The Republic of Korea voted in favour of draft resolution S/2024/239, proposed by the United States, because it includes positive elements that can plant the seeds for a more sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, including support for the ongoing negotiations to achieve the release of hostages …
I thank you, Madam President, for arranging this important meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to Secretary- General António Guterres, Executive Secretary Floyd and Director Mukhatzhanova for their briefings.
Throughout human history, the evolution of foundational technology has had …
I would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Director Edem Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their detailed briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Yemen in this meeting.
A month has passed since we held the previ…
I would first like to extend my appreciation to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ms. Patten for her briefing and the work on the extensive report addressing the critical issue of conflict-related sexual violence.
We are profoundly shocked by the incidents of sexual violence, detailed…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and sobering briefing today. I also welcome the participation of the representative of the Republic of the Sudan in this meeting.
As the Secretary-General highlighted in his remarks, the security and humanitarian situation in the Sud…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Otunbayeva, for her briefing and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its tireless work on the ground. My sincere appreciation also goes to Ms. Fatima Gailani.
Taking stock of the recent developments, my de…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his comprehensive briefing today. I also welcome the presence of the representative of South Sudan at this meeting.
At the outset, the Republic of Korea, as a long- standing contributor of troops to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan …
I thank the briefers for their timely and heartfelt briefings on the horrific food security situation in Gaza.
I feel more devastated as I realize that, while we gather today in this Chamber and hear the harsh statistics attached to the current situation, sheer numbers cannot fully describe the sta…
To begin, I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their detailed briefings today.
As explained in the briefings, the current political and humanitarian situation in Syria has shown no improvement at all. At the same time, regional tensions arou…
I extend my gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Rugwabiza, for her comprehensive briefing. I also welcome the representative of the Central African Republic to today’s meeting.
At the outset, I express my deepest condolences to the family of the peacekeeper killed…
The Republic of Korea voted in favour of the draft resolution proposed by Algeria (S/2024/173), considering the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire to end the suffering of civilians in Gaza. Right now in Rafah, where more than half of the entire population of Gaza is densely packed, people are …
I am grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her comprehensive briefing today. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to today’s meeting.
In the past two weeks, alarm…
I extend my gratitude to Special Representative of the Secretary- General Laing and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Souef for their comprehensive briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Somalia in today’s meeting.
Soma…
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily and Ambassador Yamazaki for their briefings and welcome the participation of the Libyan representative in today’s meeting.
It has been more than two years since the scheduled Libyan elections were called off in December 2021. Despi…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, Executive Director Gherman and the Secretary General of INTERPOL, Mr. Stock, for their briefings on the eighteenth report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by Da’esh (S/2024/117) to international peace and security.
As a new member of the Securi…
The Republic of Korea commends Guyana for holding today’s timely open debate, Mr. President, and welcomes your presence here today in steering it. I thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and Mr. Simon Stiell, Ms. Beth Bechdol and Ms. Jimena Leiva Roesch for their well-grounded and insightful b…
I too thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her timely briefing.
At the outset, my delegation expresses its serious concern about the regional escalation since the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas and Israel’s subsequent
military operations in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have continued thei…
I also thank Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing.
Indeed, the humanitarian crisis is deepening by the day before our eyes. My delegation would like to reiterate the Republic of Korea’s full and continuing support for the humanitarian activities of the United Nations, includin…
I also thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, for his comprehensive report and briefing on the situation in Darfur.
Regrettably, we are witnessing the recurrence of a tragedy that echoes the one that took place in Darfur 20 years ago. As Prosecutor Khan has …
I too thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General María Isabel Salvador, Executive Director Ghada Waly and Ms. Tirana Hassan for sharing their important insights on the situation in Haiti. We also warmly welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the…
