I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We warmly welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, and thank him for the briefing. We congratulate him on being appo…
Kenya thanks Mexico and the United States for their consultative efforts in drafting resolution 2653 (2022), which we just adopted. Kenya voted in favour of the resolution after making every effort, as one of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), to ensure that it had a review mech…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Ghana, Kenya and Gabon.
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime for her briefing. We also welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Jean Vict…
I thank Mrs. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Permanent Secretary of the Climate Council and Former Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change, and Mr. Patrick Youssef, Regional Director for Africa of the International Committee of the…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, His Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, for their briefings.
We appreciate the Secretary-General’s efforts to strengthen the strategic partnership between the United Nations and the AU. Our cooperat…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I was tempted by other members doing the same.
The resources in Africa have been key to its vicious oppression since at least the Berlin Conference. We
can debate today over who is most to blame, but what is important is the future. That is a future of A…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, and through you, His Excellency Mr. Michael Moussa Adamo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Gabon’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Kenya holds Gabon’s principled and cooperative efforts in the Council in high regard. W…
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Kenya has consistently called for the cessation of hostilities to allow for dialogue leading to a stable European security order. Whether that is established now or following a protracted war that can escalate to an extreme danger to international peace and sec…
I have the pleasure to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African countries that are members of the Security Council (A3), Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bintou Keita and Mr. Emery Mudinga for their briefings. We also welcome the partici…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing on the dire situation in Ukraine.
We again send our heartfelt condolences to all Ukrainians who are suffering the physical, psychological and economic ravages of war.
We are very concerned by the reports of the referendums being he…
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 the delegation of China for calling today’s meeting. We also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime, Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly a…
I thank Martin Griffiths, David Beasley and Maximo Torero for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of Ambassador Maurizio Massari.
Given that we are discussing specific countries whose people are suffering the distress of food insecurity, we would ideally want to hear from the States c…
It was not long ago that the General Assembly convened here for the high-level meeting on financing for peacebuilding. Our meeting and the consensus adoption of landmark resolution 76/305 this afternoon are a demonstration of the ownership and urgency that the entire membership has accorded to advan…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Liby…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing, particularly regarding the aftermath of the recent escalation of violence in Gaza.
The briefings delivered by Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Ea…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for their updates on the situation in Ukraine.
Kenya takes this opportunity to convey its best wishes to President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine on their Independence Day. We regret that what should be a d…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Mr. Gustavo Zlauvinen, President of the tenth Review of the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, for their briefings.
I commend you and your delegation, Mr. President, for the choice of topic for today’s …
The delegation of Kenya wishes Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason great success in her next assignment as Ireland’s chief representative to the United States. Ms. Byrne Nason’s determination and persistence in pursuit of the
security of the most vulnerable will be missed in the Security Council.
I t…
I welcome the participation of Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Baipo Temon in today’s deliberations following the voting and congratulate the Foreign Minister for the significant victory she has won for her country today. Her persistence and determination are a vivid demonstration of the great wins that c…
On four occasions — 15 September last year, 30 September last year, 31 January and 29 April, the Security Council technically rolled over the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for not longer than three-month periods. The same happened today, for the fifth time. On each …
