I would like to thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their reports and informative briefings. I would also like to welcome the participation of the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Rwanda and Serbia in this meeting.
This year we commemorate the thirtieth ann…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Central Africa and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) for their briefings.
Switzerland reiterates its full support for the Special Representative and the United Nations Regional…
I would like first of all to congratulate Mozambique for its successful presidency in May and assure you, Mr. President, of Switzerland’s full support for your mandate in June.
I would like to welcome Ms. Ana Peyró Llopis, the Acting Special Adviser, and wish her success in this crucial period. I a…
Switzerland would like to thank the Prosecutor for his briefing and for the presentation of his twenty-seventh report on the situation in Libya, pursuant to the mandate included in resolution 1970 (2011).
The report is of particular importance, as it addresses not only the progress made in recent m…
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Miroslav Jenča, and the Chief of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for their briefings. I take note of Mr. Larry Johnson’s statement.
We have spoken about this subject several times in the past. Allow me, however, to repeat the main poi…
I would like to thank Mr. Fung, of the Conventional Arms Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs. I have also taken note of Ms. Kwiatkowski’s remarks.
The last meeting of the Council on today’s subject (see S/PV.9585) took place less than a month ago. Switzerland’s position remains unchanged. …
I thank the President for convening today’s meeting, which is enabling us to take stock of the veto imposed by a single member of the Security Council on draft resolution S/2024/255, proposing to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts in support of the implementation of sanctions against the Dem…
In a disastrous humanitarian context, with imminent famine and more than 100 people still being held hostage, nothing is more urgent than an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East. In the light of reports of serious violations of international humanitarian law and the provisional measures issued by …
I would like to thank Ambassador De la Gasca, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and Permanent Representative of Ecuador, for his briefing.
For almost 20 years, resolution 1540 (2004) has been a major pillar of the international non-proliferation architecture. Unf…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing. I have also taken note of Mr. Matthew Hoh’s comments.
Last week, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine presented its new report, revealing distressing details of v…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting of the Security Council. It is important for the Council to address this issue. I would also like to thank Special Representative Pramila Patten for her briefing and report.
Sexual violence in conflict situations is a serious violation of in…
I thank the President for having convened this meeting on the use of the veto in the context of the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Switzerland voted in favour of Security Council draft resolution S/2024/173, submitted by Algeria, and regrets that it was not adopte…
I thank Special Representative Bathily and Ambassador Yamazaki for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Libya in today’s meeting.
We support the recent statement of the Secretary- General emphasizing that the Libyan people deserve lasting peace and stability, s…
I would like to express our appreciation for the Secretary- General’s report (S/2024/117) and to thank the three briefers today for their presentations.
The Security Council must remain aware of the threat that Da’esh continues to pose to international peace and security. We are particularly alarme…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Nearly two years have passed since the start of Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian people continue to suffer from its devastating effects. We condemn this grave violation of international law and reiterate th…
Switzerland thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan, for the presentation of his thirty-eighth report on the situation in Darfur. We also welcome the participation of the representative of the Sudan at this meeting.
As we meet here today, fighting continues to rage…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Frazier and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings.
Barely eight years old, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), rightly regarded as a success story in the use of multilateral diplomacy in non-proliferation efforts,…
I would like to thank Mr. Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ambassador Biang, Permanent Representative of Gabon, for their briefings. I welcome the Chargée d’affaires of South Sudan to the meeting. In a year’s time, we hope to see the first elections in South Sudan. We are…
I would like to thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their detailed presentations. We would also like to welcome the participation of representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Rwanda in this meeting.
Thirty years have passed since the Council decided to es…
I would like to thank the Chairs of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; the Security Council Committee establi…
