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Mr. President, Distinguished Council Members, I am pleased to be here today to brief you on the situation in West Africa and the implementation of UNOWA’s mandate. Further to the 15th report of the Secretary-General on the…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies, Since my last briefing to the Council, the situation in Libya continued to deteriorate amidst significant political fragmentation and violence. Too many…

Thank you, Mr President. I have the honour to present the fourth report of the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 2169 (2014), as well as the seventh report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution…

Thank you Mr Secretary-General for your strong and supportive introduction to this debate, Your Excellency Foreign Minister McCully, Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, It is precisely the immensity of the human…

Madam President, Members of the Security Council, I address you at a time when the risk of escalation in Israel and Palestine is palpable. The past month has witnessed unconscionable crimes of hatred by extremist elements…

Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Council, You have before you the Secretary-General’s latest report on the activities of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya detailing the Mission’s work over the past five…

Mr. President, Let me begin by wishing our Jewish colleagues and their families a “Shanah Tovah” on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah. I would also like to wish all Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha next week “Eid Adha Mubarak”. Mr…

Mr. President, members of the Council, When I last briefed you, I observed that Afghanistan continues to need the support of the international community, as well as the sustained attention of this Council as it faces down its…

Thank you Madame President, I am honoured to address the Council in my new capacity as the Secretary General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process and Personal Envoy to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the current situation in the Middle East which unfortunately remains extremely concerning. Today we witnessed yet another example of the escalating…

See Arabic version below Mr. President. Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the latest developments in Yemen. Yemen is ablaze and the Yemeni population is in a catastrophic situation. The country is…

Mr. President, Members of the Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Burundi. One year ago, on 5 November 2014, the Security Council held its last discussion on the United…