I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I would also like to thank the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, M…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States, which my country is presiding over this month. I also would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and wish you every success i…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to Algeria for your distinguished efforts as President of the Security Council for this month, and we thank you for organizing this important debate. We would also like to thank the Commissioner-General of the Unite…
Jordan reiterates its steadfast positions regarding respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations and the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of States, as well as the principle of good neighbourliness. We also reiterate our position on the need to find
a peaceful sol…
I would like, at the outset, to thank you, Mr. President, and your country’s delegation, which is presiding over the Security Council during this month, for convening this meeting and allocating time to discuss the protection of civilians in armed conflict, especially as this year marks the twenty-f…
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the President for having convened this meeting.
The Kingdom of Jordan supports the statement made on behalf of the Group of Arab States (see A/78/ PV.74). I would like to make this statement in our national capacity.
This meeting is b…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting, which is being held owing to the use of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council against the oral amendment that was proposed to resolution 2720 (2023).
I also express the support…
At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank you, Mr. President, for your tireless efforts to ensure the success of the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. We wish you every success in that work. I would also like to reiterate Jordan’s support to the Chair and the members o…
I would like to thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner- General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF; and Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Divi…
I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States against the backdrop of the tragic events in the Gaza Strip, in which the impartial voice of the international community and any active and effective international action to protect the Palestinian people in Gaza are lacking.
The …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Brazil’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I wish you every success in facilitating the Council’s work. I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
The Securi…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Madam President, on the United Kingdom assuming the presidency of the Security Council. I wish you every success in your Council endeavours for this month. I would like also to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Khaled Khiari, for his valuable briefing…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the assumption of the Russian Federation of the presidency of the Security Council. I wish you and your delegation every success in leading the Council’s deliberations this month. I also welcome Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Ru…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate Malta on its presidency of the Security Council for this month and to welcome your Minister for Foreign Affairs. We truly appreciate Malta for its role in organizing this timely meeting on a topic as important as sea level rise in relation t…
Allow me at the outset to extend my sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, for the appreciated effort you have made in facilitating the work of the Security Council for the current month. I also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing to the Council.
The past year witnessed a dangerous escalation …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the friendly State of Japan on its membership of the Security Council and its assumption of its presidency for the current month, while wishing it success in its membership of the Council during the next two years and in facilitating its work for this mont…
I would like at the outset to express my thanks and gratitude to the President for his sincere efforts to ensure the successful conduct of the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session amid the exceptional circumstances that we are living through today. I am also pleased to reitera…
At the outset, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on the People’s Republic of China’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his valuable briefing.
I would now like to read out the following statement on behalf of the G…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on the United Kingdom’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of April, and thank you for convening this timely meeting to discuss conflict-related sexual violence.
I would like to thank the briefers for their invaluable service to the ca…
The adoption of resolution 76/254, initiating commemoration of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, is a landmark event that sends a message that hate speech and discrimination against followers of the Islamic religion will not and should not be tolerated by the international community.
In…