At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his valuable briefing on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I wish to deliver the following remarks.
First, on the situation in Darfur, we welcom…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Albania for its presidency of the Security Council this month and for holding this open debate on the Council’s working methods.
I would also like to express my thanks for the concept note (S/2022/499, annex) prepa…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you success in managing the remaining work ahead. I would also like to thank Norway for its successful presidency last month. My thanks also go to …
The State of Kuwait is keen to participate in this annual debate on the agenda item regarding the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (A/76/232), based on our belief in the important, pioneering and pivotal role
played by the IAEA in promoting and harnessing the peaceful uses of…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I would like to convey to you, Sir, the support of the Arab Group for your efforts to steer the work of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, especially within the framework of reforming a…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Group of Arab States. It is my pleasure to begin my statement by expressing the sincere appreciation and support of the Arab Group for you, Mr. President, as well as for the co-Chairs, Ambassador Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar, and Ambassad…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
At the outset, I am pleased to convey the sincere appreciation and support of the Arab Group to you, Mr. President, and to the two co-Chairs, Ambassadors Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar, a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States.
On this day, 35 years ago, the world witnessed a disastrous nuclear accident at Chernobyl that had grave humanitarian, environmental and economic consequences and whose effects are still being felt to this day. The Asia-Pacif…
On Tuesday, 29 September, Kuwait bade farewell to the leader of its journey. We received the news with hearts replete with faith in our acceptance of God’s will. Death is a fact and a part of life. The Amir’s departure, however, is difficult. We seek comfort in the words of God, who when disaster fa…
It is my honour to introduce the recorded statement by His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, to the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his twelfth report (S/2019/938) on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016), which is a written report in line with the provisions of the resolution and presidential note S/2017/507, as is the case with all other items on the Securit…
At the outset, I thank Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Joanna Wronecka for her briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2…
Over the past two years, I have had the privilege to chair the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would like to use this occasion to reflect on both my role as Chair of the Committee over the course of the past two years and th…
I thank Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and Ms. Aisha Khurram, Afghan Youth Representative to the United Nations, for their comprehensive and valuable briefings. I would like to echo tho…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. We also extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Chambas and Mr. Chergui for their valuable briefings. We appreciate the role played by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), under the leadership o…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khaled Khiari for his valuable briefing.
The situation on the Korean peninsula is one of the most long-standing, dangerous and fragile issues on the agenda of the …
At the outset, I congratulate your country, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and wish you every success. We also commend Ambassador Karen Pierce and the United Kingdom delegation on its presidency of the Council last month.
We thank Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert, the Spe…
I thank Special Adviser Khan and Mr. Kachi for their briefings; I especially appreciate Mr. Kachi’s courage as he spoke of crimes committed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). We express our full solidarity with the Yazidi community in the face of the heinous crimes committed against the…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States under agenda item 122, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.
It is a great pleasure for me, first and foremost…
Allow me, Madam President, to thank Special Envoy Mr. Pedersen for his valuable briefing on the political process in Syria. We also thank Ms. Al Hallak for her briefing.
We meet today following a major achievement in the Syrian political process, namely, the holding of the first round of the Consti…
