In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 11 September to 24 November, during which time the Committee conc…
I thank Special Representative Deborah Lyons for her briefing. I would like to express in particular my delegation’s appreciation for the work that is being done by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in these challenging times. I also thank Ms. Freshta Karim for her insight…
We thank Kenya for convening the open debate on this very important issue. We thank the Secretary-General for his insights. I also thank Executive Director Sima Bahous, African Union Special Envoy Bineta Diop, and Ms. Celia Umenza Velasco for their briefings.
One of the most important indicators fo…
Allow me to welcome you, Madam President, as you preside over today’s meeting. Let me thank Kenya for organizing this important debate on the Great Lakes region, which has the potential to become an engine of growth for the African continent and beyond. Today’s initiative and deliberations will cont…
I welcome your presiding over today’s meeting, Mr. President. I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing. I also thank Ms. Hanan Ashrawi and Mr. Daniel Levy for their insights, and I welcome the participation of the Ambassador of Israel and the Ambassador of Palestine in our meeting…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Acting Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh Rajasingham and Ms. Al-Deen, of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Yemen in our midst.
We are deeply concerned by the mounting death t…
At the outset, let me join others in welcoming the participation of the Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Her Excellency Ms. Marta Lucía Ramírez, in the Security Council’s meeting today. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Mass…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing and for sharing his assessment on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia, Ambassador Taye Atskeselassie Amde, to today’s briefing.
The humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia has…
Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, for the successful chairmanship of the Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. India st…
Let me begin by congratulating Ireland on successfully presiding over the Security Council in September. I extend my full support to Kenya for its presidency in October. Let me thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Helen La Lime, for her comprehensive briefing on the mandat…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his detailed briefing on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS), centred around the Mission’s four pillars. I also thank Ms. Hala Alkarib fo…
I join other colleagues in congratulating Mr. Hans Grundberg on his appointment as the new United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and welcome him to today’s meeting. I thank him for his briefing and assure him of India’s full support for his efforts aimed at restoring peace in Yemen.
I also thank t…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy Ján Kubiš for his informative briefing. I also thank Ms. Asma Khalifa for her insights, and I welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to this meeting.
There has been a sense of cautious optimism with regard to the situation in Libya over the …
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 22 May to 10 September, during which time the Committee met once …
I thank the Special Representative, Ms. Deborah Lyons, for her briefing. I join the others in extending our unflinching support for the work done by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in these challenging times. India has consistently called for a central role of the United…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Irish presidency for having convened this important briefing with The Elders on “Maintenance of international peace and security”. I thank Her Excellency
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, and His Excellency Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, Elder Emeritus, for the…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for updating us on the developments of the past three months on the peace process and activities of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) towards the implementation of its man…
I take the floor to explain India’s position on resolution 2585 (2021), which was just adopted.
Allow me at the outset to thank the co-penholders, Ireland and Norway, for their efforts. The decade-long violence and terror has had a devastating impact on the lives of Syrians. Syria, which was the fu…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Onanga-Anyanga, and Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Egypt and the Sudan; the Min…
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Mohamed Al Hassan, Permanent Representative of Oman, and Agustín Santos Maraver, Permanent Representative of Spain, and their dedicated teams for the hard work they have invested in steering the review process and drafting…
