I would like to begin by thanking the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, and Mr. Chris Lockyear, for their briefings this morning.
In recent months, the agenda item that brings us together today — the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian quest…
I thank Ms. Catriona Laing and Mr. Mohammed El-Amine Souef for their briefings. I recognize the presence of the representative of Somalia at today’s meeting.
We encourage the efforts made by President Mohamud in combating the Al-Shabaab terrorist group, which remains a threat to peace, security and…
I thank INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock, Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Executive Director Gherman for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant to international peace and security (S/2024/117).
As the report notes,…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bathily 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 briefings. I also welcome the representative of Libya to t…
I am grateful for the information provided by Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, as well as by Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). I also welcome the representative of Yemen to today’s meeting.
I reiterate my appreciati…
Allow me to begin my statement by acknowledging your presence, Mr. President, in this forum, which gives greater visibility to the work of the international community and the Security Council. I also thank your country for organizing today’s open debate, which addresses a subject that is of concern …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his informative briefing and welcome the representatives of Ukraine and Germany to this meeting.
I begin by stressing the importance of fulfilling our commitment to strictly adhere to the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations, whic…
I want to begin by expressing my thanks for the informative briefing by Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine at this meeting.
We are meeting once again in this Chamber for the third …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), María Isabel Salvador, for the information that she has provided, particularly given the extremely adverse security conditions in which she must carry out her work. I would…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing. I reiterate Ecuador’s appreciation for his work and that of all United Nations personnel, as well as our condolences for the many United Nations staff members who have lost their lives in recent months.
This open debate provides an opport…
We acknowledge the presence of Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at today’s meeting. We thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, for his informative briefing. And I welcome Ukraine’s partic…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, for the sombre briefings we just heard, while reiterating Ecuador’s support for their work…
I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Republic of Colombia, Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán, and I thank the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and Ms. Yolanda Perea Mosquera for their briefings.
As we mark seven years since t…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate your delegation, on assuming the presidency of the Council, and we pledge our support in the fulfilment of this task. I also wish to welcome our colleagues from Algeria, Slovenia, Guyana, the Republic of Korea and Sierra Leone, with whom, I am sure, we wil…
