On 18 June, we marked the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/309. Hate speech — the incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence — often leads to political tensions and may even aggravate armed conflict. Regardless of the circumst…
China thanks Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and Ms. Ghada Mudawi, Acting Director of Operations of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. We welcome the presence of the representative of South Sudan in this meeting. I listened attentivel…
I welcome Mr. Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to today’s meeting.
The international landscape is currently experiencing extraordinarily profound and complex changes, and factors contributing to instability and
uncertainty are increa…
I thank you, Madam, for presiding over today’s meeting. I am grateful to Secretary-General Guterres for his remarks and to Executive Director Bahous and the other briefers for their briefings.
China has always been a supporter, advocate for and practitioner in the international cause of women, and …
China thanks President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their respective briefings. We also thank President Agius for his leadership of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the past two years, during which the Mechanism has dealt with difficulties and advanced its judici…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and President Da Piedade Veríssimo for their briefings. I also listened attentively to the briefing by Ms. Nlate.
In connection with the report of the Secretary- General (S/2022/436), I would like to make the following three points. First, in terms of maint…
I thank Special Representative Patten and the other briefers for their briefings.
As the conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth month, it has taken a heavy toll on the Ukrainian people. The security risks faced by women and children are particularly worrisome. Parties to the conflict should
comply …
China thanks Albania for its initiative to hold this meeting and welcomes the briefings by Judge Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice; Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Professor Dapo Akande of the University of Oxford.
Peace and just…
In recent years, maritime security issues in the Gulf of Guinea have become acute, with rampant piracy, foreign ships being hijacked and crew members are being kidnapped frequently. That has seriously threatened the security and stability of coastal countries, affected people’s lives and greatly aff…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing and the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their statements. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya at this meeting.
The uncertainty of the…
The Security Council sanctions regime on South Sudan is the most controversial of all the Council’s sanctions regimes. That is because South Sudan is the youngest State Member of the United Nations, and one that has endured a decade of war and whose foundations are very fragile. It needs constructiv…
As today is Africa Day, I should like to extend warm, festive greetings to the representatives of the African Member States present here, to all African countries and to all of our African brothers and sisters. The independence and self-reliance of Africa embodied in Africa Day has become our shared…
China thanks Special Representative Perthes for his briefing. We welcome the new Permanent Representative of the Sudan as he takes up his new position, and his participation in today’s meeting.
During the reporting period, all parties in the Sudan, together with the United Nations, African Union (A…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Swan and Special Representative Madeira for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia to today’s meeting.
Last week, the presidential election was successfully concluded in Somalia, turning a new pa…
China thanks Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and welcomes the Permanent Representative of Iraq to today’s meeting. I also listened carefully to the statement delivered by Ms. Edwar.
For a period of time, all parties in Iraq have maintained close communication on the forma…
I wish to start by expressing our deepest condolences to the people and the Government of the United Arab Emirates and to our colleagues from that country on the passing of President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
I listened carefully to the briefing by Mr. Markram, Deputy to the High Represen…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya and Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi for their briefings.
The conflict in Ukraine is inflicting on children pain that is foreign to their age. Protecting children from harm is an obligation under international law that must be fulfilled by the part…
I would like to welcome to the Chamber His Excellency Mr. Džaferović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I would also like to welcome the Permanent Representatives of Serbia and Croatia to today’s meeting.
Since our previous meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S/PV.8896), the pol…
According to Dayton Peace Agreement, the Security Council’s role in appointing a High Representative is indispensable and has been established practice. In the light of the fact that the appointment of Mr. Schmidt has not been endorsed by the Security Council, we believe that it is inappropriate for…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their briefings. I carefully listened to the statement delivered by Ms. Nirvana Shawky.
Last month, the seventh session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee core group was held in Geneva. According to the consensu…
