I thank you, Mr. President, for chairing this important debate on addressing inequality and poverty and their relationship to conflict. I also thank Secretary- General Guterres and Ms. Tibán Guala for sharing how such challenges impact their work and for highlighting their recommendations for how to…
Let me start by recognizing and thanking the Security Council for releasing the press statement (SC/14691) last Friday calling for a ceasefire and expressing our strong concerns about the situation in Ethiopia. I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I also thank Mr. Obasanjo, High…
Let me join others in welcoming you, Mr. President, to your new role as President of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Kenya for its extraordinary effort during the previous month.
We are very pleased that the Security Council once again reauthorized European Union Military Operation…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his report (S/2021/827) and his remarks.
I would like to welcome Sima Bahous, the new head of UN-Women. We look forward to working with her in the future.
I would like to thank our two briefers, who joined us today for this annual debate on women and peace an…
I too want to thank you, Madam President, for Kenya’s initiative to highlight the conflict in the Great Lakes region as part of its presidency of the Security Council this month. We share Kenya’s concern regarding armed groups and violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as …
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for
his briefing. I also thank briefers Hanan Ashrawi and Daniel Levy for sharing their views with us today.
I welcome the participation of the observer of the Observer State of Palestine Mansour and Israeli Ambassador Erdan.
Before I address what we have ju…
Let me start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ndiaye. It is great to see him again and I thank him for his briefing, which clearly conveys the enormity of the challenges confronting the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African…
Let me start by thanking all of the Council members here today for supporting the important resolution 2600 (2021).
As we all know, the past year has been especially turbulent in Haiti. By renewing the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), we have helped to ensure that t…
I thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham and Ms. Shujaa Al-Deen for their remarks and continued efforts. And I welcome the presence of the Yemeni Government in the Chamber today.
Today I will focus on four aspects of the situation in Yemen: the Houthi offensive, the situation in…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting today and for the important message you just delivered to us. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, President Kagame and President Mbeki for their briefings today. And I would like to thank Ms. Koofi for her message and to highl…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing to us this afternoon.
First and foremost, I want to offer solidarity and support to the United Nations during this trying time as they work to save lives. We called for this urgent meeting today given the events that have transpired over the past …
Let me thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Keita, for her briefing today. I also thank Ambassador Abarry, Permanent Representative of the Niger, for his leadership in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004). In…
Let me start by congratulating Ireland for an extraordinarily successful and productive month during its presidency. I would like to welcome Kenya’s assumption of the presidency. We look forward to working with you, Mr. President, during this month. Let me thank Special Representative La Lime for he…
The Security Council has taken an important step to underscore the importance of the United Nations work in Afghanistan during this critical moment for the country. The United Nations has worked in Afghanistan since 1948. By extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanist…
I would like to thank Secretary-General
Guterres as well as former President Johnson-Sirleaf and Ms. Safaa Elagib Adam for their briefings. Allow me also to thank Ireland in particular for hosting this very important discussion on the topic of peacekeeping transitions. I would also like to take thi…
I thank you, Madam President, for hosting this important discussion today, and I thank President Robinson and Foreign Minister Brahimi for their briefings. I also welcome President Johnson-Sirleaf and President Zedillo to our discussion today.
The work of The Elders to resolve and prevent conflict …
Let me start today by congratulating India on a successful presidency of the Security Council in August. I wish you, Madam President, and your team
all the best during Ireland’s Council presidency in September. We look forward to working with you. I also wish to thank High Representative Nakamitsu …
Today’s resolution 2593 (2021) establishes three clear expectations regarding the future of Afghanistan. First, the Security Council expects the Taliban to live up to its commitment to facilitating safe passage for Afghans and foreign nationals who want to leave Afghanistan, whether it be today, tom…
I thank Special Representative Hennis- Plasschaert for her very frank and informative briefing. We again thank her and the entire team of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for their dedicated and indispensable work helping forge a future for the Iraqi people.
Last month, Presid…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Under- Secretary-General Griffiths and Mr. Erksoussi for their briefings.
Today I would like to discuss three aspects of the political and humanitarian situation in Syria. The assault on Dara’a and the need for an immediate ceasefire; necessary confidence-building me…
