I thank you, Mr. President, for this further opportunity to provide the Security Council with an update on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the issuance of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2020/1150) before members today and prior to the renewal of the mandate of…
I wish to thank the Security Council for having invited me to participate in today’s discussion, which is taking place soon after the closing of the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, during which the Democratic Republic of Congo and the members of the Council them…
I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Council about the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to brief you on the progress made in the post-electoral transition process and the main challenges we continue to face.
More than six months after the December 2018 elections, it is a g…
Over the past year, the Council has invited me to brief it every month, and sometimes several times a month, and I thank you for it, Sir. Your interest has been commensurate with the stakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Happily, my statement today shall be delivered in a
context that is …
I would like to welcome the representatives of the five countries that
have just joined the Security Council, including your own, Mr. President.
While in principle our discussions were supposed to focus on the latest quarterly report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2019…
I thank the members of the Security Council for this opportunity to brief them on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the latest developments with regard to the electoral process under way and the implementation of the 31 December 2016 agreement.
The scheduled holding o…
I thank the Security Council for this opportunity to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I would also like to thank the Council for its visit to Kinshasa this past weekend despite its busy agenda.
The visit was very useful for several reasons — for the Democratic Republi…
I would like to thank the Security Council for affording me the opportunity to brief it on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly the latest developments in the electoral process under way in the country.
As I have already reported to the Council (see S/PV.8318), while …
I should like to thank the Council for affording me the opportunity to brief it on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Less than five months before the elections, to be held on 23 December, preparations reached a key turning point yesterday with the opening of registration centre…
I should like to thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to outline the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As members know, this is my first briefing to the Council since I assumed my functions as Special Representative of the Secretary-General.
I should like at the outset to underscor…
I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to Malaysia for organizing this open debate and to thanking all participants for attending.
The Secretary-General has just outlined how children remain the primary victims of armed conflict. This was Graça Machel’s most troubling
conclusion in her r…
Allow me at the outset to offer my condolences to the representative of France; the French people; the representative of Lebanon, who is here with us today; the Lebanese people; and all those who are the victims of extreme violence. The recent horrific attacks that took place in Paris and Beirut rem…
It is an honour for me to address the Security Council for the first time in my capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict. Members may rest assured that I appreciate the responsibility entrusted to me and the challenges that await us. In that regard…
