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Mr. President, Members of the Council, Ladies and Gentlemen Thank Mr. President for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. As the Council is aware, piracy and armed robbery at sea in…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, As the conflict in the eastern part of Ukraine is entering its third year, the Security Council meets today with both a sense of urgency and hope. The continued failure to fully…

Mr. President, The Council has requested the Department of Political Affairs to brief on the political and security implications of the recent developments in Aleppo. At the outset, I wish to emphasise what the Secretary…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Over the past decades, a broad consensus has been built around the understanding that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can only be resolved through negotiations and on the basis…

Mr. President, Thank you for the renewed opportunity to brief the Council on challenges to peace, security and stability in West Africa, particularly in the Sahel region. I speak to you from Niamey, in Niger, where I have…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to address the Open Debate on cooperation between the United Nations and African Union in the area of peace…

Thank you Madame President, I am honoured to address the Council in my new capacity as the Secretary General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process and Personal Envoy to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the current situation in the Middle East which unfortunately remains extremely concerning. Today we witnessed yet another example of the escalating…

See Arabic version below Mr. President. Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the latest developments in Yemen. Yemen is ablaze and the Yemeni population is in a catastrophic situation. The country is…

Mr. President, Members of the Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Burundi. One year ago, on 5 November 2014, the Security Council held its last discussion on the United…

Thank you, Mr. President; esteemed members of the Security Council, Mr. President, September 2015 marked one year in office of the Government led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. The Prime Minister continues to actively…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, At the outset, on behalf of the UN family in Jerusalem, I would like to extend my deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims of the abhorrent terrorist…