I will be brief. I want to ask the representative of the United States a rhetorical question — he does not have to answer it. Does he have any other narrative other than the one he has delivered today? When we listen to what he is saying, we get the impression that we are watching the movie Groundho…
We thank Guyana and the other elected members of the Council for the courage they have demonstrated and their efforts in promoting the draft resolution that was put to the vote today (S/2024/835). We supported the document, and we commend those responsible members of the Council who, like us, unders…
It is rather symbolic that it is our British colleagues — they are presiding over the Council — who pushed through today’s meeting, timing it to coincide with 1,000 days since the Ukrainian crisis reached the hot phase. Once again, we have had a wonderful opportunity to see that, for the Minister an…
We thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
The Middle East today is going through perhaps one of the most dramatic phases in its history, with more and more countries and peoples engulfed in a wave of violence. Exactly 400 days have passed since the start of the escalation in Gaza. That number is sa…
We are grateful to Algeria, Guyana, Slovenia and Switzerland for their initiative to request the convening of this Security Council meeting on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. We thank Ms. Brands Kehris, Mr. Paulsen and Ms. Msuya for their overview of the humanitarian catas…
We would like to thank Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, for his briefing. We listened attentively to Mr. Eduardo Conrado, President of the non-profit organization Ascension.
All members of the international community are acutely aware of the attention affor…
Let me begin by congratulating the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council, I wish it every success in November. And allow me to thank Switzerland for its presidency in October.
We would like to express our condolences to Bosnia and Herzegovina in connection with those who…
The Russian Federation abstained in the voting on the United States-prepared resolution 2756 (2024) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and on amendments S/2024/797 and S/2024/798, proposed by our Algerian colleagues.
Regarding the amen…
We thank the representative of European civil society, George Szamuely, for his sobering report on what is actually happening and on what triggered the current conflict, which is not a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but rather between Russia and the West, or — more specifically — between Russi…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing on the situation in the province and the insights she shared. We welcome the participation of Mr. Marko Đurić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, in this meeting. We also listened to the opinion of Ms. Don…
When we learned about the request for today’s Security Council briefing, quite frankly we were taken aback by the cynicism and brazenness of our Western colleagues and their egregious double standards.
We understand perfectly well that the situation on the front line is catastrophic for the Zelensk…
The Russian Federation supported resolution 2753 (2024), which was submitted by the United
Kingdom and reorganizes the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). We are delighted that the document we adopted to a large extent reflects Mogadishu’s priorities as set out i…
The Russian Federation aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations.
We thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive report (A/79/80) on this agenda item. This report, together with the material of the Special Rapp…
We welcome your participation, Mr. President, in the Security Council’s quarterly debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
We would like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and assessment of the …
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his briefing. We listened carefully to the civil society representative, Ms. Hanaa Eltigani. We welcome the participation in this meeting of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan.
The Russian Federation has consistently supported efforts aimed at a l…
We would like to thank the Swiss presidency for promptly convening an emergency Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, which we requested along with the delegations of Algeria and China. We are also grateful to Assistant Secretary- General Khaled Khiari for his briefing on yet…
You are President two times over today, Madam President, and we welcome your participation at this meeting. We thank Deputy Under-Secretary- General Amina Mohammed and UN-Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous for their assessments of the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.…
We thank the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, and the Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ms. Edem Wosornu, for their reports on the situation in Syria. We listened carefully to the representatives of civil society.
We trust that the Special Envoy …
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General María Isabel Salvador and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell for their briefings on the situation in Haiti. We also listened very closely to the briefing by the civil society
representative, Ms. Rosy Auguste Ducéna. We welc…
We welcome your personal participation in the meeting, Mr. President, and we are grateful to the briefers for their statements.
The topic chosen for today’s meeting, regarding the links between critical processes and science, is something that everyone is talking about because science and technolog…
