I would like to thank Special Representative Otunbayeva, Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Ms. Seraj, for their extremely valuable briefings. I am pleased to hear today from Ms. Seraj, who took part in our meeting with the Taliban in Oslo and, as she just mentioned, also briefed the Security Co…
The climate crisis is rapidly getting worse. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned us that nearly half of humankind is already living in the danger zone. Let me first start by thanking Gabon for firmly placing climate-related security risks on the Security Council’s agenda. I woul…
We thank Mr. Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and offer our congratulations to President Gustavo Petro Urrego, represented in the Chamber today by Foreign Minister Leyva Durán, on his election victory. We wish to extend a warm welcome to Foreign Minister Leyva Durán. Let me also thank the briefers for …
First of all, let me thank the High Commissioner for his very important briefing to us today. Sadly, the high numbers and the grave situations that he highlighted are not new to us, but that does not make them any less serious.
I took note of several of his statements, for example when he underline…
