I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Yesterday the Council held an urgent meeting (see S/PV.9523) to condemn the simultaneous air missile attacks of the Russian army against the civilians in Ukraine. We heard Russia explain once more that their 158 missiles of all kinds…
I welcome President Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz to the Council and thank them for the substantive assessments of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).
We commend the determination that the Mechanism has demonstrated in implementing its mandate by prosecuting and …
I express my gratitude to Special Adviser Ritscher for his comprehensive briefing, and I would like to emphasize that Albania appreciates the commendable efforts in Iraq of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for the Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ ISIL (UNITAD), as articulat…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Martha Pobee for her briefing, and I welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting. I would like to focus on three main points.
First, Albania remains deeply concerned about the Sudan’s escalating political, security and humanitarian crises. The prolon…
I join others in expressing our gratitude to Ambassadors Frazier, Nusseibeh and Montalvo Sosa for their comprehensive briefings on the work of these important subsidiary bodies of the Security Council. We would like to express our appreciation and gratitude for their diligence and patience as they h…
I extend my gratitude to Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his informative briefing.
For more than 21 months, Russia has continued to inflict daily suffering and death upon civilians in Ukraine, causing immense destruction to civilian infrastructure and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. Tra…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for today’s briefing which highlights the key investigative elements included in its twenty-sixth report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We also welcome the presence of the representative of Libya at today’s meeting.
As a party to the Rome Statute, Albania is a strong su…
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their insightful report (see A/78/257) and unwavering commitment to pursuing justice in full compliance with their mandates.
Albania reaffirms its full support for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals as an internat…
Allow me to thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing. I would also like to thank Mr. Katoub for his chilling account of his first-hand experience of the Al-Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons against civilians.
The periodic reports of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) clearly…
Let me begin by thanking Prosecutor Khan for his valuable and sober presentation and his steadfast commitment to fighting impunity for serious violations of human rights.
Despite all the obstacles, we are encouraged by the progress that has been made in the pursuit of justice in the Sudan. The comp…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
We condemn in the strongest terms the repeated use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime and the refusal to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and support all efforts to hold the perpetrators to accoun…
I would like to begin by thanking President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their insightful report and their detailed briefings. Albania commends their efforts and dedication to the pursuit of justice, in full compliance with their mandate. We express our condolences for the passing of J…
Allow me to congratulate and thank Ambassador Pérez Loose of Ecuador for his leadership in advancing the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and for his briefing today.
The year 2022 was a dynamic one for the Committee. We undertook a full review of…
I am sorry that the representative of Brazil appears to have not very well understood what I said. I can repeat it, but I have also said it in my e-statement, where we make it very clear that we see a total lack of progress on implementing the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons, and the supp…
I would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her patience and periodic briefings to the Security Council.
Two weeks after the previous meeting of the Security Council on this issue (see S/PV.9164), we are faced with a situation of perfect stagnation. In meeting …
Albania welcomes with appreciation the annual report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the General Assembly (see A/77/305) and the presence of the President of the ICC, Mr. Piotr Hofmański.
The ICC continues to underdeliver due to structural and political constraints, including limited j…
I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan E. Donoghue, for the comprehensive report (see A/77/ PV.20). Albania strongly supports the work delivered by the Court under the able stewardship of its President, especially under the challenging circumstances cre…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing.
We are facing a situation that has hardly changed since the previous Council meeting on this issue (see S/PV.9141). There has been no progress in discussions between the Organization for t…
I too would like to begin by congratulating President Graciela Gatti Santana on assuming her duties as the first female President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), and to thank her for submitting the Mechanism’s tenth annual report (see A/77/242), covering the p…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing on the total elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.
We find ourselves today faced with a situation that has hardly changed since the previous meeting (see S/PV.9097). There h…
