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Statement by H.E. Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on the situation in the Middle...

29 April 2025 Thank you, Your Excellency. Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding and negotiations. Yet, a political understanding on...

Remarks by Ambassador Dorothy Shea, Chargé d’Affaires, at a UN General Assembly Tribute to the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis

April 29, 2025 Your Excellency, President of the General Assembly. Your Excellency, Secretary-General. Distinguished Delegates, and Honored Guests. Today, we gather to pay tribute to a...

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 Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, at the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine

29 April 2025 Mr. President, Today’s meeting is taking place at a potential inflection point in the three-year war in Ukraine. In the past few weeks, we...

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 H.E. Ms. Mariana Betsa, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, at the Security Council meeting on “Maintenance of peace and security...

29 April 2025 Mr. President, I am grateful to the French Presidency and to you, Minister Barrot, for convening this meeting and for your solidarity with...

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Ukraine

29 April 2025 Mr. President, To begin with, we would like to voice our fundamental disagreement with the presidency’s approach to inviting delegations to today's meeting...

Statement by Lord Collins of Highbury, Minister for Africa and the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.

29 April 2025 Since Russia’s invasion over three years ago, this Council has met many times to discuss the death, destruction and misery Russia unleashed...

Ambassador Geng Shuang’s remarks at the Security Council’s deliberations on Ukraine

29 April 2025 President: I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings. The Ukrainian crisis has dragged on until now, and the war has...

Statement by H.E. Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN, at the UNSC briefing on Ukraine

29 April 2025 Thank you, Mr President, First of all, Minister Barrot, thank you for your presence at today’s meeting I also want to thank Under Secretary...

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Žvokelj, Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia at the Briefing on Maintenance of International...

29 April 2025 Thank you very much Mr. President and again, good afternoon to everyone. I would also like to thank USG DiCarlo and ASG Msuya...

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, at the Security Council Briefing on the maintenance of peace...

29 April 2025 Je voudrais remercier la présidence française du Conseil d'avoir convoqué cette réunion, et saluer la présence de Son Excellence Monsieur le Ministre...

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 Lord Collins of Highbury, Minister for Africa and the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East

29 April 2025 The human cost on October 7th was horrific. And since that day, the hostages have endured unimaginable cruelty, and Palestinians have faced...

Speech by Ambassador Fu Cong at the Security Council Open Debate on the Middle East

29 April 2025 President: I thank you for coming to New York to preside over today's meeting, and I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing. The Middle...

Remarks by Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, at the Security Council meeting on the situation in...

29 April 2025 The Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine recalled that the Council has adopted binding resolutions to stop the bloodshed.  However, there...

Remarks by Brett Jonathan Miller, Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, at the Security Council meeting on the situation in the...

29 April 2025 The representative of Israel, criticizing the Council for a narrow focus on the region that misses the “broader forces at play”, urged...

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East

29 April 2025 Mr. President, We would like to thank Mr. Secretary-General for his review of the situation in the region. For a year and a half...

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Žvokelj, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

29 April 2025 I thank you, Mister President and good morning to everyone. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you, Secretary-General,...

Statement by H.E. Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN, at the UNSC briefing on MEPP

29 April 2025 Thank you, Mr. President, The Middle East continues to face a series of complex and interconnected challenges. It is a region marked by...

Statement by H.E. Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN, at the UNSC briefing on MEPP

29 April 2025 Thank you, Mr. President, The Middle East continues to face a series of complex and interconnected challenges. It is a region marked by...

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...

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council briefing by the UN High Commissioner for...

28 April 2025 I want to start by underlining our wholehearted support for UNHCR and High Commissioner Grandi’s passionate leadership. You have steered the organisation...

Ambassador Geng Shuang’s remarks at the Security Council hearing of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

28 April 2025 President: I thank High Commissioner Grandi for his briefing. The UNHCR has been committed to providing assistance to millions of refugees in conflict-torn...

Statement delivered by Her Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, at the United Nations Security Council “Briefing by the...

28 April 2025 Thank you, Mr. President, I thank High Commissioner Grandi for today's briefing and his frank assessment of the ongoing displacement crisis. Guyana supports the...

Statement by H.E.  Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN, at the Briefing from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

28 April 2025 Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking High Commissioner Grandi for the outstanding leadership demonstrated throughout your tenure. Denmark...

Remarks by HE Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, at the Security Council Briefing by the UN High Commissioner...

28 April 2025 I thank you, Mr. President. I would to start by thanking the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, for his in-depth...

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