I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament, for her briefing on the progress towards the full elimination of the Syrian chemical-weapons programme.
Let me first underline Norway’s steadfast confidence in Director-General Arias and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical We…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for briefing us today and for her team’s hard work.
Last year, Haiti faced multiple crises that would have shaken the core of any country. The handling of those crises and much-needed sustainable development in Haiti cannot be achieved…
I thank the briefers for their statements. Let me also use this opportunity to thank all personnel at the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). They contribute on a daily basis to reducing tensions and fostering peace, stability and …
We welcome today’s debate organized by the Russian Federation and the presence of Your Excellency Deputy Minister Vershinin presiding over the Security Council today. We thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Hoxha for his briefing and for taking on the role as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014).
We are greatly concerned about the serious military escalati…
May I also start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Swan and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission for Somalia, Mr. Madeira, for their insightful briefings. I also thank Ambassador Olof Skoog for sharing the perspective of the Eu…
Norway thanks Under- Secretary-General Voronkov and Acting Executive Director Chen for their informative briefings today and for their coordinated efforts.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/63) and recent events in north-east Syria serve as a stark reminder of the resilience of the Islamic Sta…
Norway congratulates you, Mr. President, and the Russian Federation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I thank Under-Secretaries- General Rosemary DiCarlo and Martin Griffiths for their useful statements today.
Norway is a staunch supporter of the…
I thank Ambassador Skoog and Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for their updates. I also warmly thank Ambassador Byrne
Nason as the Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015).
Let me start by reaffirming Norway’s full support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Act…
I thank my colleagues for their briefings here today.
Terrorism is a global phenomenon. Therefore, a multilateral strategy is key to a successful response. The United Nations plays an indispensable role in that regard as the only global forum to strengthen, coordinate, monitor and evaluate our coll…
We congratulate the Niger on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and we offer our sincere thanks to Mexico for its excellent steering of our work in November. I welcome the representative of Iraq to today’s meeting.
Let me congratulate Mr. Ritscher on his recent appointm…
In our last joint Council briefing in November 2020, the prior Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups undertak…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and dedication. I also thank Ms. Amal Kabashi for her very timely and concrete briefing to the Security Council. We thank her for her important work and for speaking up on behalf of women, girls…
I would like to thank Mexico for its consistent focus on women, peace and security, including within the Security Council. I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Police Commissioners for their thorough and informative briefings today.
Norway has been a police-contributing country since 198…
Let me, like others, thank Kenya and the Kenyan team for their excellent presidency. We also wish to convey to you, Mr. President, and your team our best wishes for the month of November.
The contribution of the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina to maintaining stability an…
I make this statement in a national capacity on the political situation in Syria.
I wish to thank Ms. Mounerfah Albarouki for her valuable inputs in our discussions today as well as Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for their detailed briefings.
Let me start …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix, His Excellency Mr. Mbeki and Special Envoy Onanga-Anyanga for their insightful briefings.
We feel that it is appropriate to state again, as others have done in this meeting, that we are deeply alarmed by the current situation in the Sudan, where the gains m…
I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ndiaye, Mr. Skoog, Commissioner Adeoye and Ms. Derom for their briefings, and we appreciate the participation and remarks by President Touadera in today’s meeting.
Like others, Norway welcomes the unilateral ceasefire announced by Preside…
I thank Acting Assistant Secretary-General Rajasingham of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and particularly Ms. Shujaa Al-Deen for their timely recommendations. The role of independent Yemeni researchers and journalists is essential.
We also thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg…
I also thank the briefers for their concrete, comprehensive and very useful remarks today.
Protecting civilians against violence and threats of violence is a core objective for the Security Council
and for the mandates of peace operations. Illicit flows of small arms and light weapons and their am…
