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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. The only consequence of it was that I am not allowed to fly until Sunday…

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 in and around the march at various locations in Gaza. Soon after the…

Madame la Présidente, Distingués Membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie pour l’opportunité que vous me donnez de briefer à nouveau sur les récents développements au Burundi. Le 17 mai, les Burundais ont voté en faveur d’une nouvelle Constitution. Selon la Commission électorale nationale indépendante…

Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Thank you for this opportunity to provide an oral update on the political and security situations in Guinea-Bissau and on the country’s preparation for elections. Since the adoption of resolution 2404 on 28 February 2018, encouraging progress…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, On 16 January, the United Nations welcomed the first anniversary of “Implementation Day” of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which was endorsed by Security Council resolution 2231 (2015). One year on, the Secretary…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region, a region which continues to suffer from the combined effects of violent extremism, and a serious humanitarian crisis as well as human rights abuses and violations by terrorist…

Thank you, Mr. President, Your excellencies Minister Czaputowicz, Minister Blok and Minister Klimkin, Members of the Council, The conflict in eastern Ukraine is now in its fifth year. It may no longer make major international headlines, but it is neither dormant nor frozen. It is very much alive…

Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, Depuis la publication du rapport soumis à votre examen, la situation en Afrique centrale est restée difficile avec un certain nombre de menaces sérieuses qui pèsent sur la stabilité politique, sécuritaire et socio-économique, y compris dans les…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Nearly three years ago, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2231 (2015) to endorse the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear issue. The Secretary-General, and the international community, welcomed the Plan as…

Brussels – Speaking at the first day of the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels today, two senior United Nations officials commended the country’s government for its efforts in various areas –...

Monsieur le Président, Je voudrais, pour commencer, vous adresser mes vives félicitations pour votre accession à la présidence du conseil, pour ce mois d’août. Je vous remercie pour l’opportunité que vous me donnez de vous briefer à nouveau le Conseil sur la situation au Burundi. Je tiens également…

Mme. President, Members of the Security Council, We meet today in the wake of yet another series of violent escalations that threatened to plunge Gaza into war. Over the past several weeks, Special Coordinator Mladenov has led unprecedented UN efforts, with the Government of Egypt and other regional…