I thank the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his comprehensive briefing and his tireless efforts to calm the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. We also thank Mr. Daniel Munayer and Ms. Robi Damelin for their impactful brief…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Ambassador Tirumurti for their comprehensive briefings. I also welcome the participation of Ambassador Taher Elsonni in today’s meeting.
The future of the political process in Libya remains unclear and is threatened by the rivalry for power and t…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, for her valuable briefing and efforts. I also thank Ms. Hanaa Edwar for her briefing to the Council. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Iraq, Mr. Mohammed Bahr Aluloom, in today’s…
I take the floor to thank colleagues for their words of condolence to my country over the passing away of our President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. May he rest in peace. We thank Member States for such
expressions, both here at the Council and bilaterally. We have already req…
I thank Mr. Christian Schmidt for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of Mr. Šefik Džaferović,
Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in today’s meeting, as well as the participation of Croatia, Serbia and the European Union.
This year marks the twenty-seventh anniversary of…
I thank Assistant-Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his valuable briefing. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Republic of Korea and Japan in today’s meeting.
The United Arab Emirates condemns the latest series of missile tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, …
At the outset, I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
As mentioned by the speakers before me, today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which is a global achievement that has contributed to the destruction of 99 per cent of chemical-weapons sto…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan. We take note of his briefing. I also welcome Ambassador Taher Elsonni, the Permanent Representative of Libya, to today’s meeting.
The situation in the State of Libya remains uncertain. T…
I would like to thank both Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Joyce Msuya for their briefings today. We also thank Ms. Nirvana Shawky for her briefing.
Just as the Syrian people recently commemorated the seventy-sixth anniversary of the country’s evacuation day, we hope that one day they will also overcome …
At the outset, I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his second briefing to the Council in less than a week and commend his tireless efforts to support stability and peace in the region.
We find ourselves at a critical juncture. As previous years have demonstrated, either we will witness a dangerous escal…
At the outset, I welcome Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and thank her for her first briefing to the Security Council and her tireless efforts alongside the Mission’s team. I also we…
I would like to thank Director-General António Vitorino and Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements for their valuable briefings. As we have heard from today’s briefers and indeed in all our meetings on Ukraine since the conflict began, almost two months ago, the human costs of the war are stagge…
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
We are pleased to see increased positive momentum and unprecedented consensus towards ending the war in Yemen and achieving peace, security and stability. Countless efforts have been made to that end, the most recent of which …
I would like to begin by welcoming and thanking you, Sir, for presiding over this meeting. I would also like to thank Ms. Bahous, Mr. Fontaine and Ms. Cherepakha for the briefings and insights they shared.
When the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security, mo…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths and Mr. Filippo Grandi for their briefings.
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine has deteriorated significantly in recent days, with the continued fighting resulting in damage to the country’s infrastructure as well as civilian casualties and deaths. Acco…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We reaffirm the principled position of the United Arab Emirates rejecting and explicitly condemning the use of chemical weapons under any circumstances, by anyone and anywhere. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of …
The United Arab Emirates regrets the fact that the situation in Ukraine has worsened since our last meeting (see S/PV.8979) and reiterates its call for a cessation of hostilities. We remain steadfast in our belief that dialogue and diplomacy should be the only path to resolving differences. We there…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Joyce Msuya for their important briefings, and we welcome Ms. Msuya to her first Security Council meeting. Today I would first like to address the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and then turn to the political issue.
Where the former is concerned…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, for her comprehensive briefing. We express our full support for the efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Today we are participating in a briefing on UNAMI for the first time si…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Under Secretary-General for their briefings.
This is the fourth Security Council meeting to be held on the situation in Ukraine in less than a month. In light of the recent worrying tensions, my country has taken a position calling …
