I thank Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for her briefing and wish her success in her new position. I welcome Ms. Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreig…
Let me thank Director General Vitorino and the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Ms. Clements, for their updated information on the situation in Ukraine.
There is unfortunately no good news from Ukraine, only more of a never-ending tragedy. Every briefer from the United Nations system who addr…
It has been a long time since we had good news from Yemen, to the point that the name of the country itself had become synonymous with despair. We welcome the first serious truce between the parties in years and all the positive measures associated with and resulting from it. We welcome the cessatio…
Mr. President, thank you for organizing today’s open debate on this crucial issue. The number of speakers by itself speaks of the paramount importance that the States Members of the United Nations accord to this issue.
We were moved by Ms. Murad’s powerful message. We thank her, as well as Ms. Kark…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, for his briefing today as well as for his tireless efforts and those of his team and the United Nations country team on the ground.
I would like to welcome President Iván Duque Márqu…
I listened carefully to our Russian colleague. I would just like to highlight three short points.
First, we do not come here to create propaganda. We all know where the propaganda comes from nowadays, and it is certainly not from this Chamber.
Secondly, what we say in this Chamber is fact- checked…
We thank the United Kingdom for bringing to the Council the issue of equitable access to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in conflict settings and humanitarian crises. I congratulate the briefers on their insightful interventions and useful recommendations.
The pandemic is far from over, des…
We thank Lord Ahmad for presiding over this meeting, which testifies to its importance and timeliness.
The Russian aggression has not stopped. It continues to cause undue pain and suffering to 44 million people who did not ask for it. The relentless brutality and destructive force of the actions of…
Let me thank Ambassador Nusseibeh for having steered our work during the month of March and to wish the United Kingdom and you, Madam President, full success in our common work during this month.
Albania welcomes President Zelenskyy to today’s meeting. His remarks are painful, and his account on
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Whoever seeks the truth about Ukraine today comes to the same conclusion — Russian aggression has caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation in Ukraine. It must end and give way to not only a chance for negotiations, but actual negotiations, with an immediate nationwide ceasefire, as 140 Member St…
Let me thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his comprehensive briefing and even more so for his important work, in particular in conducting inclusive political consultations with Sudanese stakeholders to find a way out of the current impasse.
The political and security …
Tomorrow will mark one month since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Since the very first day, that war has been senseless, unjustified, unprovoked and illegal. It must stop. Every second it lasts is one too many, but instead it is becoming deadlier every day. Mariupol, mercilessly pummelle…
Madam President, I am happy to see you back in the chair as President of the Security Council. I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
Resolution 2334 (2016) represents a milestone in the attempts by the Council to find a way out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What we heard i…
Let me express our shock over the sudden death of our colleague, Ambassador Jim Kelly, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland and a seasoned diplomat. We convey to our Irish colleagues and to Mr. Kelly’s family our most heartfelt condolences on this terrible loss.
We thank High Representative N…
I thank Rosemary DiCarlo for her clarity and the very valuable information she provides every time she comes to brief the Council. I thank Mr. Mazou and Director-General Ghebreyesus for their sobering information.
Three weeks into this unprovoked, unjustified, illegal and deadly aggression by Russi…
Let me also thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Tirumurti and Ms. Shuaiter for their remarks. I also welcome the presence of the Libyan Ambassador.
Libya is again at a crossroads. The latest confusing developments call for caution, patience and restraint. In that regard, I would like…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg for his detailed briefing. We commend his efforts to overcome the current political impasse and find a sustainable solution to the conflict in Yemen. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for the information he provided, once again giving us the full picture…
Let me thank the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Rau, and Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for the information provided.
We welcome this timely exchange with the OSCE — one of the world’s largest regional security organizations — which b…
Let me thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Under-Secretary- General Nakamitsu for the information they provided.
I would like to make the following points.
First, we are meeting at the request of Russia following allegations of an alleged programme for the development of biological weapons …
Let me thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
I have a moral obligation to say a few words on what is happening these days in Mariupol before I return to Syria.
There is this city of roughly half a million people in Ukraine — the country that for two weeks has been under a brutal attack from Russi…
