I would like to begin by thanking Secretary-General António Guterres for his statement.
I would also like to underscore the importance of the topic we are discussing, which complements the debate organized by India in December 2022 on a new orientation for a reformed multilateralism (see S/PV.9220)…
I thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and the Permanent Representative of Japan, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, for their informative briefings. We also welcome the …
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, for his informative briefing and the Secretary-General for his most recent report on the Verification Mission (S/2023/222), which includes elements on the…
Likewise, it is not my intention to argue with the representative of Mali. I simply want to clarify a few points.
First, I did not intend to pontificate or give lessons to the Government of Mali on the subject of human rights. Human rights should not be politicized. They are the concern of all huma…
I thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and acknowledge the presence of the representative of Mali at today’s meeting.
Today’s briefing on the situation in Mali s…
I appreciate the information provided by Special Envoy Pedersen and by the Acting Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr. Tareq Talahma.
We acknowledge the efforts of United Nations teams and their partner agencies on t…
As the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), I am honoured to address the Security Council on the work of the Committee since the previous briefing, on 14 March 2022 (see S/PV.8993).
Resolution 1540 (2004) remains a vital component of the global non…
I, too, wish to begin by thanking Malta for its excellent work last month and wishing Mozambique every success this month.
I thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), and Mr. Tareq Talah…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for her briefing, which once again shows the lack of progress on the issue of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Any incident that involves the use of chemical weapons must be dealt with in a transparent manner and …
I am grateful for the information provided by Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator Martin Griffiths, and for the moving account by Ms. Rasha Muhrez, Response Director of Save the Children in Syria.
On behalf of the Govern…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Bathily, for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya, Ambassador Elsonni, to today’s meeting.
We regret that more than a year has passed since the postponement of presidential and legislative elections in Libya…
I would like to thank Mr. Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, for convening today’s meeting. I join others in welcoming the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, and I thank him for his info…
I would like to thank Ms. Gbeho, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Mr. Souef, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Tra…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Rugwabiza, for her briefing and Ambassador Omar Hilale, Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his important briefing. I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Cent…
I am grateful for today’s briefings, which once again describe a worrisome and difficult situation. In that regard, and in line with the presidential statement that we just adopted (S/PRST/2023/1), the first in nine years on this subject, I would like to focus on four points of particular importance…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his informative briefing. I also thank the President for convening this meeting at the request of several countries, including Ecuador, in the context of the new launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Ambassador Martin Sajdik for their informative briefings.
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the related obligations under international law, Ecuador has not recognized nor will it recognize the annex…
I would first like to thank Malta for organizing today’s open debate, which we see as an opportunity to improve our common understanding of sea level rise and its potential implications for international peace and security. We also thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, Presiden…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this briefing. We take note of the information provided by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba de Potgieter; by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Chil…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director Chen and Ms. Praxl, Director of Multilateral Relations at the Global Center on Cooperative Security, for their briefings.
The report of the Secretary-General (see S/2023/76) affirms the threat that the Islamic State in Iraq and th…
