We would like to thank China for convening this open debate. Fortunately, it is now generally accepted there can be no peace without development or development without peace. The briefings by the Secretary-General, Ms. Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, and Mr. Sachs illustrated …
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, for her briefing, and I have taken note of Mr. Kipshidze’s remarks.
The work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is crucial and enjoys
Switzerland’s full support. The …
We thank the speakers for their briefings. Switzerland would like to express its gratitude to the police officers who are committed, day after day and sometimes in very difficult conditions, to maintaining law and order, protecting civilians and developing the police capabilities of their host count…
I thank the High Commissioner for his briefing and the tireless efforts of his agency on the ground.
We have heard him say that 114 million people are currently displaced — a sad record. The reality of these men, women and children who have had to flee war, vio lence, conflicts, natural disasters …
I thank Mr. Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his presentation. I have also taken note of Mr. Credico’s speech.
Switzerland reiterates that Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine constitutes a serious violation of international law. Under the Charter of the U…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing, and I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic and the representative of Angola in today’s meeting.
In this period of reflection on the renewal of the man…
The situation in the Middle East calls for united and urgent action by the Council. We have all talked about this since the shocking and unjustifiable acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas against innocent Israeli civilians on 7 October, which we firmly condemn.
Our priorities are the protection of c…
I would like to thank Brazil for organizing this debate, as well as the speakers for their input.
To move from theory to practice in terms of women’s participation in international peace and security, it is essential to talk to the women directly concerned. Many of the contexts on the Council’s age…
I would like to thank Special Representative María Isabel Salvador, Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for their briefings. My thanks go to Ms. Mirlande Manigat, President of the High Tran…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for her briefing. The presence of Prime Minister Brnabić and President Osmani-Sadriu at today’s meeting attests to its importance.
The close relations betwee…
I would like to thank Special Representative Laing and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Souef for their presentations and their work. I also welcome the presence of the representative of Somalia at this meeting.
At this pivotal juncture in Somali…
I thank Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily and Ambassador Ishikane for their briefings, and I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya in today’s meeting.
First of all, on behalf of Switzerland, I want to express our condolences to those affected by the recent violen…
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing. We also took note of Mr. Nixon’s remarks.
This Council meeting on Ukraine follows one held earlier this week in the wake of the deadly attack in Hroza (see S/PV.9431). A la…
I thank Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union, Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, and Mr. Solomon Ayele Dersso, Managing…
I welcome the participation of the Foreign Minister of Colombia, His Excellency Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán, in this meeting. I also thank the Special Representative, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Ćurić Hrvatinić, for their briefings. My thanks also go to Mr.…
I would also like to thank Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), and Ms. Al-Jarahi for their briefings. Switzerland commends the work of the Special Representative and all UNAMI staff. We also welco…
As this is our first meeting under Brazil’s presidency of the Security Council, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and assure you of Switzerland’s full support to you, and I also thank Albania for its excellent work in September. I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hait…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Ms. Anny Tengamendite Modi for their briefings. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Gabon for his statement. I welcome the participation of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the…
I thank the Director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in New York, Ms. Ruven Menikdiwela, and the Director of the International Organization for Migration Office to the United Nations, Mr. Pär Liljert, for their informative briefings.
Thousands of people die every year in…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
As other colleagues have already mentioned, this year marks the commemoration of the Oslo Accords. However, the path to a peace based on a two-State solution promised in Oslo faces ever more imposing obstacles.
The first of those obstacles i…
