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Monsieur le Président, Honorables membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie de l’opportunité qui m’est offerte de présenter, devant cette auguste assemblée, le rapport du Secrétaire Général sur la situation en Guinée-Bissau et les…

Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council once again on the latest developments in Yemen. It has been two months since the parties met in Switzerland, for the first face to face talks of the…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I regret to inform you that the violence which has been erupting in Israel and Palestine since October of last year shows no sign of relenting. Some recent incidents may point…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, The past month has been marked by some of the bloodiest incidents in this current wave of violence across Israel and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. On March…

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…

Mr. President, It is my honour to brief the Security Council for the second time on the implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel and the situation in the Sahel. It is an important opportunity to…

Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). One year…