The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.
Members of the Council have before them document S/2025/333, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the France and Greece.
The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before…
I now give the floor to the representative of Israel.
A bright young couple in their twenties — Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim — were in the prime of their lives, dedicated to diplomacy. They were stars in Israel’s foreign service, working on a diplomatic team at the Israeli Embassy in Was…
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Greece.
I wish to thank Special Coordinator Kaag for her detailed briefing today, as well as Dr. Sidhwa.
A child never starts a war. Nevertheless, as Sophocles reminds us, “War loves to seek its victims in the young”. Thousands o…
I thank Ms. Kaag for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Dr. Sidhwa.
Dr. Sidhwa: My name is Dr. Feroze Sidhwa. I am an American trauma and critical care surgeon based in Stockton, California. I come before the Security Council today to speak about the Gaza Strip, where I have volunteered twice s…
In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Israel and the United Arab Emirates to participate in this meeting.
I propose that the Council invite the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations to partic…
I have now been informed that the ballot papers have been collected in the General Assembly.
The counting of the votes in the Security Council will now begin. The tellers will now count the votes. As per practice, there will be two independent counts of the votes, one by each teller.
I should like…
All the ballot papers have been collected. I should like to remind Council members that, in accordance with the established practice, the votes will not be counted until it has been verified that the ballot papers in the General Assembly have been collected. The Council will remain in session pendin…
I am informed that the General Assembly is now ready to proceed with the voting process.
I request the Conference Officer to distribute the ballot papers.
Members of the Council should place an “X” in the box next to the name of the candidate, if they wish to vote for the candidate.
I take it tha…
I am informed that the General Assembly will be ready to proceed with the voting process shortly. I ask members to wait until the Assembly is ready.
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The Security Council will now proceed to the election of one member of the International Court of Justice, in accordance with Article 13 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, to fill the seat that became vacant following the resignation of Judge Nawaf Salam as a member of the Court, …
There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of members of the Council, to suspend the meeting until this afternoon at 3 p.m.
I wish to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than three minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. Flashing lights on the collars of the microphones will prompt speakers to bring their remarks to a close after three minutes.
I now give the floo…
I thank Ms. Soeripto for her briefing.
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.
First of all, I thank Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secreta…
