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S/2025/443 SC

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Vote Recorded VoteS/PV.9962 July 22, 2025

✓ Yes (15)
Speeches following this vote (20) may include explanations of vote
The Secretary-General
I want to thank Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar and Pakistan for convening today’s open debate. The topic of today’s debate shines a light on the clear connection between international peace and multilateralism. Eighty years ago, the United Nations was founded with a primary purpose: to safeguard humanity from the scourge of war. The architects of the Charter of …
The President
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is a great honour and pleasure to preside over today’s high-level open debate of the Security Council on the important theme of promoting international peace and security through multilateralism and the peac…
Mr. Mohamed Yusuf (Somalia)
At the outset, allow me to express my deep appreciation to the Pakistani presidency for convening this high-level debate and to the Secretary-General for his briefing. I welcome His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan to New York to preside over this meeting. Pakistan’s leadership in bringing us together for this important Across the world, we are wi…
Mr. Fu Cong (China)
China applauds Pakistan’s initiative in convening this open debate and welcomes the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohammad Ishaq Dar, as he presides over today’s meeting China welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2788 (2025) on strengthening mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes. Eight decades ago, the World Anti-Fascist War …
Ms. Lassen (Denmark)
Let me thank the Secretary-General for his valuable briefing and for his clarion call to action. I thank you, Deputy Prime Minister Dar, for your presence today. The peaceful settlement of disputes strikes at the very core of our work at the Security Council. Denmark commends Pakistan for bringing it to the forefront today. We also congratulate Pakistan for the important resolution that we adopt…
Mr. Nebenzia (Russian Federation)
We would like to thank the delegation of Pakistan for organizing this open debate on promoting international peace and security through multilateralism and peaceful settlement of disputes. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his briefing. We supported the corresponding resolution crafted by our Pakistani colleagues (resolution 2788 (2025)). The process of finalizing that document was ha…
Mr. Stamatekos (Greece)
At the outset, I would like to welcome your presence, Mr. President, and congratulate Pakistan for presiding over the Security Council for the month of July. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. The promotion of international peace and security through multilateralism and the peaceful settlement of disputes lies at the heart of the Charter of the United Nations and …
Ms. Shea (United States of America)
I thank Deputy Prime Minister Dar for convening this important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. Eighty years ago, in the wake of the devastation of two world wars, the United States convened the nations of the world to envision a better future. They formed the United Nations, with the aim of saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war. Those nations recogniz…
Mr. Totangi (Sierra Leone)
Your Excellency Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Sierra Leone commends the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for convening this timely and significant high-level open debate and for facilitating the resolution adopted today (resolution 2788 (2025)). Today’s debate reinforces one of the core purposes and principles of the United…
Mrs. Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana)
I welcome you to the Security Council, Your Excellency Mr. Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, and commend Pakistan on choosing this subject for today’s open debate. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres for his powerful message. The formation of the United Nations 80 years ago was driven by the catastrophe of two world wars, which brought un…
Mr. Alfaro de Alba (Panama)
Panama thanks the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for convening this open debate, which addresses a subject that is of utmost importance and relevance: the future of multilateralism as a tool for conflict resolution. We welcome His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. We welcome and are grateful for the valuable participation of Mr. A…
Mr. Cho (Republic of Korea)
Let me begin by acknowledging the timeliness of this meeting and thanking His Excellency, Mr. Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, for initiating this important meeting today. I also thank the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing today. We continue to witness how complex and protracted conflicts, driven by a range of underlying causes, …
Mr. Žbogar (Slovenia)
I thank you, Deputy Prime Minister Dar, for convening today’s very timely debate. We also want to thank the Secretary-General for his energizing briefing. The peaceful settlement of disputes is a cornerstone of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. As a legal and moral duty, it rests squarely with the parties involved, in particular their leaders. Drawing from our own experien…
Mr. Bendjama (Algeria)
My delegation wishes to begin by expressing its sincere appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, for presiding over this important high-level debate and for placing the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, at the heart of the Securi…
The President
The representative of China has requested the floor to make a further statement.
Mr. Fu Cong (China)
I would like to respond briefly to the statement made earlier by the representative of the United States. I would like to emphasize that China has indisputable sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao and their adjacent waters. China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea have sufficient historical and jurisprudential basis. China’s position on the South China S…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Tomáš Taraba, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Environment of Slovakia.
Mr. Taraba (Slovakia)
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on this important issue. Slovakia aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union. In addition, allow me to highlight a few points in my national capacity. First, we live in a divided world in which conflicts are multiplying dramatically. Slovakia strongly appeals to Member States of the United Natio…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand.
Mr. Sangiampongsa (Thailand)
Thailand congratulates Pakistan on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month and commends your leadership, Mr. President, in convening this timely and important debate. We stand ready to engage constructively, drawing on Thailand’s long-standing commitment to the promotion of international peace and security. Against a backdrop of rising tensions, geopolitical mistrust and overl…
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