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Final Blessing: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re Honors Pope Francis at Funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square

Saint Peter’s Square  Saturday, 26 April 2025 In this majestic Saint Peter’s Square, where Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist so many times and presided over...

Remarks by Secretary-General António Guterres to the General Assembly event in Commemoration of His Holiness Pope Francis

29 April 2025 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, His Holiness Pope Francis was a man of faith — and a bridge-builder among all faiths. He was a champion...

Remarks by the President of the UN General Assembly, H.E Mr. Philemon Yang, At the Tribute to the memory of His Holiness Pope Francis

General Assembly Hall Tuesday, 29 April 2025 Your Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Today, we mourn the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, while honouring and remembering his...

Statement by Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France and President of the Security Council for the month of April, at...

29 April 2025 Ministers, Ladies and gentlemen, My European partners and I would have preferred not to have to convene this Security Council meeting on Ukraine, but...

Remarks by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine

April 29, 2025 Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Musya for your briefings. Colleagues, the United States has...

Statement by Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France and President of the Security Council for the month of April, at...

29 April 2025 Dear Secretary-General, Ministers, Ladies and gentlemen, I wanted to make the debate on the Middle East a focus of the French Presidency of the Security...

Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Chargé d’Affaires, at a UN Security Council Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

April 30, 2025 Thank you, Mr. President, and I welcome you, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. Thank you to Secretary-General Guterres, for your briefing. Colleagues, as we...

Statement by H.E. Jay Dharmadhikari, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for...

April 28, 2025 I wish, first and foremost, to thank Mr. Filippo Grandi for his briefing to the Security Council, a tradition under his mandate as...

Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Chargé d’Affaires, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Refugees from UN High Commissioner for Refugees

April 28, 2025 Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you, High Commissioner Filippo Grandi, for your briefing. As you indeed highlighted, amid an increase in conflicts...

Remarks by the President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Philemon Yang, Opening Ceremony of 2025 UN Chinese Language Day 

15 April 2025 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to deliver these remarks on behalf of H.E. Philemon Yang, President of the General Assembly, who sends...

UN celebrates Chinese Language Day with immersive cultural experience

17 April 2025 Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, highlighted that "Chinese is stepping ever more confidently onto the world stage, becoming...

Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Saša Jurečko at the UNSC meeting on the situation in Libya

17 April 2025 Thank you Mr. President. We also thank Special Representative Tetteh for her briefing, the first to the Council. Ms. Tetteh, we look forward...

Briefing by Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the...

16 April 2025 As eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo remains gripped by violence, mass displacement and grave human rights violations, especially of women and...

Statement by Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of the Republic of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the...

April 16, 2025 France reaffirms its support for the action of the United Nations in the region, that of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General...

Remarks by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative, at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Great Lakes Region of Africa

April 16, 2025 Merci Monsieur le Président. Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Special Envoy Huang Xia, for your briefing today. The United States remains...

Statement by Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, at the...

8 April 2025 Monsieur le Président, Excellences, Distingués membres du Conseil de sécurité, mesdames et messieurs, Je tiens a feliciter la France pour sa Presidence du...

Remarks by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Kosovo

April 8, 2025 Merci Monsieur le Président. And thank you, Special Representative Ziadeh, for your briefing. I also recognize the presence of and remarks from...

Briefing by Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS),...

3 April 2025 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos...

Statement by Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of the Republic of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the...

April 3, 2025 Thank you Special Representative, for your briefing as well as the efforts undertaken by your office. Thank you Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi for your...

Remarks by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Peace Consolidation in West Africa

April 3, 2025 Merci Monsieur le Président. And let me thank Special Representative Simão for your informative briefing.  We commend your efforts to promote long-term stability and...

Statement by H.E. Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of March,...

13 March 2025 I wish to start by thanking Executive Director Russell and Secretary-General Lockyear for their briefings and for their organizations’ crucial work in...

Remarks by Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, at UN Security Council meeting on Sudan

13 March 2025  “Excellencies, colleagues, thank you for inviting me to speak here today. “I’d like to express my appreciation to Denmark and to the United...

Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Sudan and South Sudan

March 13, 2025 Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and Medecins Sans Frontieres Secretary General Christopher Lockyear, for your briefings...

Briefing by Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, to the Security Council on Ukraine 

26 March 2025 As delivered Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, As we hope for a full cessation of hostilities, and, ultimately, peace, in Ukraine, the situation for...

Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Chargé d ’Affaires ad interim, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine

March 26, 2025 Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya, for your briefing, which powerfully reinforces that this war must end now. Just...

Speech by High Representative Kaja Kallas at the annual UN Security Council session on EU-UN cooperation

11 March 2025  Madam President, Excellencies, It is an honour to address the United Nations Security Council. I would like to thank also the Danish Presidency for scheduling...

Statement by Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of March,...

11 March 2025 High Representative Kallas, thank you for your briefing. 80 years ago, our forebears committed to saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war. They...

Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Chargé d ’Affaires ad interim, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Cooperation between the United Nations and the...

March 11, 2025 Thank you, Madam President, and thank you High Representative Kaja Kallas for your briefing and participation in today’s meeting. For the United Nations...

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