I have the honour to deliver this joint statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), comprising Gabon, Kenya and Ghana.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Dr. Farida Almouslem, of the Syrian American Medical Society, for their briefings. We welco…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Kenya, Gabon and my own country, Ghana.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/382) and thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee and Executive Secretary Eri…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence of the His Excellency Mr. Šefik Džaferović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank Mr. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosn…
I, too, thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s open meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Mohamed Khiari for his briefing to the Security Council.
While the Council’s attention has been focused elsewhere in recent weeks, the…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May and wishing you every success during the month. I also take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Barbara Woodward and the United Kingdom delegation for their able leadership o…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African countries members of the Security Council (A3), that is, Gabon, Kenya and Ghana.
We are grateful to Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing on the status of the implementation of t…
Let me start by thanking the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing on the present situation in the Middle East and for his efforts in facilitating de-escalation on the Palestinian question.
All of us are deeply concerned by the highly volatile situation in Jerusalem. The violent…
At the outset, let me acknowledge the presence of His Excellency Mr. Nikola Selaković, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia. I thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing and join other delegations in congratulating her on assuming her duties as Special Representative of the Secretary- General and …
Let me begin by thanking Mr. António Vitorino, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, and Ms. Kelly Clements, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, for their comprehensive briefings. I also commend the dedicated work of their teams in Ukraine, as we…
Today’s briefing gives a more hopeful outlook on the situation in Yemen, and we are grateful to Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and the United Nations team for all the efforts that have been made in securing the two-month truce between the parties, as well as the facilitation being undertaken with regi…
Let me begin by thanking the delegation of the United Kingdom for convening this open debate, which provides the Security Council with the opportunity to sustain its engagement on an issue of great importance to the global community.
I also wish to express our appreciation to Special Representative…
I thank you, Sir, and welcome your leadership of this Council meeting on the important and timely discussion on the impact of the war on women and children in Ukraine. I would like to thank Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women, and Mr. Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF’s Director of Emergencies, fo…
I thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for picking up this agenda item during its presidency.
I also thank Mr. Ted Chaiban, Ms. Esperanza Martinez and Mr. Emmanuel Ojwang for their unique perspectives about the vaccine delivery situation,
especially as it relates to vaccination programmes in…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Kenya, Gabon and my own country, Ghana (A3).
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/278) and thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General El-Ghassim Wane for …
I congratulate the delegation of the United Arab Emirates for its successful presidency in the preceding month and wish you, Madam President, and the delegation of the United Kingdom the very best for this month.
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing to the Security Counci…
I have the honour to read this statement on behalf of members of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely Gabon, Kenya and my country, Ghana.
At the outset, we wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Volker Perthes for his presentation of the 90-day repor…
Ghana continues to be deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in Ukraine following the Russian Federation’s invasion of the country on 24 February. Accordingly, we remain committed to supporting all genuine efforts to address the suffering of the Ukrainian people throughout the country’s enti…
I join others in expressing appreciation to the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing to the Council, as well as his commitment to the search for lasting peace in the Middle East.
The briefing, as always, gives us much to consider and requires of the …
I warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Zbigniew Rau, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the Security Council. I thank him for his briefing on the OSCE and note that Poland has assumed the leadership of th…
Let me begin by thanking the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, and the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, for their briefings to the Council this morning. I also welcome the participation in this meeting of the representativ…
