I am taking the floor to explain India’s vote on resolution 2633 (2022) on South Sudan, which was just adopted.
South Sudan is a young member of the United Nations, emerging from the ravages of civil war and facing a multitude of challenges on the political, security and development fronts. They ar…
India welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2631 (2022) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Our vote in favour of the resolution reflects the historical and long-standing friendship between India and Iraq. Iraq and its people have been wearied by …
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Volker Perthes for his detailed briefing on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) concerning the implementation of resolutions 2524 (2020) and 2579 (2021). I also welc…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General James Swan and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Francisco Madeira for their respective briefings on the most recent developments in Somalia. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Repre…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee, Executive Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) Eric Tiaré and the civil society briefer, Ms. Bandiaky- Badji, for their respective briefings.
As evident from the Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/382), terrorist…
We deeply mourn the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. His Highness will be remembered as a great statesman and a visionary leader who modernized and empowered the United Arab Emirates. He laid the foundation for the transformation of t…
Let me begin by thanking the briefers from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UNICEF for their insights on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, particularly on the impact of the conflict on children and education. We have carefully noted the points made by them.
Children …
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Christian Schmidt for his briefing on the most recent report (see S/2022/374) submitted pursuant to resolution 1031 (1995). I also welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Šefik Džaferović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the representativ…
Represented by a delegation that has piloted the need for reformed multilateralism, India fully supports any initiative that genuinely furthers the objective of achieving meaningful and comprehensive reform of the key elements of the global multilateral architecture.
In the context of the United Na…
I join others in thanking Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Nirvana Shawky of CARE International for her insights. I acknowledge
and welcome the presence of the representatives of Syria, Turkey and…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
We are deeply concerned about the series of incidents at holy places in Jerusalem during the ongoing holy month of Ramadan. The historic status quo at holy places in Jerusalem must be respected and upheld. All acts of obstruction, vandali…
At the outset, let me thank Under-Secretary-General Jean Pierre-Lacroix and Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hanna Tetteh for their respective briefings on developments concerning the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) and its support for the Joint Border Verification and Mo…
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 remarks on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine ha…
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has played an important role in providing an enabling security environment in Somalia, including in containing Al-Shabaab and terrorist attacks. That remains important not just for Somalia but for the wider Horn of Africa region.
India commends and pays…
I join others in thanking Special Envoy Pedersen, Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Zaki of the League of Arab States for their updates.
A few days ago, we marked another tragic anniversary in the Syrian conflict. India has been consistent in its stand since the begi…
We express our deepest condolences to the family of Ambassador Jim Kelly and to the members of the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing. We have carefully noted the points she made regarding biological activities relating to …
I am taking the floor to explain India’s position on the resolution just adopted (resolution 2625 (2022)).
India has long-standing relations with the people of South Sudan. India was the first Asian country to establish a consulate in Juba, in 2007, after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agre…
At the outset, let me begin by welcoming His Excellency Professor Zbigniew Rau, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland. I also thank him for his briefing on the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and its priorities in his capacity as the OSCE Chairperson-in-…
At the outset, let me thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom for his briefing on the implementation of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) mandate and the recent developments in South Sudan. I also thank the other briefers — the Interim Chairperson of th…
I join others in thanking Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their updates today.
It has been India’s consistent stand that imposing external solutions will not help to resolve the Syrian conflict. It is for the Syrians to determine and decide what is best for Syria a…
