Speeches and statements

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, This Security Council meeting on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is timely and again demonstrates that it is not just the nuclear…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, According to the official news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and various governmental sources, at approximately 02:48 am local time on 29 November…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I am briefing you from Geneva, as we are preparing for round 8 of the UN-convened intra-Syrian talks. Let me explain how we got here over the past month, and the approach to the…

Monsieur le président, Permettez-moi, tout d’abord, vous féliciter pour votre accession à la présidence du Conseil pour le mois de novembre. Profitez de cette occasion, je salue les membres du Conseil. Mesdames et Messieurs…

Good afternoon. I wanted to make a few remarks publicly as I conclude this visit, which is the fifth time that I have been to Colombia over the past two and half years. As always, I appreciate the warm reception received by…

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I have the pleasure to address the Fourth Committee on behalf of Under-Secretary-General Feltman and introduce the Secretary-General’s latest report on “Overall…

Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on progress in the implementation of Resolution 2046 which is concerned with outstanding bilateral issues between Sudan and South Sudan, and, the conflict in South…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Today’s briefing is taking place as important developments unfold to end the more than ten year long Palestinian divide and return Gaza to the full control of the legitimate…

Mr. President, Let me update you first on the latest developments, and then turn to the way ahead on the political track and the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254. First, what’s happening on the ground. The…

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. We are grateful to Norway for convening and chairing this important forum. Last month, I accompanied the Secretary-General in his first visit to Israel and Palestine in his new capacity. In…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the Secretary-General’s report on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin (S/2017/764). Mr. President, Allow me to…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, In a statement by its official news agency on 3 September 2017, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced that it had successfully conducted a sixth nuclear…