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Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, It is my honour to present to you the latest Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, Almost two years after Implementation Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, we are at a critical crossroads. Today’s meeting is an important…

Mr President and Dear Karel, I am joining you by VTC from Brussels because I had very minor eye surgery on my right eye which had been affected in many missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, and it was useful to do so…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, As you know, today’s Great Return March near the Gaza fence has unfortunately resulted in violence. Based on the information at our disposal, around 30,000 people participated…

Mr. President, The situation in Yemen remains extremely grave. The intensity of the conflict increases day after day and the tragic humanitarian situation continues to worsen. For a third successive year, Yemenis have seen…

Mr. President, I would like to start by congratulating you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. It is an honour for me to address for the first time the Security Council in my capacity as Special…

Thank you, Mr. President for the opportunity to address the Security Council on issues related to United Nations sanctions. This Security Council discussion on sanctions is set against a backdrop of wide-ranging and sustained…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. As detailed by Special Coordinator Mladenov last month, the…

Thank you very much Mr. President for the opportunity to brief the Council on the situation in South Sudan. My remarks build on the briefing provided by Assistant Secretary General Wane and cover the developments relating to…

Resolution 2397 (2017) Adopted by the Security Council at its 8151st meeting, on 22 December 2017 The Security Council, Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993), resolution 1695 (2006)…

Mr. President, As requested, I would like to brief the Security Council on ongoing developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran under the Agenda Item: The Situation in the Middle East. As this is the first public meeting of…

Mr. President, We are discussing the crisis in Myanmar in this Chamber for the first time in 2018. It is now five months since the start of the violence that has forced 688,000 Rohingya across the border. And the outflow of…