We welcome the appointment of the new Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, Ms. Mô Bleeker, and look forward to working with her to advance the responsibility to protect (R2P) agenda.
Singapore is a founding member of the Group of Friends of R2P. We joined the G…
We thank the Republic of Korea for convening today’s meeting on this important issue.
Since the Security Council’s first open debate on cybersecurity, which took place in June 2021 (see S/2021/621), the cyberthreat landscape has continued to evolve at a worrisome pace. Against that backdrop, intern…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important plenary debate on agenda item 63, “Use of the veto”, in response to the letter sent by Liechtenstein on behalf of a group of countries on 8 March. This stand-alone debate on agenda item 63 provides us with an important opportunity to review and improve …
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Malaysia, on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the statement to be delivered by the representative of Algeria, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. We congratulate Ambassadors …
We regret that we meet today because a permanent member of the Security Council cast a veto on draft resolution S/2023/506, on humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people (see S/PV.9371). We are concerned that the veto was used to block a draft resolution on humanitarian assistance, after a simila…
Russia has waged war on Ukraine for over 500 days. This war has had a widespread and profound impact beyond the warring parties, with the large-scale displacement of Ukrainians, worsening global food and energy insecurity, and the undermining and challenging of the international order predicated on …
I thank you, Sir, for convening this discussion, as well as Ms. Sievers and Ms. Landgren for their briefings.
Since we last debated working methods in June 2021 (see S/PV.8798), the geopolitical climate has darkened, and the Security Council has yet to exercise its mandate to maintain international…
At the outset, allow me to join others in expressing sympathy to Afghanistan for the lives lost to yesterday’s earthquake.
I thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Responsibility to Protect: prioritizing children and youth” (A/76/844), which considers the special needs of children and…
Singapore affirms the right of migrants to travel safely through legal pathways without being exploited by traffickers and smugglers. We will continue to participate constructively in those efforts. We believe that every country has a sovereign right to determine the conditions under which migrants …
