Allow me first to congratulate Switzerland on assuming the presidency of the Security Council in this very challenging month of October. We pledge it our full support. We also thank Slovenia for its successful presidency in the month of September.
We are grateful to the Secretary-General, His Excel…
I wish to thank the Slovenian presidency for convening this urgent meeting, which was requested by France. We also thank the Secretary-General for his insights on this very worrisome matter. We welcome the Prime Minister of Lebanon to this meeting.
The situation in Lebanon continues to be a source …
I wish to thank Slovenia’s presidency for convening this urgent meeting requested by Algeria. We are also grateful to Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and High Commissioner Volker Türk for their insights on this deeply concerning matter. We also acknowledge the presence of His Excellency the…
I would like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland and Ms. Helen Clark, a member of The Elders, for their briefings on the current situation regarding settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israel’s settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory remain a matter of grave concern, exacerbated by…
I would like to start by thanking Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing.
The ongoing conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine continues to have profound and far-reaching effects. We are deeply alarmed by reports of escalating hostilities, inc…
I thank Acting Under-Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for her briefing. I also welcome the representative of Ukraine to today’s meeting.
We remain profoundly concerned about the prevailing situation in Ukraine, as the security situation continues to deteriorate at an alarming scale. The consequences o…
I thank Director Adedeji Ebo for his briefing.
The war in Ukraine continues to be a matter of the utmost concern, with recent developments serving to highlight the gravity and escalating nature of this conflict and the urgent need for international attention. The persistent cycle of reciprocal aggr…
We commend the United Kingdom and Switzerland for requesting this urgent meeting, and we thank the presidency for convening it. We are also grateful to Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Dr. Michael Ryan, Deputy Director-General and Executive Director of th…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his insights. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in this meeting.
Our repeated calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a de-escalation have been disregarded for more than two years. That tota…
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Dr. Baxter, Operations Lead from the Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit in Gaza, for sharing insights into the challenging situation in Palestine.
The war in the occupied Palestinian territories has reached…
Mozambique commends the Sierra Leone presidency for convening this briefing on global counter-terrorism efforts. We thank the briefers for sharing their perspectives on the topic.
The global spread of terrorism is a matter of grave concern as it threatens international peace and security
and under…
We commend the Sierra Leone presidency for convening this timely briefing on an important topic. We are also grateful to Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and civil society representative Ms. Kholood Khair for their comprehensi…
As this is our first formal meeting this month, allow me to congratulate the Republic of Sierra Leone for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We assure you of our fullest support during your tenure. We also thank Russia for its exemplary presidency in the month o…
We thank China and Algeria for calling for this urgent meeting, as well as the Russian presidency for expeditiously convening it on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We are also grateful to Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her insights.
We condemn today’s air…
We thank the Russian Federation, Algeria and China for calling this meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We are also grateful to Ms. Antonia Marie De Meo, Deputy Commissioner-General for Operational Support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Ea…
We wish to thank the briefers for their informative briefings.
Almost two years and half have elapsed since the outbreak of the conflict. The situation continues to deteriorate with no signs of improvement in sight and innocent civilians bearing the brunt of the hostilities. That persists despite r…
We thank the Russian presidency for convening this urgent meeting on the situation in the Middle East. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Major General Michael Beary for their comprehensive briefings.
On 19 July, the Houthi armed group carried out an air strike against Israe…
I wish to start by commending the Russian presidency for convening this debate on the cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations — the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Org…
Allow me to start by thanking the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, and Mr. Jonah Leff for their insights. We also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to this meeting.
The escalating situation…
I thank the Under- Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, for her presentation of the situation today. I acknowledge the presence of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine at this meeting.
Considering the numerous occasions on which the Council has address…
