I would like to join my colleagues in thanking Under- Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan at this meeting.
As the Secretary-General points out in his report (S/2023/777), and as we ha…
First of all, allow me to join you, Mr. President, in congratulating the Brazilian delegation on its outstanding work during the month of October, as well as to congratulate you and your team on assuming the presidency. We assure you of our full support.
Switzerland welcomes the Security Council’s …
I would like to thank Director Rajasingham for his briefing and especially for the work that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is doing in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world.
While our attention is now monopolized towards another terrible conflict, the military aggression agai…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for chairing — for the second time this month — an emergency meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pale…
I speak on behalf of Brazil and Switzerland, co-penholders of the Syrian humanitarian file.
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and the Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Edem Wosornu, for their briefings. We also ack…
War and violence often erupt suddenly, with a painful bang, causing casualties — often civilian casualties — on all sides, as we have sadly been reminded by the tragic events in the Middle East since Hamas’ launch of rockets and attacks against Israel on 7 October. War often erupts without warning, …
Since 7 October, Switzerland has strongly condemned the acts of terror, indiscriminate attacks and hostage-taking perpetrated by Hamas against the Israeli population. We deplore the deaths of thousands of civilians, including hundreds of children, in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, pa…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this emergency meeting. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for their extremely frank descriptions of a profoundly sombre situation. I would also like to thank them, and especially their teams, for…
Since 7 October, Switzerland has firmly condemned the acts of terror, indiscriminate attacks and taking
of hostages carried out by Hamas against the Israeli population. We deplore the deaths of thousands of civilians, including hundreds of children, in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory,…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya for their presentations.
Once again, Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has led to numerous civilian casualties. Last week we heard that at a time when many residents of t…
I would like to join my colleagues in expressing our thanks to Special Envoy Pedersen, Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Ms. Jarbawi for their briefings.
Switzerland associates itself with the statement made …
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2023/678) and thank the speakers for their comments, recommendations and efforts. I also refer to the stakeout with the States that signed what we call the statement of shared commitments on women and peace and securit…
I would first like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing. We appreciate the fact that this meeting is being held, at this crucial time, in the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan. I also wish to acknowledge the presence of the other high-leve…
I would like to join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings. I welcome the presence here today of the Per…
We thank Albania for organizing today’s debate on a subject that is important for Switzerland, which has a long tradition of humanitarianism. And of course I also thank the briefers for their contributions.
I believe it is now obvious, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Albania has reminded us…
I would like to thank our colleague from Ghana for his briefing (see S/PV.9416). I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Volker Perthes and the Director of Operations and Advocacy in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Edem Wosornu, for their briefing…
I would like to join others in extending our deepest sympathy to the Government and the people of Morocco, as well as the families of the victims in Libya, following the recent devastating natural disasters.
It is regrettable that only two months after the last debate on the use of the veto held by…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
My colleagues who spoke before me have already said it, but I believe it is important to repeat the truth: almost a year ago, Russia held so-called referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine in contravention of the relevant internation…
The idea of United Nations peacekeeping operations was born when the Cold War imposed itself on the work of the Security Council. Those operations have saved the lives of millions of civilians over the past few decades. I would therefore like to begin by thanking the Blue Helmets for doing extraordi…
As Switzerland takes the floor in its national capacity for the first time this month, I wish, like my colleague from Mozambique, to express our gratitude to the United States delegation for having guided the Council’s work in August. I also wish to assure you, Madam President, of our full support d…
