I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, the Arab Group congratulates you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. We thank you for responding to the request to convene this emergency meeting to discuss t…
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, the Arab Group thanks the United Kingdom, which presides over the Security Council this month, for holding this open meeting on the situation in the Middle East. The Group welcomes the Secretary of State…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, the Arab Group thanks Algeria, Guyana, Slovenia and Switzerland for their request to convene this important meeting to discuss the risk of famine in northern Gaza, following the report issued on Friday…
We thank Switzerland for organizing this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, and we welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. We also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
/Over a year has pas…
We thank France for requesting this meeting and the Swiss presidency of the Security Council for convening it. We also thank Ms. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Mr. Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for their valuable briefings.
We …
At the outset, I congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank Slovenia for its presidency of the Council during September. I would also like to thank France for requesting the holding of this emergency meeting, as well as to thank …
I thank you, Mr. President, and all the members of the Security Council for the tremendous efforts made to approve the one-year extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). I also
commend the penholder, France, which made possible the adoption of resolution 2749…
Today we meet in the Security Council 10 months after the beginning of the Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon. Today we see that aggression reaching our capital, Beirut, with a bloody, clear and explicit message. The culprit is the Israeli Government and its Prime Minister. The victim is th…
I thank the President for convening this meeting.
Lebanon associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the sisterly United Arab Emirates, on behalf of the Group of Arab States (see A/78/PV.74).
Lebanon deeply regrets that, on 18 April, the Security Council was unable to adopt…
We meet today at a time of increased attention to, but also of increased frustration towards, the United Nations. Recently, with each impending Security Council vote on Gaza, the eyes of the world have been drawn to this building, yearning for a long-overdue resolution to this unspeakable tragedy. U…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting.
My country’s delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
We would like to thank Mr. Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United N…
I would like to begin my statement by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your country’s presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also want to thank the delegation of Japan for its efforts in the presidency last month. Lebanon is grateful to Malta for holding this debate on the role of…
