It is particularly fitting that Lord Ahmad presided over this debate earlier, given his role as his Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. We thank his delegation for bringing this important debate to the Security Council.
I also thank Special Representat…
I want to express our condolences to our American colleagues while the nature of the attack on the subway station in Brooklyn is being verified. We already know that some people have been hurt and we express our sincere regrets to our fellow New Yorkers.
I have the honour to deliver this statement …
I thank the Under- Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN- Women, Sima Bahous; the Director of the UNICEF Office of Emergency Programmes, Manuel Fontaine; and Ms. Kateryna Cherepakha for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Ukraine and the cou…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for April and assure you of my delegation’s full support.
I listened closely to the remarks by the Secretary- General and his Under-Secretaries-General, Rosemary DiCarlo and Martin Griffiths, hoping to hear that…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Joyce Msuya and World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine is a humanitarian catastrophe. More than 10 million people have fled their …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and His Excellency Mr. Hossam Zaki, Assistant Secretary-General of the Lea…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council, namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya (A3).
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Nicholas Haysom, Major General Charles Gituai and Ms. Riya Williams Yuyada for their briefings. …
We voted in favour of the renewal of the sanctions regime established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and we did so because we are committed to strengthening the resolution and enabling it to respond more effectively to the evolving threat. We note that, despite multiple diplomatic engagements, t…
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for their briefings. I also welcome the participation today of the representative of Ukraine.
The humanitarian suff…
Kenya voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/155 to affirm Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations, according to which all members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State. We vo…
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 Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings. We also welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Iran …
I thank the Secretary- General for his urgent plea for peace and Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
In this grave moment, Kenya continues to call for respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine, in line with the core tenets of th…
We thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing and continued engagement with his counterparts in the Middle East Quartet. I would also like to recognize the presence of the representatives of Israel and Palestine who are with us today.
Kenya condemns the extremist and terrorist acts p…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
We meet tonight on the brink of a major conflict in Ukraine. The diplomacy we urged on 17 February (see S/PV.8968) is failing. The territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine stands breached. The Charter of the United Nations …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Helen La Lime for her presentation and welcome His Excellency Mr. Antonio Rodrigue, Permanent Re…
We thank the Under- Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine for their briefings.
Kenya cannot contemplate the conti…
I thank you, Madam President, for the able way in which you have presided over the Security Council in the month of January. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing and welcome the participation of the representatives of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Poland in today’…
I welcome you to New York, Mr. President. I thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Ms. Radhya Al-Mutawakel for their briefings. I also welcome His Excellency Mr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President of Ghana, and H…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the three African members
of the Security Council (A3), namely, Gabon, Ghana and Kenya.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Ambassador Tirumurti, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to …
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important debate and coming all the way to New York at a time when travel
is not as easy as it used to be. I also want to thank you for your presidency of the Security Council, which, so far, has impressed us as thoughtful, generous and well- managed…
