I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, which Slovenia called for along with other members of the Security Council from Europe. I would also like to thank the briefers, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director Doughten.
We need an end to the fighting in Ukraine, an end to civili…
I want to thank Special Coordinator Kaag for her briefing today and for her requests. I also want to thank Dr. Sidhwa for his testimony and for his work in Gaza.
We have said that we are lost for words many times, but we cannot repeat such phrases over and over again. Early on in our Security Counc…
I would like to thank Greece for organizing today’s debate. Your presence here today, Mr. Prime Minister, demonstrates the commitment
Throughout history, oceans, covering 75 per cent of the Earth’s surface, have been the backbone of human activity to sustain not only livelihoods, trade and developm…
I want to thank Director Jácome for her briefing. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for his really powerful testimony. And I want to thank him for confronting us with our responsibility or, even more importantly, with our conscience.
As a country, Slovenia keeps asking itself if…
At the outset, let me first thank France for successfully steering the Council through April. And, of course, I want to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Greece for taking up the presidency of the Council. Greece will have all our support and cooperation. We welcome Ms. Željka Cvijanović, Chairpe…
I also thank Mr. Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for his presentation and update on the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We also want to thank him for guiding us through several conflicts from the perspective of civilian refugees…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing and for his efforts to help Syria through the transition process. He continues to have our full support. I also would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for her briefing. We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatr…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing and welcome both Ministers to the Chamber.
According to reports, the security situation in Kosovo remains calm, despite a few serious incidents. I want to start with some encouraging and positive developments. Earlier in the year, Kosovo held p…
I also thank the briefers today.
If the walls of this Chamber, the blue and gold tapestries with the symbols of faith, hope and charity, could speak, they would surely have many stories to share. Perhaps they would choose silence over words, for the many unfulfilled commitments made here. Perhaps t…
I want to join colleagues in thanking Denmark for its skilful and effective guidance of the Security Council in March, and we congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council in April. You can count on our cooperation.
We would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Msu…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for her briefing.
The death and destruction caused by this war are tremendous. We heard from Assistant Secretary-General Msuya about numbers — 12,000 civilians killed, 30,000 civilians injured. The total estimated cost of reconstruction is ass…
I thank Special Coordinator ad interim Sigrid Kaag for her briefing.
Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin stated, “There is only one radical means for sanctifying human life ... The one radical solution is [a real] peace.” His words remain as valid toda…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and Mr. Sharabi for his first-hand account of his experience. We are glad to see him well and express our condolences for his loss.
Those who follow the Council’s deliberations in detail will have noticed that Slovenia’s tone…
I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for his briefing. I also want to thank him for his efforts and to thank and recognize the sacrifices made by the humanitarian workers in Gaza and the region. They are doing everything they can.
I would like to make four points.
First, in …
I thank Ms. Wosornu for her briefing today.
We have met many times to address the Sudan’s crisis and have received many distressing briefings. We have repeatedly called in this Chamber for an immediate end to hostilities and humanitarian relief. Yet our calls have gone unheeded, blatantly disregard…
I want to thank Special Coordinator ad interim Kaag for her briefing and for her very clear asks to us. I also want to thank Ms. Argamani and Mr. Levy for their really thought-provoking contributions. I am extremely glad to see Ms. Argamani here, safe and free, bringing us a first-hand account of th…
It is exactly three years since the Russian Federation launched its aggression against Ukraine in clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations. After three years of death and destruction, a just and lasting peace is long overdue. There is nobody who wants peace more than Ukrainians and Europ…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing, and I want to welcome to the Chamber the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine.
Three years have passed since the Ukrainian people woke to a war being brutally imposed on them. After three years of intense fighting, this …
I would like to thank the briefers, Ms. Bintou Keita and Mr. Xia Huang, for briefing us. We wish to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the representatives of the region to the Chamber.
Given the rapidly evolving security situation and escalating hum…
We are encouraged by China’s leadership in organizing today’s debate, and we thank the Secretary-General for his briefing earlier.
We will soon mark the passage of 80 years since the end of the Second World War. The devastation and suffering that resulted from that conflict led the world’s
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