I have the pleasure to introduce for adoption draft resolution A/78/L.70, entitled “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, 2025.” Next year will coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the development of the methods of quantum mechanics. That historic breakthrough has had a signifi…
At the outset, let me thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Major General Patrick Gauchat for their briefings.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), which addresses some of the crucial issues surrounding the Middle East peace process. We r…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khalid Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The Security Council’s meeting today takes place against the backdrop of heightened tensions on t…
Let me begin by welcoming the presence of the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at this meeting.
The three African members of the Security Council (A3) commend the delegation of France for its tireless efforts in achieving the unanimous adoption of resolution 2717 (2023), which…
I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Olof Skoog and Ambassador Vanessa Frazier for their briefings.
It is regrettable that the reports on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) persist in their discouraging trend, with diplo…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3).
First of all, we would like to commend Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her remarkable work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as for her co…
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his intervention and efforts in helping to find a solution to the ongoing war between the State of Israel and Hamas.
The resumption of hostilities, which followed the end…
We thank the delegation of the United Arab Emirates for proposing draft resolution S/2023/970. Ghana voted in favour of the draft resolution because we believe that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating and has to be urgently addressed to avoid a human catastrophe. While acknow…
I would like to thank the Special Adviser for presenting the eleventh report of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD), and for the work of the entire UNITAD Team.
Ghana welcomes the progress made…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November. We wish you success and equally express appreciation to Brazil for its earnest leadership of the Council last month.
I acknowledge the presence of the Chairman of the Presidency of B…
Let me begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to Mr. Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, for his informative briefing.
As the Council is well aware, violent conflicts create conditions that encourage the amassing of weapons and incr…
We regret that once again the veto has been used to prevent the Council from shouldering its responsibilities in a critical situation that demands decisive action.
The trajectory of the ongoing war between the State of Israel and Hamas is simply not sustainable and could engulf the entire region if…
The Security Council is once again convening around the all-important subject of women peace and security. With the adoption of landmark resolution 1325 (2000) in October 2000, we have continued to advocate for women’s voices to be heard in peace and security discourses. We thank the Secretary-Gener…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General, António Guterres, for his remarks. I am also grateful to Special Coordinator Mr. Tor Wennesland and to the Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Ms. Lynn Hastings, for their in-depth briefings.
The events on the ground are inde…
I would like to welcome the participation in today’s meeting of Ms. Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia. We thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report (S/2023/735) on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and we are also …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative, for his briefing and for reminding us about the measures needed to address the risk of proliferation and diversion to unintended users
associated with the transfer of conventional weapons. We share the concern …
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary- General Joyce Msuya their sobering briefings on the deeply concerning and persisting humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
The intense military contestations of the warring parties in Ukraine continues to create grave concerns for the s…
At the outset, we would like to thank you, Madam President, and France for convening this meeting on the recent security developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. We also are grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing. We welcome in this meeting the Foreign Ministers …
I thank Mr. Gregorian, for his briefing. We have also listened to the views expressed by Mr. Sergey Chaulin.
At the outset, I reiterate Ghana’s position against all acts of terrorism, wherever they occur and whosoever the perpetrators may be. Terrorism, as we know, is a canker on any society. We th…
I thank the briefers for their perspectives on developments relating to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
More than 500 days after the Russian Federation first invaded Ukraine, the prospect of peace is still a distant one. The mistrust that the war in Ukraine has created among its country’s nationals …
