I have the great honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States as part of today’s very important dialogue with the President-elect of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session.
At the outset, and on behalf of the African Group, I would like to congratulate His …
I would like to begin my remarks by thanking Mr. Tor Wennesland for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I also thank Ms. Comfort Ero for her rich and eloquent contribution.
Mr. Wennesland’s briefing this morning was no different than previous briefings, since it again es…
It is always a pleasure to hear the briefings of Ms. Hennis- Plasschaert on the situation in Iraq. The picture that she just painted for us was very usefully complemented by Ms. Kabashi through her perspective as a civil society representative. I welcome the participation of the Ambassador of Iraq a…
I would first like to welcome the holding of this briefing to consider the twenty-second biannual report of the International Criminal Court on the situation in Libya. I take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Karim Khan on his election as Prosecutor of the Court and wish him every success in his …
Mr. President, I would like to thank your country, Mexico, for having chosen to organize today’s debate on such an important and timely topic as the problem of the diversion of and trafficking in small arms and light weapons in connection with insecurity. As indicated in the most recent report of th…
Allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to the delegation of Kenya on its excellent presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I also congratulate you, Mr. President, on Mexico’s assumption of the presidency for the month of November. I assure you of the Niger’s full support.…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres; Ambassador Sima Sami Bahous, whom I congratulate on her appointment as Executive Director of UN-Women; Ms. Bineta Diop, Special Envoy of the African Union, whose unwavering commitment and fearlessness in action in the Dem…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam President, and your country, Kenya, for having convened this important debate on the Great Lakes region. I wish to commend all briefers for the perspectives they have provided. I also wish to commend the presence of the Irish and Angolan ministers an…
First of all, I would like to thank Kenya for organizing today’s meeting on the issue of small arms and light weapons, on the occasion of the consideration of the seventh biennial report of the Secretary-General on small arms (S/2021/839), as mandated by Security Council resolution 2220 (2015). I wo…
I have the honour to address the Council in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I intend to give an overview of the Committee’s work since my most recent briefing to the Council, on 6 O…
Since the adoption of resolution 2118 (2013), the United Nations has continued to make great efforts to establish responsibility for the multiple cases of chemical-weapons use in Syria. Regrettably, for whatever reason, those efforts have not yet made it possible to attribute, in a manner acceptable…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland for his detailed briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank Ms. Rothbart and Ms. Farsakh for their valuable contributions to our discussions. I would also like to acknowledge the presence of the representative of Pales…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate France on a successful presidency in July and to wish you, Mr. President, every success in guiding our work in the month of August. I would also like to thank Mr. Thomas Markram for his briefing.
We reiterate that the solution to the issue of chemical weapons…
I would like to thank Ms. Lynn Hastings and Ms. Yudith Oppenheimer for the quality of their briefings on the situation in the Middle East. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representatives of Israel and Palestine, whose perspectives have helped to focus our discussions. As a famous author said…
At the outset, I should like to commend France for convening this debate on the protection of humanitarian space, which is a testament to its commitment to maintaining respect for international humanitarian law on the agenda of the Security Council. I thank Ms. Amina Mohammed for her participation i…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, and Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, for their excellent briefings. I commend the representative of the Democratic Republic of the C…
On behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1), I would like to warmly welcome Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif in his new role as Special Representative of the Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahe…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his detailed briefing on the situation in the Middle East, with its usual words of death, destruction and violations of all kinds.
My delegation followed the Special Coordinator’s briefing with great interest, and we take note of the Secre…
Through you, Mr. President, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his introductory remarks and his tireless commitment to humanitarian action in Syria. My thanks also go to Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, an…
I would like to thank Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for his excellent briefing.
Sharing the vision of a rules-based multilateral global governance system, the United Nations and the European Union respond to global cr…
