I would like to start by thanking Mr. Gilles Michaud, Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, Department of Safety and Security, for his first Security Council briefing, as well as Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian…
I would like to thank all the elected members, and especially our coordinator, Guyana, for their unwavering efforts in favour of urgent and necessary action by the Council. I thank all members that supported our draft resolution (S/2024/835). As co-penholder, Switzerland voted in favour of the adopt…
As my colleagues have done, I would like to begin by thanking Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Director Rajasingham for their briefings.
I extend particular thanks to Ms. Ahmadi for her powerful and unwavering voice on behalf of those who are …
I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary- General for Human Rights, the Acting Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Director of the Office of Emergencies and
Resilience of the Food and Agriculture Organ…
Switzerland commends the fact that the General Assembly has once again, eight years after the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance of 2016, placed the theme of antimicrobial resistance on the agenda of its priorities. The commitments entered into during the high-level meeting held at the e…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this high-level briefing. I also welcome the many ministers who are here with us. Their presence attests to the international community’s determination to prevent the risk of an even more serious escalation and to return to the path of peace. I would also…
We thank France for requesting this emergency meeting and the Secretary-General for his briefing describing the events of the past few days.
As the Secretary-General has just said, Monday was the deadliest day since the end of the civil war in Lebanon. More than 560 people, including approximately …
We welcome the convening of this meeting in response to the extremely worrisome developments in Lebanon and beyond. I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and High Commissioner Türk for their briefings, which provided a highly detailed account of the events of the past few days. I we…
Let me begin, Madam President, by welcoming you, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia. We are grateful for the proposed focus of this meeting on women and peace and security. I would also like to thank the Special Representative, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, for her briefin…
As is customary, I would like to begin by thanking the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services, Mr. Jorge Moreira da Silva, for their briefings. Switzerland welcomes the remarkable comm…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean- Pierre Lacroix for his introductory remarks, as well as Ms. Comfort Ero and Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of the International Crisis Group and the International Peace Institute, respectively, two renowned or…
As this is our first statement to the Council this month, let me begin by thanking Sierra Leone for its presidency last month and wishing you, Mr. President, every success in your presidency in September. I would also like to join my colleagues in thanking the four briefers today, Under-Secretary-Ge…
As my British colleague did, I would like to start by thanking the Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Joyce Msuya, and the Executive Director of the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan, for their briefings and above all for the unwavering courag…
I would like to join my colleagues in thanking Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
Earlier this week, Ukrainians in various parts of the country once again woke up to the sound of warning sirens and explosions. Russia’s massive attacks on cities and power grids in recent days have o…
I would like to begin by thanking France for its excellent drafting work during this complex negotiation process. I also thank all the delegations for their willingness to find solutions. Switzerland welcomes the unanimous extension of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIF…
I would like to thank Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ms. Stephanie Koury, and Ambassador Yamazaki for their briefings. I welcome the participation of the representative of Libya in this meeting.
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I would like to join my colleagues in thanking the three briefers for their insightful presentations. I would also like to thank the Peacebuilding Commission for its written advice and continued engagement, and welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of South Sudan.
As we heard today, …
Switzerland welcomes the convening of this urgent meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Gaza. I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, and the Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division of the Office for …
Allow me, first of all, to say — as the representative of a relatively small country, a young Member of the United Nations in its first term on the Security Council, but also one with a rich history of cooperation spanning more than four decades on the African continent — what an honour it is to be …
I would like to thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya not only for their briefings but also for their great commitment.
“This is our sanctuary — I now feel a sense of relief”, said 60-year-old Azi…
