I too thank the Secretary-General for sharing his thoughts and insights with us today.
Over the years, multilateral institutions, with the United Nations at their heart, have promoted cooperation and brought prosperity and stability. To ensure that our institutions continue to serve us well, we mus…
I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing today and the crucial work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I also thank Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, and Mr. Londoño Echeverri for their briefings, and I welcome the Minister for Foreig…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s important discussion, and I thank the Special Adviser on Africa to the Secretary-General, the African Union High Representative for the Silencing the Guns Initiative, and the Personal Envoy of the Secretary- General for Mozambique for their insightfu…
At the outset I thank you, Mr. President, and your country, Mozambique, for organizing today’s important high-level debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and the President of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) for his insightful remarks.
It is undeniable that te…
Malta once again reiterates its deep concern about the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in September 2022 and condemns any attack on critical infrastructure. Such acts are dangerous and irresponsible, not least in the context of a global energy crisis. We listened to the information prese…
I thank Ambassador Pérez Loose for his briefing, and I congratulate him on his appointment as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). As a newly elected Vice-Chair of the Committee, Ambassador Pérez Loose can count on Malta’s full support.
Malta places great value on …
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for another important briefing. I welcome the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to this meeting.
Over the past week, we have witnessed a series of deeply concerning ballistic missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On…
At the outset, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev and African Union Commissioner Bankole Adeoye for their briefings. I would also like to thank Mozambique for organizing today’s meeting on this important topic.
One of the primary purposes of the United Nations, as stated in its Charter, is t…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings today. I also extend our appreciation to Albania, in its capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014), for its report. I welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to thi…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Otunbayeva for her briefing. We also thank Mozambique for inviting Ms. Zubaida Akbar to brief us on the challenges, or rather the struggles and humiliations, with which women in Afghanistan have to contend on a daily basis. Her message on International…
I would like to begin by congratulating Mozambique on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I thank Mr. Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), and Mr. Talahma, Acting Director o…
We thank Prosecutor Karim Khan and his team for presenting the report on the situation in Darfur and for their commitment to continuing the pursuit of justice. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to today’s meeting.
Impunity sows the seeds of further violence. Ensuring accounta…
Malta would like to extend its sincere condolences on the untimely passing of Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo to Ambassador Biang, the Gabonese delegation and the people of Gabon.
I thank Special Representative La Lime for her comprehensive and sobering briefing today.
It is deeply regrettab…
I would like to begin by thanking Deputy Special Representative Biha for her
report and comprehensive briefing and His Excellency Mr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), for his valuable insights.
Malta welcomes the peaceful dem…
I thank the President for organizing today’s open debate. We also thank him for the valuable work he is carrying out in his capacity as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions.
We express our sincere appreciation for the briefings by today’s briefers, who…
I begin by thanking the United Kingdom for organizing this open debate and today’s briefers for enriching the discussion with their personal experiences and insights.
Malta aligns itself with the statements to be delivered on behalf of the European Union; the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Se…
Malta thanks Mexico for organizing this open debate, focusing on the impact of the diversion and trafficking of arms, which continue to represent a major concern for the maintenance of international peace and security.
The illicit flow and diversion of small arms and light weapons (SALW) continue t…
Malta aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of the European Union, in its capacity as observer (see A/75/PV.67), and would like to add some remarks in its national capacity.
Malta is gravely concerned about the serious escalation of violence in the occupied Palest…
