I congratulate you again, Mr. President, on your presidency and leadership of the Council.
Just 48 hours ago, we gathered in this Chamber to discuss the importance of supporting regional initiatives and the mechanisms designed to foster peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and our …
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency and leadership of the Council. I thank Ambassador Huang Xie and Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for their briefings. I also recognize the participation of Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister for …
I would like to once again commend Algeria’s able leadership of the Council for the month of January. I am grateful for your invitation, Mr. President, to participate in this important meeting, and I thank all the Member States that spoke before me. I would like to recognize Ms. Vivian van de Perre,…
I wanted to clearly say that this crisis is a matter of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That is why we have the Luanda and the Nairobi processes. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had endemic security, political and governance challenges for decades. Those matters are not matters of tod…
I would like to begin by thanking the Algerian presidency for its able leadership at the helm of the Security Council for this month of January. We also thank Algeria for convening this important meeting.
I recognize the presence and the briefings given by Special Representative of the Secretary-Ge…
Rwanda appreciates the opportunity to participate in this Security Council meeting on the twenty-fifth progress report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their detailed briefings, as well as the Council …
I want to state categorically that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been mired in situations of conflict for decades. Its governance, politics and conflict and security challenges preceded its independence and have remained endemic post-independence. Rwanda is not responsible for that. The K…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on your presidency and stewardship of the Council. I recognize the participation of the honourable Therèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the representative of Angola. I also exten…
I usually do not make a rebuttal, but I wanted to respond on this matter.
First, to be clear, the Democratic Republic of the Congo must stop blaming others for its problems. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had political and security challenges for decades, many of which even preceded Rwand…
Allow me to start by congratulating you, Madam President, on your presidency and your able stewardship of the Council. I thank the Special Envoy, His Excellency Mr. Huang Xia, for his comprehensive briefing, and I acknowledge Ms. Sarah Kyabu Ntambwe and thank her for her work and comprehensive brief…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ambassador Philemon Yang on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session and to assure him of Rwanda’s full support.
As we conclude the general debate, unity has been a central theme throughout this year’s high-level week, …
Let me take this opponent to congratulate you, Madam President, and Slovenia on your country’s able and successful presidency of the Security Council this month. I want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita for her briefing and to recognize the briefing by Ms. Nzale-Kove. I…
Let me take this opportunity, Madam President, to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her briefing and members for their statements.
Before delving into the content of the repor…
Honouring and remembering the victims of genocide is a must. Genocide is a stain on our collective memory, the crime of all crimes, and we must all work to ensure that such heinous crimes of genocide never happen anywhere again.
I had not intended to speak because resolution 78/282 was about the 19…
Allow me, Madam President, to express my sincere appreciation for your diligent leadership of the Council during this month. I also wish to thank Mr. Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, and Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affair…
Thank you, Madam President, for giving me the floor. I thank the briefers and the representatives of Member States for their statements.
I would like to start my remarks by reminding the Council of a few facts. As of June 2023, the United Nations had spent $24.3 billion on the Democratic Republic o…
As this is the first time I address the Security Council this month, allow me to first congratulate you, Madam President, and your team on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council. I also want to thank the briefer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita, for h…
Rwanda welcomes the work carried out by President and Judge Graciela Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and values the good cooperation between the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and the Government of Rwanda.
It is crucial to underscore that the Mechanism has offi…
As this is my first time addressing the Council as the Permanent Representative of Rwanda, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team on your able leadership of the Council. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her briefing, as well as all the memb…
