Speeches and statements

Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start with words of gratitude to President Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan for the hospitality. It is a great pleasure to be here, on behalf of the Secretary-General…

Mr. President, Esteemed members of the Council, I thank you for convening this meeting and for providing the opportunity to brief you on recent developments in the South Caucasus. On the evening of 12 September, the…

Mr. President, As we are painfully aware, the war in Ukraine continues to rage. Since I briefed this Council on 24 August, because of the fighting, at least 104 civilians, including 10 children have died and at least 253…

Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to join you for the third United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit. I would like to start by commending you and your colleagues for continued dedication to protecting the…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the main developments in Libya over the past month. Since the last Security Council meeting on Libya on 25 July, the United Nations has continued…

Mr. President, On 23 February 2022, this chamber heard impassioned pleas to avert a war in Ukraine. To no avail. Today, exactly six months later, there is no end in sight to the conflict triggered by the Russian Federation’s…

Mister President, The United Nations remains gravely concerned about the dangerous situation in and around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine. The plant continues to be operated by Ukrainian technical…

Mr. President, The war triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine is over five months old and shows no signs of ending. Instead, the fighting is intensifying. In the face of such a grim prospect, the agreement signed on 22…

Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on recent developments in Libya. The overall situation in Libya remains highly volatile. Despite progress achieved, the constitutional and political stalemate…

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Thank you, Mr. President for the invitation to brief the Council on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and resolution 2231 (2015). Diplomatic engagements in and around the Joint Commission to restore the Plan resumed in…

Mister President, When I last briefed this Council on 5 April, it hardly seemed possible that the devastation being wrought on Ukraine and its people could get any worse. In the 12 weeks since, countless more Ukrainian…