I would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing of the Security Council.
Ghana continues to be concerned about the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and the wider North-East Asia region. Those renewed tensions have been occasioned by the Democr…
I have the honour to deliver this joint statement on behalf of the three African countries members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Kenya and my own country, Ghana.
We thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. We welcome the participa…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his monthly briefing on the situation of the Middle East peace process.
Ghana takes note of the positive and deliberate attempts by Israel to improve ties with countries of the region, following upon the Abraham Accords. We al…
I would like to begin my statement by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo her briefing.
We join other speakers in expressing our deep concern about the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, in violation of the fundamental principles of international law, especially relating to t…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Marcus Potzel, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Fawzia Koofi, former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Pa…
I have the honour to read out this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Kenya and my own country, Ghana (A3).
At the outset, we take note of the Secretary- General’s comprehensive report (S/2022/689) and thank Special Representative Haysom for his…
Let me begin by thanking the delegations of Brazil and Ireland for requesting the convening of this meeting. We also thank Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths, Chief Economist Maximo Torero and World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley for their respective briefings. And we have ta…
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing on the renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan and express our support for the engagement of the United Nations with the parties in order to help find a lasting solution to the long-standing conflict that has engulfed…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank the Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Ms. Najat Rochdi, and Under-Secretary-General of the Secretary-General Martin Griffi…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya (A3).
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. James Swan, and the Special Representative of the European Union for the Horn of Africa,…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his statement and Director General Rafael Grossi for this important briefing on the state of play at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
The briefing we heard this afternoon reinforces our continuing concern about the rapidl…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths, Mr. Markus Potzel and Ms. Lucy Morgan Edwards for their briefings.
Today’s meeting provides us with another opportunity to assess the situation in Afghanistan. We remain deeply concerned about the situation in that country, especial…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Chinese delegation for organizing today’s important meeting to promote common security through dialogue and cooperation.
We also thank the Secretary-General for the depth and clarity of his statement, as well as Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen, President of the…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of China for organizing this briefing on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. We welcome the Secretary- General’s report (S/2022/576) on the subject, and we thank Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Acting…
The narrative about Africa that has often been given prominence in the global media is one of a continent full of conflict, misery and pain. That narrative, which is only partly true at best, belies Africa’s resilience and determined effort to consolidate peace, unleash its socioeconomic transformat…
Let me begin by thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing to the Security Council.
For more than seven decades, the Council has struggled with the question of Palestine and has been unable to deliver a just and fair solution that assures for the people of Israel and Palestine an …
Let me begin by joining you, Mr. President, in expressing our appreciation to our colleague Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason for her impactful work in the Security Council, including on the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, which we worked on together. I wish her the very best in …
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud of Egypt, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), as well as Mr. Monwar Hossain, Chargé d’affaires of Bangladesh and current Chair of the Commission, for their insightful briefings with regard to the annual…
I have the honour to deliver this joint statement on behalf of the three African countries members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
I thank High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu for her briefing on the chemical weapons in Syria file. We welcome the parti…
In the words of my illustrious compatriot and former Secretary-General Busumuru Kofi Annan:
“We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind.”
Today, as w…
