Delivered By: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their important briefings. The political situation has, for a long time, not seen any signs of diplomatic progress that would suggest any possibility of ending the Syrian
Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President. I’d like to also begin by thanking Special Representative Ziadeh for her informative briefing and I welcome the participation of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dačić and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Gërvalla-Schwarz today.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted today a resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, in their capacities as co-penholders on the Afghanistan file, that condemns the Taliban’s decision banning Afghan women from working for the UN in Afghanistan. The resolution was co-sponsored by more than 90 UN member states, including, for
Delivered By: Mr. Saod Al Mazroui, Alternate Political Coordinator Mr. President, I welcome Special Representative Maria Isabel and I wish her immense success in her new role. We fully support her and the UN’s work in Haiti, including BINUH, as it is a key component in efforts to achieve security and stability in the country.
Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Madam President, I would like to thank all our briefers today for their sobering remarks: SRSG Perthes, thank you for providing us with the most recent updates. And I join others in expressing our hope that the UN team is holding up and staying safe
Delivered by: His Excellency Khalifa Shaheen, Minister of State Mr. President, I would like to thank His Excellency Sergey Lavrov for chairing this high-level debate. I also thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing and his continued efforts to de-escalate tensions. I would also like to wish a happy Eid al-Fitr to
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank Special Envoy Xia for his briefing and his Office’s efforts to support peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. We welcome the participation of the Chair of Peacebuilding Commission for his informative briefing. The contributions of the Peacebuilding Commission are valuable to the Council’s discussions.
Delivered by: Her Excellency Razan Al Mubarak , UN High-Level Climate Champion for COP28 Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, It is an honour to address you today. I would like to thank the members of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for giving me this opportunity to speak about the importance of indigenous peoples, – human
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank the Special Representative Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily and Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane for their informative briefings, and we welcome Ambassador Taher Al-Sunni in today’s session. Since our last meeting, we have witnessed some positive and encouraging steps taken by Libyan parties in conjunction with intensive engagement by Mr.
