I thank Ms. Spoljaric Egger for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children.
Ms. Soeripto: The treatment of children in conflict is an expression and a test of our collective humanity. And by most metrics, we seem to be faili…
I thank Ms. Bahous for her briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Ms. Spoljaric Egger: I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to brief the Security Council. I will not repeat the horrors being inf…
I thank Mr. Fletcher for his briefing.
I now give the floor to Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women.
Ms. Bahous: My thanks go to the Greek presidency for its invitation to brief the Security Council today on the protection of civilians, at a moment when the situation of women and girls …
I would like to warmly welcome the Ministers and other high- level representatives here in the Security Council Chamber. Their presence today underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion.
Before each member is a list of speakers who have requested to participate in accordance w…
There are no more names inscribed on the list of speakers. I now invite Council members to informal consultations to continue our discussion on the subject.
I thank Mr. Pedersen for his briefing.
I now give the floor to Mr. Rajasingham.
Mr. Rajasingham: Following on from the Special Envoy’s assessment, allow me to update the Security Council on the latest humanitarian situation in Syria, where over a decade of conflict has pushed 90 per cent of the po…
In accordance with rule 37 of the Security Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates to participate in this meeting.
In accordance with rule 39 of the Co…
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 3 p.m.
I now give the floor to Mr. Lambrinidis.
Mr. Lambrinidis: I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States. The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia align themselve…
I now give the floor to the representative of Israel.
The Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen is carrying out a systematic campaign of maritime terrorism. They do not discriminate between civilian, military or commercial ships — they are all targets. Allow me to provide just a few examples. On 1…
