Mr. President, Let me open with best wishes to our Muslim colleagues on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The Secretary-General is encouraged by the recent reaffirmations by Prime Minister Netanyahu of his commitment…
Mr. President, Distinguished Council Members, I am pleased to be here today to brief you on the situation in West Africa and the implementation of UNOWA’s mandate. Further to the 15th report of the Secretary-General on the…
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies, Since my last briefing to the Council, the situation in Libya continued to deteriorate amidst significant political fragmentation and violence. Too many…
Thank you, Mr President. I have the honour to present the fourth report of the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 2169 (2014), as well as the seventh report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution…
Thank you Mr Secretary-General for your strong and supportive introduction to this debate, Your Excellency Foreign Minister McCully, Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, It is precisely the immensity of the human…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I regret to inform you that the violence which has been erupting in Israel and Palestine since October of last year shows no sign of relenting. Some recent incidents may point…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, The past month has been marked by some of the bloodiest incidents in this current wave of violence across Israel and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. On March…
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to address the Open Debate on the role of women in conflict prevention and mediation in Africa, on behalf of…
Mr. President, Members of the Council, Ladies and Gentlemen Thank Mr. President for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. As the Council is aware, piracy and armed robbery at sea in…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, As the conflict in the eastern part of Ukraine is entering its third year, the Security Council meets today with both a sense of urgency and hope. The continued failure to fully…
Mr. President, The Council has requested the Department of Political Affairs to brief on the political and security implications of the recent developments in Aleppo. At the outset, I wish to emphasise what the Secretary…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Over the past decades, a broad consensus has been built around the understanding that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can only be resolved through negotiations and on the basis…