I thank you, Mr. President, for responding to the joint call of five Member States — namely, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Slovenia and my own country, Greece — for an urgent briefing on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. I would also like to thank our briefers, Under-Secretary-General Tom F…
I would like to thank Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the presentation of the Court’s forty-first report on the situation in Darfur. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in today’s meeting.
The Sudan i…
I would also like to thank the Special Envoy, Mr. Hans Grundberg, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Tom Fletcher, and the Chief Executive Officer from Yemen Aid, Ms. Summer Nasser, for their informative briefings today. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Repres…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Pakistan on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and to thank Guyana for its successful presidency in June. Allow me also to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNO…
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Khiari, for his briefing today.
While the world’s attention was diverted elsewhere, amid momentous developments in the region and beyond, the scale of the suffering of civilians — in particular that borne by the children in Gaza — has cont…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her briefing, as well as the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2024), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also wel…
I also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and the important updates he provided.
I join colleagues in sharing our grief and offering our condolences to the families of the victims of the tragic accident that took place in a high school in Bangui yesterday.
We also extend our de…
I would like to thank Guyana for organizing this very important open debate. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mrs. Gamba de Potgieter, and Ms. SenGupta from UNICEF for their briefings. I also commend Sila, the civil society briefer, f…
This is the first time in my tenure that I have asked for the floor for a second time. I would like to thank the representative of Libya, a very good friend, for his statement.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union, Mr. Lambrinidis, for their informative and timely briefings. I would also like to commend my Slovenian colleague, Ambassador Žbogar, and his team for their efforts in compiling the report of t…
As we celebrate the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, I salute you, Madam President, and all other female colleagues around this table and in this Chamber and beyond for their tireless efforts, commitment, dedication and cooperation. I would also like to thank in particular the Special Repres…
I would like to thank Special Representative Ms. Otunbayeva, Assistant Secretary-General Ms. Msuya and Executive Director Ms. Bahous for their insightful briefings.
Greece is deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian and human rights situation in Afghanistan.
The month of March marked the begin…
Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his introductory remarks, as well as Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Director General Grossi for their informative and timely briefings.
This is the third time in 10 days that the Security Council has been convened in an emergency meeting and…
Let me start by thanking the Secretary-General for his very important remarks. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director General Grossi for their informative and timely briefings.
Since last Friday’s emergency meeting (see S/PV.9936), there has been a significant deter…
We are grateful to Guyana for convening this meeting. At the outset, I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Jenča and Director Ms. Wosornu for their informative yet worrisome briefings.
This war needs to stop. Instead of genuinely embarking on the path to peace, through negotiat…
At the outset, allow me to commend the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs for convening this timely and highly relevant debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the briefers for their insightful remarks.
As we mark the eightieth a…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director General Grossi for their informative and timely briefings.
The situation in Iran and the Middle East is still unfolding. This is a dangerous moment, and any further military escalation in the Middle East and beyond should be avoided. We are parti…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Assistant-Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their, as always, very informative briefings today. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Yemen in the meeting.
I would like to make three points.
First, this month marks one…
I would also like to thank Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), for his detailed briefing.
As this is the first time Greece takes the floor on the situation in Iraq, I would like to welcom…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abarry, and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Mr. da Piedade Veríssim…
