I would like to join other speakers in thanking Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her briefing to the Security Council. I also welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Nikola Selaković, Minister for Fore…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, for his briefing. I also welcome the presence of the Foreign Minister of Mali at today’s meeting.
At the outs…
I join others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her remarks. I welcome the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as the Permanent Representative of Belize, in the Council today, and thank the Permanent Observer of the Interna…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu for updating the Security Council on the recent developments in Colombia. I also thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, for his statement, as well as the civil society representative, Ms.…
I thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, for her briefing. We appreciate the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and fully support the Special Representative’s efforts. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent R…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General and the other two briefers for their statements.
We are closely following developments with regard to the evolving situation. We continue to urge those involved to exercise restraint and refrain from engaging in any activity that could disrupt peace and stabi…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her update on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the situation in the country. I also thank Mr. Emery Mudinga for sharing his insights with us, as well as…
I will be brief in my remarks. At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her update.
We note the consistent lack of progress on this track of discussions on Syria in the Security Council. We continue t…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom and civil-society representative Ms. Lilian Riziq for their informative briefings. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of South Sudan at today’s meeting.
There have been some positive po…
I also join others in expressing our deepest condolences to the delegation of the United Kingdom on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
India welcomes our adoption of resolution 76/305, and we would like to acknowledge the contribution of the co-facilitators, Kenya and Sweden. In my national capacit…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General James Swan and Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Fiona Lortan for their briefings on the most recent developments in Somalia. I also thank Special Representative of the European Union f…
India voted in favour of the resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (resolution 2650 (2022)), as we recognize and value the critical role played by UNIFIL in maintaining stability across the Blue Line, thereby contributing to regional stability.
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Let me begin by thanking Mr. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for presenting the thirty-fifth report on the situation in the Sudan, submitted pursuant to
paragraph 8 of resolution 1593 (2005). I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in tod…
I thank China for organizing this important and timely open debate focused on capacity-building for sustaining peace in Africa. I thank the briefers — Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Represen…
I also join others in extending our best wishes to the Permanent Representative of Ireland, Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason, for her future endeavours. I thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing on the situation in Ukraine.
India remains concerned about the situation in Ukr…
Let me begin by thanking Brazil for organizing this focused briefing on improving and strengthening cooperation between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also express my gratitude to the PBC Chair for 2021 and the Permanent Representative of Egypt for presenting the annu…
I thank Deputy Special Coordinator Lynn Hastings for her briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
We remain concerned about the developments in Israel and Palestine, in particular the continued violent attacks, the killing of civilians and the acts of destruction and provocation. We have consi…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her detailed briefing. I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, His Excellency Mr. Fuad Hussein, in today’s meeting. I also acknowledge the presence of the representative of Türkiye in the meeting.
We strongl…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her briefing today. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya in today’s meeting.
We are closely following the developments in Libya. The recent protests and continuing political disagreements are a mat…
Let me begin by thanking Brazil for organizing this open debate on children and armed conflict. We also thank His Excellency the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Ambassador Fernando Simas Magalhães, for presiding over today’s meeting. We welcome the Special Representative of the Secretar…
