I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Simão, and Ms. Addae-Mensah for their comprehensive briefings. Malta expresses its appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Simão and his team for supporting West Africa and the Sahel in harnessing its potential.…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Mr. Leff for their comprehensive yet worrisome briefings.
We joined the call for this meeting because we are deeply concerned about the growing military cooperation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with the Russian Federation, including in
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I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva and Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for their insightful briefings. I thank Ambassador Montalvo Sosa for his briefing. I also thank Ms. Mahboob for sharing her own personal experience and her insights with us today.
Since the Taliban’s return to power in K…
I too would like to thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for their briefings. I also welcome Under-Secretary-
General Fletcher to the Council. I also would like to thank Mr. Al-Omeisy for his testimony and for sharing his personal experience with us today.
It has been…
I thank Judge Gatti Santana and Chief Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings and for all their work. I welcome the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Rwanda and Serbia to this meeting.
Malta reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tr…
I would like to thank Ms. Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, and Ms. Passy Mubalama for their insightful briefings. I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the representatives of Rwanda and Angola to this meeting.
As we address th…
I too would like to thank Executive Director Russell, Mr. Raymond and Ms. Rashevska for their sobering briefings.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine represents one of the gravest humanitarian crises of our time, with children bearing a disproportionate burden of its devastating consequences. As we hea…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Council, and to thank the United Kingdom for its leadership in steering our work in November. I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ms. Abbas for their insightful remarks.
As we approach the t…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Miroslav Jenča for his sobering briefing.
Today, we convene to deliberate on another serious escalation. Just yesterday, the Russian Federation launched more than 100 drones and missiles aimed at more than 10 Ukrainian regions, including the cities of Kyiv, Odes…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Pobee for her briefing.
Malta is deeply concerned about the fact that no progress was reported towards the resolution of the final status of Abyei in this period. We recognize that Abyei’s settlement hinges on the political will of the Sudan and South Sudan to e…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and I thank Switzerland for steering our work in October. I welcome the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the meeting and look forward to listening to his assessment…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing.
Malta has joined other Council members in supporting Ukraine’s call for today’s meeting because we too are deeply worried, for various reasons, about the recent potential deployment of around 12,000 North Korean soldiers to the Russian Fe…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres and Ms. Eltigani for their sobering briefings.
For more than 18 months, the violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudan has pushed the country into a catastrophe. We are deeply appalled by the reported recent RSF atta…
Let me also thank Special Representative Massieu and Ms. Quintero García, co-founder of Red Nacional de Mujeres, for their briefings today. I also welcome the participation of Colombia’s Foreign Minister Murillo in today’s meeting.
Next month, the implementation of Colombia’s Final Agreement for En…
I thank Special Envoy Xia for his briefing, and Ms. Ntambwe for the moving testimony that she shared with us today. I also welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the representatives of Rwanda and Angola in this meeting.
The Great La…
I thank Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Mr. Souef, and Ms. Elman for their briefings. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia to the Chamber.
Malta welcomes the…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Onanga-Anyanga, Ambassador Mohammed and Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for their briefings.
As we reconvene after last week’s Summit of the Future, we find ourselves at the right juncture to collectively commit to deepening strategic and in…
I too thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Al Obahi for their briefings.
Malta remains deeply concerned about the well- being of United Nations personnel, members of civil society and staff of non-governmental organizations and diplomatic missions who continue…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing.
More than two years in, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues to demonstrate its disregard for global peace and security, international law and multilateralism. As we speak, the hostilities in north- eastern Ukraine continu…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Dr. Baxter for their briefings.
It has been more than 10 months since the dreadful terror attack against Israel on 7 October 2023, and in the wake of countless civilians killed in Gaza, the open wound that is this conflict only continues to fester. The hos…
