Mister President, Members of the Security Council, As you just heard from Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, the fragile situation that prevailed since November 2024 has given way to a significant escalation of hostilities. We…
Mr. President, I thank you for the opportunity to brief you and the Council on the situation in South Sudan, which demands not only our attention, but our collective action as well. This briefing is additionally informed by…
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, As we mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, I invite you to return for a moment to our earliest days. When the Organization first opened its doors, many of its staff bore visible…
Our warring world is crying out for peace. This year’s International Day of Peace urges each of us to give voice to that call. Around the world lives are being ripped apart, childhoods extinguished, and basic human dignity…
JUBA – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemns yesterday’s ambush of its peacekeepers in Western Equatoria State by elements of a local armed group, who subsequently seized a small cache of weapons and…
[As Delivered] Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, thank you for the opportunity to brief on the situation in South Sudan as outlined in the Secretary-General’s report submitted to this Council…
The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned a deadly attack on peacekeepers serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, or CAR, which claimed the life of a Zambian peacekeeper and left…
Hate speech is poison in the well of society. It has paved the way for violence and atrocity during the darkest chapters of human history. Ethnic and religious minorities often bear the brunt - facing discrimination…
Bilingual, as delivered Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Moments ago, I laid a wreath to honour Peacekeepers. Four thousand four hundred of our precious blue helmets have lost their lives since United Nations peacekeeping…
Minister Wadepuhl, Minister Pistorius, Ladies and gentlemen, I thank the Government of Germany for hosting impeccably this important meeting in Berlin. Germany is a pillar of the multilateral system… A strong and generous…
Bernhard Kotsch, State Secretary in the Federal Foreign Ministry, Nils Hilmer, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would first like to express my sincere gratitude to our…