I would like to thank Judge Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their thorough report to the Security Council and for today’s briefings. Let me also extend our appreciation for Judge Agius’s long and committed service as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
At th…
I thank the briefers for their important insights.
Last week, the Norwegian Refugee Council published its annual list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises. Three out of five of these crises — those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Chad — are in the region under the…
I also thank Special Adviser Ritscher for his comprehensive briefing today.
Norway remains a steadfast supporter of the mandate of United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD). Accountability for the crimes …
I thank the three briefers for their important statements.
Norway condemns in the strongest terms Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter. Russia must stop the war and withdraw its troops immediately. We reiterate our demand …
Norway welcomes the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) (resolution 2636 (2022)), and we thank the United Kingdom as penholder for its inclusive and transparent approach to the mandate renewal.
Since the adoption of resoluti…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan for his valuable insights, especially at this critical time.
Norway welcomes the conclusion of the electoral process and congratulates President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his election. We thank the United Nations Assistance Mission in Soma…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hennis- Plasschaert for her useful briefing and Ms. Edwar for emphasizing the important issues of human rights defenders and women’s roles and political participation.
I will address four core issues today: the formation of a new Government, s…
First, let me express our deepest condolences to the people and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the passing of their President.
I would like to thank Mr. Thomas Markram, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his briefing.
Unsurprisingly, Mr. Markram repeated …
I thank the briefers for their grave accounts of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
Norway once again condemns in the strongest terms Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, which has created a humanitarian disaster that is the responsibility of Russia alone.
The civilian suffer…
I welcome the presence of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Security Council today. I thank Mr. Schmidt for his informative briefing, which,
together with his report (see S/2022/374), outlines some of the serious chal…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his useful briefing, and I welcome the presence of the representatives of the Republic of Korea and Japan at the Security Council.
Norway strongly condemns the ballistic missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including most rece…
Norway would like to thank the penholder for its efforts to get agreement on a substantial renewal of the mandate of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). We appreciate that resolution 2629 (2022)requests UNSMIL to implement the recommendations from the strategic review and reaffirms the…
I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing on the progress towards the full elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.
As we mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), let me express Norway’s full commitme…
First of all, let me thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for his useful briefing today and for submitting the twenty-third report to the Security Council concerning the Court’s cases in Libya.
Norway has been a staunch supporter of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since its establishment, and today w…
I also want to thank Special Envoy Xia for his informative briefing and Mr. Caholo and Mr. Mahtani for their valuable input. Let me also express our deepest condolences to the families of the recent fallen peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This underscores that the safety of our …
I also thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings and their efforts.
Let me begin by welcoming the nationwide renewable truce in Yemen. It gives hope that the parties are engaging in a truce for the first time in six years, and it comes at a critical tim…
I would like to thank Special Representative Keita for her honest and informative briefing.
We too express our regret after hearing about the helicopter crash this morning in North Kivu and we will closely follow any updates from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democrat…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings.
We are deeply concerned about the current level of food insecurity and hunger in Yemen. Food assistance is urgently needed by nearly 13 million Yemenis, including children suffering from malnutrition, as well…
Norway warmly thanks Mexico for its work over the past year as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and for briefing the Council today. We would also like to thank the Group of Experts for its excellent work during another year of challenging circums…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for another briefing on the progress towards the full elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.
Let me start by underlining Norway’s consistent message that the Syrian Arab Republic must fulfil its obligations in a…
