I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting. I welcome High Representative Borrell Fontelles to this meeting and thank him for his comprehensive briefing today.
At the outset, I should reiterate that I cannot agree more with the way in which he described the crisis we are facing g…
I too thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Ms. Doughten for their briefings and welcome the participation of the delegations of Ukraine, the European Union, Greece, Poland and Latvia in today’s meeting.
Ever since we solemnly marked the second anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukr…
It is March and spring is fast approaching. But for the civilians besieged in Gaza for the past five months, spring’s rays of hope remain distant and elusive. The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is beyond description. Everyone in this Hall knows the unimaginable number of Palestinians killed in Gaz…
Korea joins others in commending Guyana for its successful presidency and would like to express our full support and cooperation for the success of the Japanese presidency. I would also like to thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for his inf…
As we tragically enter the third year since Russia began its war against Ukraine, it is truly deplorable that there is still no end in sight as civilian casualties continue to mount. Since December 2023, when Russia embarked on large-scale offensives against Ukrainian cities amidst hard, cold weathe…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his detailed briefing, and Mr. Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins sans frontières, for his vivid testimony, which I believe touched Member States in this Chamber.
The current catastrophe in Gaza started in the fall of last year, and we…
I too thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
It is with great regret that we are gathering in the Chamber today to once again discuss a series of casualties caused by war. It has been reported that yet another tragedy has occurred, this time in the city of Lysychansk. At t…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Since the Russian Federation began its illegal invasion of Ukraine, we have been witnessing all kinds of human suffering occurring every day for almost two years. At this juncture, we have now witnessed yet another …
The catastrophe in Gaza is unimaginable. More than 22,000 people, 70 per cent of whom are women and children, are reported killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. The protection of civilians is the core pillar of international humanitarian law, but with the continued air strikes and shelling, civilians…
My delegation thanks Japan for convening today’s debate on this comprehensive and important issue. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the civil society representative for their insightful briefings.
Beside the fact that peacebuilding is in…
