, despite the increasing efforts of regional partners and the international community, we have not see…
I thank the Indian presidency for organizing this open debate and you, Mr. Minister, for presiding over our discussion today. We also thank the Secretary-General for his insightful and comprehensive briefing.
Over the years, peacekeeping has become one of the most important United Nations tools in …
I thank the Secretary- General for his presence and for his briefing. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan at today’s briefing.
We have followed the situation in Afghanistan, especially in recent days, with deep concern. The situation may negatively affect the …
I thank Special Representative Deborah Lyons and Ms. Shaharzad Akbar for their comprehensive briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan and thank him for his statement. I would like to focus today on four points.
First, we are deeply concerned about the situati…
I join the other speakers in thanking France for its excellent presidency of the Security Council in July, and my congratulations go to India on its presidency in August. We assure you, Mr. President, of our full support for your success this month. I also thank Mr. Thomas Markram, Deputy to the Hig…
I thank Deputy Special Coordinator Lynn Hastings for her comprehensive briefing, and I thank Ms. Yudith Oppenheimer for sharing her perspective. I warmly welcome the participation of the representatives of Palestine and Israel at our meeting today.
Two months after the ceasefire was announced, we r…
Our vote today takes place against the backdrop of an ongoing complex situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serious concerns remain about the continuation of divisive rhetoric and political discord among the entities and the community. At the same time, the coronavirus disease pandemic has further ex…
I thank Deputy Secretary- General Mohammed, Director-General Mardini and Delegate Director Grosjean for their insightful briefings. My appreciation goes to the French presidency for bringing this crucial topic to the Council’s attention today.
Every day, millions of civilians bear the brunt of ongo…
I would like to begin by warmly welcoming the Foreign Ministers of Egypt and the Sudan and the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia to our meeting today. I also welcome the Chargé d’affaires of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union, t…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank Estonia for an excellency presidency last month.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Acting Under-Secretary- General Ramesh Rajasingham for their insightf…
I thank Mr. Hervé Lecoq for his briefing. I welcome the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina to our meeting this afternoon.
The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has continued to show a complex picture. The divisive rhetoric, political instability and disagreement among entities and communi…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Geir Pedersen for his briefing today and express our appreciation for his hard work on the ground at this very challenging time. I also thank Ms. Abeer Hussain for sharing her insights. I welcome the participation of the rep…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his valuable briefing.
Since the ceasefire was announced on 21 May, the situation in and around Gaza has been relatively calm.
However, we remain seriously concerned about the situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where the violence co…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Nicholas Haysom and Mr. Rajab Mohandis for their comprehensive briefings. I welcome Mr. Haysom to his first Security Council meeting as the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for South Sudan. We look forward to working closely…
I would like to warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Claude Joseph, Prime Minister of Haiti, to our meeting today. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Helen La Lime, for her insightful briefing and all
United Nations personnel in Haiti for their hard work on the groun…
I would like to welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to this meeting today, and to thank him very much for his detailed briefing.
We live in a complex world faced with intersecting…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing. As this will be her last briefing to the Security Council, I wish her all the best in her future activities.
I also welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting…
I thank Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, for their briefings and updates on developments following the Mechanism’s eighteenth report submit…
