We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita, Secretary General of the East African Community Mutuku Mathuki and Ms. Kabuo for their briefings and updates. We welcome the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the …
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for the information that she has provided.
Since the very beginning of the war, we have consistently pointed out a very key aspect of the war in Ukraine: it is a war of choice, an act of aggression against another country and a blatant violation of internationa…
Let me begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation for the leadership of the co-penholders, the United States of America and Ireland, as well as the constructive engagement of other members of the Security Council.
Albania voted in favour of, and co-sponsored, resolution 2664 (2022) today. We …
I welcome Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry and thank him for his briefing. We congratulate him on taking up that important task. We also thank Mr. Veríssimo for his briefing. I will focus on four points.
First, the general trend in the north-west and south- west regions of Cam…
We thank Special Representative Perthes for his update and welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting. Albania
commends the work of the United Nations Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) in supporting the Sudan and its people and supports a stronger role for UNITAMS.
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I would like to thank Gabon for its work in assuming the Security Council presidency for the month of October. I wish you, Mr. President, all the best for November.
I would like to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, for his briefing today and for his leader…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings, and I welcome the participation of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan in this meeting.
Albania strongly supports the efforts of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) personne…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy for his briefing and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for the written recommendations provided to the Security Council. I also welcome the presence of the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Rwanda and Bu…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for briefing us today, and I welcome the Foreign Minister of Mali to this meeting.
At the outset, we would like to express our condolences on the deaths of four Chadian peacekeepers yesterday and wish the wounded a speedy re…
I thank the presidency of Gabon for putting this debate on the agenda at a time when Africa is facing many challenges and cross- cutting crises, including unconstitutional Government changes, flourishing terrorists and armed groups, the presence of private military groups, human rights violations an…
Let me begin by echoing others in thanking the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ms. Waly, African Union Commissioner Adeoye and Regional Director Handy for their insightful remarks and recommendations. Albania commends the achievements and commitments alrea…
I too thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing, and we also welcome the representatives of Japan and the Republic of Korea to this meeting.
Albania strongly condemns the long-range ballistic-missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that overflew Japan on 3 Octobe…
Let me join others in thanking France for its work during the month of September and wishing you, Mr. President, all the best
for the month of October — you can rely on Albania’s support this month.
Returning to the issue under discussion, I would like to thank the Special Representative for the S…
I too would like to thank all of the briefers for their insights and would like now to stress a few points.
First, Albania welcomes the ongoing progress in preparing the groundwork for holding elections in 2023. We call on all parties to work together in good faith to create the conditions necessar…
We are also deeply concerned about the reports of the large-scale leaks that were detected on 27 September in both the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the exclusive economic zones of Denmark and Sweden in the Baltic Sea. The plumes of gas rising to the surface are causing environmental damage, and …
This is another dark day for the Security Council, the United Nations and the world. The Security Council was again taken hostage on the same issue and by the same country and was prevented from acting on one of the most important
issues on its agenda. Once again, Russia misused a unique privilege …
I too would like to thank all the briefers for their updates today, especially Ms. Koofi for her powerful call to action. We must make sure that the women and girls of Afghanistan are not forgotten.
It saddens us to see the Afghan people deprived of their basic right to lead a dignified life. As me…
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his update and Mr. Ibrahim Mudawi, the civil- society briefer, for his insights. We also welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting. Albania supports the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in th…
I would like to thank Special Representative Swan, Deputy Special Representative Lortan and European Union Special Representative Weber for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of the representative of Somalia at today’s meeting.
We are pleased to hear that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud h…
We thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We held a meeting on this very issue less than two weeks ago (see S/ PV.9109). Our position has not changed and, although we are fully aware of the importance of the matter, there is one simple issue that stands above all else. We are here…
