Speeches and statements

An unprecedented volume of landmines and unexploded weapons contaminates rural and urban war zones, maiming and killing innocent civilians long after conflict has ended. Mine action is vital. Roads cleared of explosive…

30 March 2018 Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) The Secretary-General welcomes the successful conclusion of the…

[As delivered] Mr. President, I thank the Kingdom of the Netherlands for organizing this important debate and I thank you Prime Minister Mark Rutte for presiding it. I have addressed this Council several times over the past…

Monrovia, 22 March 2018 [As prepared for delivery] Your Excellency President George Weah, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Dear colleagues and friends, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you, Mr. President, and distinguished…

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed addresses the opening meeting of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development. UN Photo/Manuel Elias (Archived photo) New York, 13 March 2018 [As prepared for…

New York, 5 March 2018[bilingual, as delivered] Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and GentlemenThank you, Mr. President, for organizing this briefing on my report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.Two years ago, the…

(22 February 2018; 10:30 hours; Marawi Hall, UNDP Building, Gama’a Street) Good morning ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our first meeting in 2018. Before I start the briefing, I’d like to…

New York, 21 February 2018 [as delivered] Mr. President, Allow me, in this very important debate, related to the Charter and to the maintenance of international peace and security, to convey a personal emotion I cannot hide…

Female genital mutilation is a gross violation of the human rights of women and girls. Over 200 million women and girls alive today have experienced female genital mutilation in 30 countries across three continents. Without…