At the outset, I would like to welcome Her Excellency the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, and I would also like to welcome Mr. Massad Boulos, the adviser to the United States President. We would also like to thank the United Kingdom for including the issue of the Sudan …
I am pleased to welcome Her Excellency Ms. Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I congratulate you, Madam, and your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I also comm…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your Mission on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also congratulate and welcome the new members of the Council and thank the previous members for their efforts during the past two years and their con…
The Gaza Strip is suffering from a catastrophic reality that is deteriorating day by day on all levels, due to an unprecedented military escalation and the absence of an effective political horizon. This has led to a collapse of all the elements of life and security. Continued attacks and the years-…
It is my pleasure to extend con gratulations to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. We highly appreciate the outstanding efforts of the Pakistani mission in managing the Council’s work. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Hellenic Republic on its presidency of the Security Council for this month, and we highly value the exemplary efforts exerted by the Greek Mission in steering the work of the Council and its committees this month. I also thank the Special Envoy for Syr…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for including this item on the agenda of today’s meeting.
On behalf of the sisterly countries co-sponsors of the draft resolution — the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Morocco, the State of Qatar, the Republic of Yemen and my country, the Kingdom o…
We hoped that resolution 78/282 would be adopted by consensus. My country’s delegation regrets that consensus was not reached on a resolution pertaining to an international day. Today we voted in favour of the resolution because it has a human dimension. That resolution should allow for the commemor…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate and allowing Member States to renew their commitment to full and effective implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, which
is of particular importance as we commemorate the t…
We align ourselves with the statements delivered by the representatives of the United Arab Emirates and Uganda on behalf of the Group of Arab States and the
Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, respectively (see A/78/PV.74).
The convening of this meeting under agenda item 63, entitled “Use of the ve…
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the Maltese presidency for responding to the initiative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and convening this ministerial-level meeting to su…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset we would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting under agenda item 63, “Use of the veto”. Six months have passed since the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian peopl…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you success in managing the work of the Council. I w…
At the outset, I would like to recall that draft resolution A/78/L.48 is based on an increase in the physical and verbal violence against Muslims in several countries around the world. That is why my delegation believes that the draft resolution in its current form will meet the concerns to combat t…
My country’s delegation aligns itself with the statements made on behalf of the States members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Group of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. We thank the President for having convened today’s meeting, in accordance with resolution 76/262, on a…
At the outset, my country’s delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of sisterly Egypt on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I would like to deliver the following statement in my national capacity.
The General Assembly is meeting today to discuss one of the most …
At the outset, my country’s delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain on behalf of the Group of Arab States (see A/78/PV.34).
I thank His Excellency Ambassador Tareq Albanai, the Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait an…
At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank His Excellency Mr. Václav Bálek, President of the Human Rights Council, for his valuable briefing, and I emphasize the firm and established position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in support of international law and the principles stipulated in the Char…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, for his briefing and his exemplary and tireless efforts to achieve peace in Yemen. I would also like to thank Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordi…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) upon the adoption of resolution 77/298, on the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS). This review always offers a useful opportunity to renew our collect…
