I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Dr. Lisa Baxter of Save the Children for their briefings.
In view of the humanitarian disaster caused by the conflict in the Middle East, including the ever- worsening situation in the Gaza Strip, Switzerland has consistently called for the implementat…
I thank you for convening this debate, Mr. President, and I thank our speakers for their insights.
No glory is to be had in prevention. History has a long memory when it comes to conflicts and their outcomes. Monuments to victory abound. Wars averted and violence defused, on the other hand, barely …
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Ms. Lisa Doughten of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their contributions.
“War is ugly” is how 40-year-old Sana’a resident Elham Hassan begins her September 2023 letter to future generations, a compelling plea for peace. She adds …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Assistant Secretary-General Gherman for their briefings. I would like to express our appreciation for the new format of the report of the Secretary- General (S/2024/583), which we find conducive to our discussions.
The attacks perpetrated a…
We welcome the focus on the subject of today’s meeting and thank all of the speakers.
“Peace begins with me, you and all of us” is the powerful message of 75 years of United Nations peacekeeping. That message must resonate with the entire population, including women and girls. Experience, and the e…
I would like to thank the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme — Ms. Edem Wosornu and Mr. Stephen Omollo, respectively — for their
sobering and very clear briefings and for their ongoing commitment to the humanitarian response in th…
As this is the first public meeting of the month, I wish you, Mr. President, every success in your presidency and assure you of our full support this month. I thank the presidency for the month of July for its work.
Switzerland thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Ka…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Switzerland is extremely concerned about the situation in the Middle East. The attacks of the past few days in the occupied Syrian Golan, in the southern suburbs of Beirut and in Tehran represent an
acceleration of th…
I thank the Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Ms. De Meo, and the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Hadi, for their briefings.
Switzerland is grateful for the important humanitarian work done by their staff, who ri…
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing. I have also taken note of Ms. Kneissl’s remarks.
Last week, we discussed the importance of respecting the Charter of the United Nations in order to preserve our multilateral order (see S/PV.9686). It i…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Major General Beary, Head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement, for their briefings.
Switzerland is deeply concerned about the developments of recent days. We condemn the drone attack claimed by the Houthis against Tel Aviv on F…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu and Mr. Jonah Leff of Conflict Armament Research for their briefings. We welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the European Union in our deliberations.
We are concerned by the repor…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, and I also thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
The situation in Israel and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, along with the rising tensions along the Blue Line, is alarming. The Council’s commitment to ensu…
I would like to thank Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings.
Switzerland remains very concerned about by the fragmentation of Syria into several conflict zones. Living conditions and the protection…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Frazier and Ambassador Lambrinidis for their briefings.
Switzerland is disappointed by and concerned about the state of the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The latter was, howev…
Switzerland wishes to thank Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for having facilitated the negotiations on this resolution. We are grateful for the willingness and commitment of Central Asian countries to jointly overcome drug- related challenges in the region. We appreci…
Ensuring the peaceful, safe and sustainable use of outer space contributes to our security and prosperity and is in the common interest of all States. It is the responsibility of the Security Council, as well as the bodies dedicated to the specific purpose, to preserve space for future generations.
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I join my colleagues in expressing our deep condolences on the death of President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir- Abdollahian and the accompanying delegation.
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. I have also taken note of Ms. Margaret Kimber…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, for her briefing. We also thank her for her work over the past few years and wish her every success for the future. We welcome the presence among us of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait.
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I would like to thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Christian Schmidt, for his briefing and report. We support his efforts to implement the civilian aspects of the Dayton Accords. We regret that recent months have not seen more tangible progress in the implementation of the…
