I would like to thank the briefers from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme (WFP) for their presentations and their sobering alert to the Security Council.
Your country, Madam President, ch…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths for their briefings and their continuous commitment to peace and the people of Syria.
While most of the current international attention is rightfully focused on Gaza, we must not forget the plight of the…
I want to thank the Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing. I also want to thank Mr. Lockyear for his very powerful testimony today. I join others in expressing to him our support and admiration and our condolences, of course, for the loss of his staff.
The Security Council meets today as …
We voted in favour of draft resolution S/2024/173 because the killing of civilians in Gaza must stop.
The suffering that Palestinians are enduring is beyond anything a human being should be subjected to. A possible Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would have unimaginable humanitarian consequences.…
I would like to join others in thanking Ms. Catriona Laing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, and Mr. Mohammed El-Amine Souef, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, for their comprehensive briefings today, as well as for the…
I thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing this morning. The Special Representative can rest assured of Slovenia’s support for his efforts and for the United Nations- mediated and Libyan-led and -owned process. I also thank Ambassador Yamazaki for the update on sanctions, and I also wan…
I thank our briefers today — Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu. I also congratulate Mr. Julien Harneis on his appointment as Resident Coordinator. As this is our first open briefing on Yemen, I wish to extend Slovenia’s full support for the work of their respective Offices. I also want t…
I would also like to thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), for her comprehensive and very informative briefing today. I also want to thank her for her dedicated work and for helping th…
I also would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
I would like to convey my country’s condolences to the families of those killed in the attack on the occupied city of Lysychansk on Saturday, as well as to the families of all civilians and humanitarian workers who have be…
First, I want to congratulate you, Madam President, and your country, Guyana, for
assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. We fully trust that you will be our North Star in the difficult discussions that we will have in February and that you will guide us through the month. I also wan…
I, too, would like to start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for the briefing. With each briefing that the Security Council receives, the already devastating situation in Gaza is progressively deteriorating.
Last week, my minister spoke at length in the Chamber (see S/PV.9534) about th…
I would also like to thank Prosecutor Khan for his very sobering briefing today on the situation in Darfur. Slovenia reaffirms our strong support for the International Criminal Court and the work of the Office of the Prosecutor. We also want to welcome the participation of the Permanent Representati…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing. It is extremely challenging to have an informed discussion, especially on peace and security,
when only unverified information is available. We also understand the difficulties surrounding the organization of such meet…
I would like to thank the Deputy to High Representative Ebo for his briefing.
Let me focus on three messages that we would like to convey at today’s meeting.
First, with regard to the arms transfers, we would like to state our deep concern about the military cooperation between Russia and the Demo…
I also would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for their very sober and yet very clear briefings.
Looking at the situation in Gaza and the broader Middle East region, we believe it is high time to reflect on our responsibility as the Secur…
I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing this afternoon.
I have three simple messages regarding the developments of last night.
First, we condemn the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, which must immediately cease. We made that clear through the adoption of resolu…
I too want to first thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ruiz Massieu, for his efforts and for his briefing. I also want to thank Ms. Perea Mosquera for her courage and for teaching us how to live the powerful word that is “rejuntancia”. I also want to join the other Counci…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Simão and Ms. Théroux-Bénoni for their briefings and insights. Allow me to express my country’s unequivocal support for the work of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS). We particularly w…
We thank the United States and Japan for leading the efforts on the process, as well as for including several of our concerns in resolution 2722 (2024).
Slovenia voted in favour of the resolution today. As a maritime country, with the Port of Koper as a vital hub for the transit of goods to Europe,…
I too would like to thank Ecuador for calling for this meeting and the President for arranging for it. I would also like to thank the briefers, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Ms. Edem Wosornu from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their contribution and brief…
