Over the past few weeks, together with other members of the Security Council, we engaged with the co-penholders in a constructive dialogue and in the spirit of openness and compromise. We are pleased that those discussions led to a text that could be adopted by consensus today, and we thank the Unit…
I offer my thanks to the United Arab Emirates for convening today’s important open debate. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, His Excellency President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón and Ms. Kadry for their insightful observations.
We remain firm in our belief that climate change is an exist…
I thank His Excellency Minister Khalifa Shaheen Almarar and express my sincere thanks to the Under-Secretary-General, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and Ms. Omnia El Omrani for their briefings. I also acknowledge the participation of the Egyptian Permanent Representative in our m…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Deputy Director Mudawi and Ms. Aveline for their remarks today. Their testimonies are a sobering reminder of the attention that we must continue to pay to Syria.
As we just heard from our briefers, the depth and scale of humanitarian needs all over Syria are barely w…
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing and acknowledge the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in our meeting today.
Today’s meeting was requested by the Russian Federation to condemn the increasing supply of weapons to …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Director Wosornu and Ms. Yasmeen Al-Eryani for their briefings today.
Malta is encouraged to hear that Yemen is continuing to experience the longest period of relative calm since the beginning of the war, with critical aspects of the truce continuing to hold, despit…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for his sobering briefing and for the work that he and his team are doing on the ground.
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine has continued to deteriorate since the last time the Council discussed it (see S/PV.9286). In the past 15 months, the number of p…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan in our meeting today.
Malta is committed to a stable, secure, peaceful and prosperous Abyei. Only a mutually accept…
I would like to warmly welcome Mr. Osmani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, in his capacity as Chairperson-in- Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and to thank him for his informative and insightful briefing. We applaud North Macedonia for choosi…
I would like to begin by congratulating Switzerland on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and by wishing you, Sir, and the Swiss team all the very best for a successful and fruitful term. I also thank Ambassador Nebenzia and his team for steering our work last month. I thank you, Mr. P…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their remarks today.
As we just heard, the people of Syria continue to grapple with a multitude of complex humanitarian, protection and political crises. Such levels of needs are a stark reminder of the urgent need for real and just political…
One year ago, Malta proudly co-sponsored resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”. As a member of the core group on that initiative, which was led by Liechtenstein, Malta fully subscribes to the Security Council’s contin…
I thank Special Representative Perthes, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Permanent Observer Kyari Mohammed for their briefings, and I hope we will be joined later by Special Envoy Wais. I also welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Sudan, Egypt, Djibouti, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Saudi Arab…
I too would like to thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and his Office’s constant efforts to maintain calm, particularly during this past month.
Regrettably, several escalations in recent weeks against the backdrop of religious festivities have again brought us too close to the br…
I thank Special Representative Bathily and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings, and I would like to assure the Chair of our full collaboration with the work of the Committee. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent …
I also thank Special Envoy Grunberg and the Deputy Director for Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ms. Ghada Mudawi, for their briefings, and I acknowledge participation of the representative of the Republic of Yemen at today’s meeting.
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I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for another important briefing.
We are meeting today following yet another launch of an intercontinental-ballistic missile (ICBM) — once again in violation of multiple resolutions adopted by the Security Council. This missile launch was confirmed t…
I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing, and I welcome the presence of our colleague the Permanent Representative of Mali at this meeting.
Malta reiterates its full support for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Missi…
I begin by thanking Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
A little over a month ago, the Security Council adopted presidential statement S/PRST/2023/1, the first such product since 2016, which underlined, among its key points, opposition to unilateral measures that impede peace, condemne…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for his briefing.
More than one year has passed since Russia launched its aggression against Ukraine. That gross violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law has led to yet another man-made humanitarian catastrophe. Today, the war t…
