Original version in French below. Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, As part of UNIOGBIS efforts to assist in resolving the political crisis, I have continued to engage with multiple stakeholders in…
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, These are indeed chilling days, as the Secretary-General said, for Syria and for the people of Aleppo in particular. The past week has been one of the worst ones in Syria…
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the third “Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I would like to begin today by thanking the Council for your support, expressed during the previous briefing for the work of UNSCO on the ground under challenging circumstances…
Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to update the Council on the latest developments in Yemen and challenges facing efforts to ensure the country’s return to peace and stability. What Yemen is witnessing today…
Mr. President, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank Senegal for organizing this briefing on the cooperation between the United Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The holding of this meeting…
Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Council, The conflict in Ukraine will soon enter its fourth year. Since the Department of Political Affairs last briefed the Council on the situation in eastern Ukraine on 28 April…
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the fourth “Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and…
Mr. President, members of the Security Council, On the night of 8 February, ISIS and its affiliates in the Sinai launched a series of rockets towards the Israeli coastal resort of Eilat. Thankfully, no one was killed or…
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief on this important topic. I would like to start by expressing my sincere condolences to the loved ones of the victims of Wednesday’s…
Madame President, The Council has requested the Secretariat to provide an update on Syria. In addition, Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura will brief the Council in less than a week. I will therefore keep my remarks…
Statement by Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, at the Security Council 8 June 2017 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, At the outset, I would like to reiterate, on behalf of…