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Sadly, 2016 has begun much like 2015 ended – with unacceptable levels of violence and a polarized public discourse across the spectrum in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. Stabbings, vehicle attacks, and shootings by Palestinians targeting Israeli civilians – all of which I condemn --…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the first “Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations…

Mr. President, In the past reporting period, the heroic people of Iraq have been steadily gaining ground against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is gradually losing its appeal to the disenfranchised population. The liberation and holding of Beiji, Sinjar, and most of…

Monsieur le Président, Honorables membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie de l’opportunité qui m’est offerte de présenter, devant cette auguste assemblée, le rapport du Secrétaire Général sur la situation en Guinée-Bissau et les activités du Bureau Intégré des Nations Unies pour la Consolidation de la…

Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council once again on the latest developments in Yemen. It has been two months since the parties met in Switzerland, for the first face to face talks of the peace process. Those talks produced agreements on several measures which…

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 to a troubling new phase in the conflict. On 31 January a Palestinian…

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 8th, 28 year-old American graduate student Taylor Force was killed in Jaffa…

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 the Department of Political Affairs. The Secretary-General has made the…

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 the Gulf of Guinea is regularly covered in the biannual briefings provided by…

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 implement the “Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk…

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-General said to this Council yesterday. The pattern of systematic destruction…

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 of a two-state solution. This consensus is at the core of the work of the…