UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Madam President, I would like to thank both Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Joyce Msuya for their briefings today. I also thank Ms. Nirvana Shawky for her intervention. Just as the Syrian people recently commemorated the 76th anniversary of the country’s evacuation day, we hope that one day they will
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Madam President, I would like first to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his second briefing to the Council in less than one week and commend his tireless efforts to support stability and peace in the region. Today, we find ourselves at a critical juncture. As previous years have shown, we
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, Let me begin by thanking Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his informative briefing. I also join my colleagues in welcoming Ms. Hannah Tetteh to the Council for her first briefing as the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. You can count on our support
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Madam President, At the outset, I welcome Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and thank her for her first briefing to the Council as well as her tireless efforts alongside the Mission’s team. I also welcome the participation of
Delivered by Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mohamed Abushahab Madam President, I would like to thank Director-General Antonio Vitorino and Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements for their valuable briefings. As we heard from today’s briefers, and in all our meetings on Ukraine since the conflict began almost two months ago, the human costs of the
Madam President, I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their briefings. We are pleased to see unprecedented consensus-building and positive momentum towards ending the war in Yemen and achieving peace, security, and stability. Countless efforts were made to reach this point, the most recent of which was the Yemeni-Yemeni consultations held under
Delivered by H.E. Amiera Alhefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, At the outset, we thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Mr. Carlos Massieu, for his valuable briefing. I would like to express welcome the participation of the President
Delivered by Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mohamed Abushahab Mr. President, Lord Ahmad, I would like to begin by thanking you and welcoming you for chairing this meeting. I would also like to thank Ms. Bahous, Mr. Fontaine, and Ms. Cherepakha for their briefings and insights shared. Mr. President, When this Council adopted the Women,
Thank you, Chair. I also thank our briefers today for enlightening us with their expertise. The UAE shares the same concerns expressed today over the evolution of the threat posed by Da’esh on the stability and security in Africa. As reported by the UN, there are seven different affiliate groups in eleven countries on the
