Speeches and statements

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mr. President, members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council after the comprehensive report from the ERC, Mark Lowcock. In two weeks, we will mark the beginning of the eighth…

Monsieur le Président, Je me réjouis de l’opportunité que vous me donnez de briefer le Conseil, à l’occasion de l’examen du rapport du Secrétaire Général sur le Burundi. Mais auparavant, permettez-moi, Monsieur le Président…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I thank you for this opportunity to introduce the Secretary-General’s report on the situation in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I have come to New York to convey in person, I could have done it by video as we have done many times, to the Security Council the Secretary-General’s grave concern at the…

Mr. President, We are discussing the crisis in Myanmar in this Chamber for the first time in 2018. It is now five months since the start of the violence that has forced 688,000 Rohingya across the border. And the outflow of…

Mr. President, As requested, I would like to brief the Security Council on ongoing developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran under the Agenda Item: The Situation in the Middle East. As this is the first public meeting of…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, Almost two years after Implementation Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, we are at a critical crossroads. Today’s meeting is an important…