Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Iraq to this meeting.
It has been four months since the Iraqi people came together to vote in parliamentary elections. We look forward to the formation of a new Govern…
I thank the Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for their important statements.
We are facing the dire prospect of a major war in Europe. Norway strongly condemns the decision by President Putin to send Russian troops into the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the latest an…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
First of all, let me address the situation in Sheikh Jarrah. In January, we condemned the eviction of the Salihiya family from their home. In the last couple of weeks, tensions have again increased significantly. Evicting Palestinian fami…
Allow me to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mankeur Ndiaye and the other briefers for their insightful remarks. I am also pleased to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, Ms. Baipo Temon, here today. I look forward to working
with her Govern…
Let me also thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing and, through her, the Secretary-General for today’s press statement.
We are gathered here this evening because of the Russian Federation’s violation of the core principle on which the Organization is built — the sovereign …
Let me start by thanking Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing and for his and his team’s tireless efforts to seek a political solution in Syria. Our thanks of course also go to Under- Secretary-General Griffiths and Ms. Ballour for their valuable information and insights, especially on the grave …
I thank Special Representative Haysom for his briefing and, not least, his efforts. I also thank Ms. Wafaa Saeed for updating us on the dire humanitarian situation and the representative of Viet Nam for his briefing on the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) con…
I thank Acting Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh Rajasingham and Special Envoy Hans Grundberg for their valuable briefings.
As we heard from both briefers and as we approach the end of the year and look back over the past 12 months, in which we have grown increasingly concerned about the situation…
Norway deeply regrets that draft resolution S/2021/990, on climate and security,
was not adopted today. We remain steadfast that the adverse effects of climate change matter to conflict and peace and that they should therefore also matter to the Security Council. Climate change is not a problem of …
I would like to thank Special Representative Perthes for his very valuable briefing and all the good and important work he and his team are doing on the ground. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Estonia for the report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 15…
First, let me acknowledge the Niger’s leadership on the issue of climate change and security during its term on the Security Council, and also the presence of its President here today. Your efforts have certainly helped move the agenda forward. You have our full support.
I also thank the briefers f…
I, too, would like to thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing on the progress towards the full elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.
Once again, the Council is meeting with regrettably few developments in the Syrian dossier. It is discoura…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and for joining us here today in person. Let me also thank Ms. Comfort Ero for her insightful remarks. I will touch on a few points that Mr. Wennesland brought up.
First, we urged Israel to reverse the recent decisions to construct more than 3…
I wish to thank Mr. Kubiš, Special Envoy for Libya, for his briefing, and Ambassador Tirumurti for the periodic report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya. I also want to thank Ms. Lamees Bensaad for her insightful briefing today.
Let m…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Robin Geiss, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, and Ms. María Pía Devoto for their important insights. I also thank Mexico for convening this very important open debate and appreciate your presence, Mr. President, here among us today.
For…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Madeira and Ms. Asha Siyad for their insightful briefings.
Somalia is still at a political impasse — one that has absorbed too much energy for too long. There is a…
Allow me to first thank Ms. Lyons, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for her briefing. We are delighted to have the Special Representative with us here in the Security Council Chamber and commend…
Norway thanks you, Sir, for convening this important debate and in particular for bringing together so many important parts of the United Nations system. My thanks go to the briefers.
This issue is of great importance to Norway. We firmly believe that preventative diplomacy should be at the heart o…
I thank the briefers for their insights, not least those of our civil society briefer, Ms. Fatimata Ouilma Sinaré. Let me again express Norway’s deep concern about developments in Mali, which affect not only the country, but also the region and regional cooperation efforts. We continue to strongly s…
I thank the President for honouring us with his presence in the Chamber today. I extend my appreciation to Mexico for organizing today’s debate and putting this important topic on the Security Council’s agenda
I also thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Guala for their insightful remarks. Today’s de…
