Let me start by thanking Brazil for organizing today’s debate, the first-ever on strategic communications in peacekeeping operations. I also thank Lieutenant General Affonso Da Costa and Ms. Russo for their valuable information.
I would like to make five brief points.
First, every day we see the s…
I would like first to express my delegation’s appreciation for the outstanding work done by the co-penholders, Ireland and Norway, as well as the active engagement of Kenya as the coordinator of the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E-10), in order to streamline this process.
Albania vote…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Ms. Msuya for their updates, information and respective efforts in addressing the multiple issues in Yemen.
We welcome the fact that truce is holding. We hope that, during the remaining time of its extension, the parties will continue to seek and find common grou…
Albania aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union, and I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity.
We welcome this first and historic meeting on the implementation of resolution 76/262. Strengthening the multilateral system, with the United Nations at its c…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing and his continued efforts in fulfilling his mandate.
Every time we meet on this issue, we look for good and positive news from the Middle East. It does not come often, but it does, such as the recent meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Co…
I, too, would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her remarks and valuable insights at this critical time for Libya. I also thank the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, Ambassador Tirumurti, for the updates, and we w…
Albania voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/431. We regret the outcome of the vote.
We believe that the Security Council missed a precious opportunity to come together and give a robust response to the continuous and persisting violations of its own resolutions by the regime of the Democrati…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for bringing the issue of protection of civilians to the Security Council for today’s discussion. There is hardly any other question more important and more central to the work of the Council. I thank the briefers for their updates and detailed information…
We thank the United States for organizing this timely meeting to discuss this as complex as important topic. We also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her always thoughtful insights.
We are pleased that civil society was given a prominent place at this meeting — and for a good reason, as w…
Syria has entered its twelfth year of conflict. There is no end in sight to the suffering of its people. It remains one of the world’s most complex humanitarian and protection emergencies, and one that seems to be going on forever. Syrians inside and outside the country find themselves, endlessly, a…
I wish I could thank the Department of Disarmament Affairs for its updated information, but I am afraid that falls short given
that we have heard nothing new. That is not the Department’s fault. I will nonetheless thank it for its patience in coming here and repeating once again — for the third tim…
Let me thank Ms. Msuya and Mr. Abdi for their update.
We meet again to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The war continues its destructive path. The overall situation is dire and worsening. People continue to suffer. The lives of countless civilians, particularly women and children, are being devas…
Let me start by thanking the High Representative, Mr. Christian Schmidt, for the in-depth and objective briefing today, as well as for the sixty-first report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia- Hercegovina distributed to the Security Council (S/2022/37…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his remarks.
Once again, the Security Council is gathered in response to provocations coming from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea regime. It is our common responsibility to address those continued and repeated violations of inte…
May I start by congratulating the United Kingdom presidency on its excellent stewardship of the Security Council during the month of April. I wish you, Madam President, as well as the United States team, the very best for this month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, …
I also would like to thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. We highly appreciate her repeated calls for Syrian cooperation and for unity in the Security Council in order to ensure accountability on the use of chemical weapons. We deeply regret the finding of a deliberate lack of cooperation by…
Albania welcomes the mandate renewal of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which we supported. I would like to thank you, Madam President, and the United Kingdom team, the penholder, for its relentless work and commend it for the outcome.
Albania further welcomes the focus of resolut…
I should like to begin by thanking Special Envoy Pedersen for his tireless efforts and his briefing today. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Shawky for their updated information.
There is no other way to put it: Syria, this hot conflict, is a tragedy without an end. Every time …
I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the briefing by the Special Coordinator of the Middle East Peace Process and his efforts and calls for calm and restraint. We fully support his work.
To have hope is to want an outcome that makes our lives better in some way, since envisionin…
I will not argue with Minister Selaković, for many reasons, because even when we disagree, we can do that in Belgrade or in Tirana. We do not need to take up the Council’s time. But I am speaking since it is hard to agree with everything that I heard, and since I heard that he ended his second remar…
