Priority: Regional Stability

I would like to thank both Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their important briefings. I also welcome the participation of Mr. Hossam Zaki, Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, and thank him for his briefing, which highlighted the impact of the Syrian crisis on neighboring Arab countries. We would like

Delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative Lana Nusseibeh All of us here acknowledge the necessity of addressing the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. In less than a month, more than 3.5 million people fled to neighbouring countries, such as Moldova, Romania, and Poland, and whose generosity we must recognize and appreciate. Furthermore, amid the continued fighting

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank both the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for their valuable briefings on the status of cooperation between their respective organizations. We also thank the civil society representative, Ms. Razan Al-Aqeel, for

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his comprehensive briefing and for presenting the twenty-first report on the implementation of resolution 2334. Our discussion today comes as the region approaches the month of Ramadan as well as other upcoming

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to express our deepest and sincere condolences to the Permanent Mission of Ireland and its staff on the passing of the Deputy Permanent Representative, Mr. Jim Kelly. I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. The use of biological weapons or any weapons of

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization, for their valuable briefings. What we have

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Ambassador Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India and Chair of the Sanctions Committee on Libya, for their insightful briefings. I also would like to thank Dr. Jazia Shuaiter for her valuable opinion and welcome Ambassador Taher

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Griffiths for their briefings. Over the past several years of the Yemen crisis, there have been many genuine regional and international efforts to support reaching a comprehensive political solution that meets the