I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia, Ambassador João Samuel Caholo and Mrs. Martha Pobee for their informative briefings.
I welcome the participation of the representatives of Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda in today’s meeting.
First of all, let me begin by emp…
I thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his informative briefing. I would like to welcome Mr. Nikola Selaković, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, to this meetin…
I thank Under-Secretary- General and High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. I would also like to welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria and Turkey at today’s meeting.
We take note of the ninety-sixth monthly report (S/2021/842, annex) of the Director-General of the Organ…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for his briefing and Ms. Rouba Mhaissen for sharing her insights. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Turkey and Iran in this meeting.
The 10 and a half years of crisis have had a devastating impact on the lives of the Syrian people, espe…
I thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for his informative briefing and Ms. Amany Qaddour for sharing her insights. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey in today’s meeting.
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I thank Special Representative Perthes for his comprehensive briefings and Ms. Alkarib for her statement. I welcome the representative of the Sudan to today’s meeting.
We commend the continued efforts of the Government of the Sudan in leading and implementing the country’s transition, with the supp…
I think Special Envoy Kubiš and Ambassador Tirumurti for their comprehensive briefings. I also thank Ms. Asma Khalifa for her briefing. I welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to today’s meeting.
Viet Nam continues to closely follow the developments in Libya. We share the concerns of other …
Like others before me, I would like to warmly congratulate India for its successful presidency in August and wish Ireland a fruitful month ahead. I assure you, Madam President, of our delegation’s full cooperation.
I thank Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izum…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Assistant Secretary-General Coninsx and Mr. Moradian for their informative briefings.
It is deeply concerning that the threats posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh) have continued to increase and that Da’esh is tryi…
I would like to thank Special Representative James Swan, Special Representative
Francisco Madeira and Ms. Batula Axmed Gaballe for their insightful briefings and for their work on the ground. I would like also to welcome the participation of Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative o…
I would like to express our condolences to the family of President Moïse of Haiti and the Government and the people of Haiti for this tragic event.
I would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for her informative br…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Acting Under-Secretary-General Ramesh Rajasingham for their remarks. I also thank Ms. Sherine Ibrahim for sharing her insights. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Turkey and Iran in today’s meeting.
Let me start by expressing …
My delegation welcomes the Acting Chairperson of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and President of the Republic of Angola, His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, to today’s meeting.
I thank Special Representative Mankeur Ndiaye; European Union (EU) Managing Directo…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) François Louncény Fall for his comprehensive briefing.
We share the concerns over the persistent security and socioeconomic challenges that countries and people of the r…
At the outset, I thank Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Arias González, for their briefings.
I also welcome the participation of the represent…
At the outset. I would like to thank you, Sir, in your capacity as a Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992), concerning Somalia, for your briefing. We commend the efforts of the Federal Government of Somalia and its recent constructive cooperation with the Panel of Expe…
First, we would express our thanks to Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Under- Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings today to the Council after their briefings two weeks ago (see S/PV.8715).
Viet Nam’s position on this issue remains unchanged. We continue to support the ongoing efforts o…
We welcome the diplomatic efforts of the United Nations, Germany and other parties in convening the Berlin Conference on Libya. Given the fragile situation on the ground, it is vital for the Security Council to seize the momentum created in Berlin and support the implementation of the Conference’s o…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Mark Lowcock and Special Envoy Geir Pedersen for their briefings on the situation in Syria.
First of all, Viet Nam would like to share its grave concern over the intensified hostilities in north-west Syria, particularly in Idlib. The substantial escalation in the pa…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Natalie Morris-Sharma of Singapore and Mr. Andreas Kravik of Norway for their tremendous efforts in coordinating the informal consultations on the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/74/L.22) and sustainable fisheries (A/73/L.21), respective…
