I regret the necessity of this debate under the veto initiative, established by resolution 76/262. We are here owing to the negative vote cast in the Security Council on 18 April (see S/PV.9609) by a permanent member of the Council against draft resolution S/2024/312, which aimed to endorse the Stat…
I thank President Francis for convening this debate on the use of the veto, pursuant to resolution 76/262.
Kenya aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Liechtenstein on behalf of the veto initiative countries.
On 11 April (see A/77/PV.69), Kenya decried before the Asse…
I thank the President for convening this meeting.
The purpose of resolution 76/262 is to increase accountability in the use of a negative vote by a permanent member of the Security Council, not to condemn it as we have so often done recently. There might be days when the veto is exercised to advanc…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this special meeting.
Kenya aligns itself with the veto initiative countries, as represented by Liechtenstein (see A/78/PV.59), and I would like to offer some additional remarks in my national capacity.
A veto does not need to be popular …
Ukraine is bleeding, and it is a grim reminder that aggression, if left unchecked, brings devastation. The cost is mounting, and too many innocent lives are being torn apart, too many homes are being reduced to rubble and the foundations of global
order are cracking. Kenya grieves with the people o…
I welcome the remarks and leadership by His Excellency Mr. Jean Victor Généus, His Excellency Mr. Roberto Álvarez Gil and Her Excellency Ambassador Menissa Rambally, who spoke on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General María Isabel Salvado…
Kenya’s delegation congratulates Brazil on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. We recognize His Excellency Mr. Jean Victor Généus, Haiti’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship, and his Mission, calling on our collective solidarity.
We unreservedly …
We thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime, as well as Ambassador Michel Biang, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022), concerning Haiti, and Mr. Kim Ives, Editor of
Haiti Liberté, for their brief…
Kenya thanks France for successfully coordinating the negotiations for the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations
Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
Kenya voted in favour of resolution 2666 (2022) because it lays emphasis on the protection o…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his presentation of the Secretary- General’s report and his continued engagement with both Israeli and Palestinian officials. Our delegation has taken note of the report’s summation of efforts by the parties and the international community to advance peace …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Abdoulaye Bathily and you, Madam President, as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursu…
I thank Mr. Jaishankar for convening this important debate and congratulate India on ably steering this year’s final presidency and on the sustained excellence of its delegation’s diplomatic efforts over the past two years during which we have both been non-permanent members of the Council. I also t…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Gabon, Ghana and Kenya (A3).
We thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths for their briefings and updates on th…
The Kenyan delegation thanks the United Kingdom for its able steering of the negotiations on resolution 2662 (2022), which was just adopted. We voted in the affirmative to demonstrate our backing for the resolution’s tougher measures against the Al-Qaida affiliate in Somalia. Our vote accords with o…
I congratulate Your Excellency, Madam Minister, on Ghana’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for November. I welcome the Secretary-General’s remarks and those of the former President of Ireland, now Chair of The Elders, Her Excellency Ms. Mary Robinson. I thank Ms. Martha Pobee an…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths and Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan for their briefings.
We regret the news that the Russian Federation has withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The world is hungry. That development makes life harsher for millions who are not party to t…
Kenya enthusiastically voted in favour of resolution 2657 (2022). We thank the United Kingdom and our fellow members of the Security Council for the consultative negotiations that led to the adoption. Kenya is confident that the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Soma…
Kenya thanks Mexico and the United Kingdom for their consultative effort in drafting resolution 2655 (2022), which we have just adopted. Kenya voted for the resolution to demonstrate
its support for Colombia in its praiseworthy journey to achieving lasting peace after decades of war. Kenya commends…
Kenya fully supports the work of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and that of the Secretary- General’s Personal Envoy. That was reflected in our affirmative vote on resolution 2602 (2021) in October last year in our hope that the parties would engage the Pers…
I have the pleasure to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya. We thank Mr. Huang Xia, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, for his briefing.
The A3 remains deeply concerned about t…
