I thank Ms. Catriona Laing and Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Souef for their interventions, and I acknowledge the presence of the representative of Somalia at this meeting.
My delegation hopes that Somalia furthers dialogue and consultations on key State-building priorities, including constitutional review …
We voted in favour of the draft resolution proposed by the Brazilian presidency (S/2023/773), as did many other members of the Security Council. It was the result of a constructive and collective negotiating process that included all Security Council members, and we are convinced that collective wor…
We are grateful for the briefings we heard this morning and for the convening of this emergency meeting following the tragic news that is fuelling the escalation of violence that began on 7 October.
I would like to express our profound sadness and condemnation in the strongest terms regarding the k…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Mr. Huang Xia, for his briefing. I also want to take this opportunity to thank him for the support he provides for the implementation of the existing agreements that promote peace and regional in…
In my statement, I will refer to the draft resolution on which we have just voted (S/2023/772).
My delegation regrets that the Russian Federation has presented to the Security Council for its consideration a draft resolution that was not the subject of a process of negotiation and that consequently…
I thank Special Representative Bathily and Ambassador Ishikane for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya, Ambassador Taher Elsonni.
I would like to begin by expressing Ecuador’s solidarity with the people and Government of Libya following the devastating t…
I am grateful for the briefings this morning on cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union on issues of peace and security in Africa.
As we have said before, Ecuador considers that cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations goes beyond what is stated in Chap…
I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán. I thank the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General and Mr. Rodrigo Botero García for their briefings. I also thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for his interven…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting, at the request of Ukraine, in accordance with Articles 34 and 35 of the Charter of the United Nations. I acknowledge the presence of the Permanent
Representative of Ukraine in the Chamber. I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-S…
I acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti at this meeting. I also acknowledge the presence of the delegations of Jamaica, Guyana and Kenya. I commend Albania on its presidency for September, and I wish Brazil every success as President of the Council for October.
What …
I have listened carefully to the speakers. As we mark the year that has passed since the explosions that occurred in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, and as it is clear that they were acts of sabotage, I want to reiterate my delegation’s condemnation of the incident. There ca…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sima Sami Bahous and Ms. Karima Bennoune, civil society representative, for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the representatives of Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakist…
I thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). I would also like to thank Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, and civil-society representati…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on an issue that is enormously important and relevant. We also thank the briefers for their introductory remarks.
With 360 million people around the world in need of humanitarian assistance — an increase of 30 per cent compared to last…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, Mr. Volker Perthes; the Director of Opera tions and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Edem Wosornu; and the civil society representative, Ms. Mayada Adil, for their inform ative briefi…
I welcome the briefing by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu.
I reiterate once again Ecuador’s position of rejection of armed violence, militarization and weapons build-up.
I regret once again that the protracted invasion against Ukraine continues to exacerbate g…
My delegation would like to join in the condolences that the members of the Assembly have expressed to the people of the Republic of Morocco as a result of the earthquake they suffered in recent days.
I thank the President for convening this meeting on the implementation of resolution 76/262. That …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting, and Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
In just three weeks, it will be a year since draft resolution S/2022/720, condemning the Russian Federation’s attempted annexation of Ukrainian regions, was vetoed. For my del…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Lacroix for his briefing today, and the Secretary-General for his report on peacekeeping operations, and by paying tribute to all the men and women who are serving or have served in them for more than 75 years, in difficult conditions, while putting their own we…
I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative of the Office for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. We regret that once again the Security Council has made no progress on the issue of chemical weapons in
the Syrian Arab Republic. As we have said before, any incident involving the use of …
