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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…

I am delighted to be with you to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Children and Armed Conflict mandate and I thank the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Peter Thomson, for convening this event. The mandate…

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, 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…

On 24 January 2017, the 42nd meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place under the chairmanship of the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, On 16 January, the United Nations welcomed the first anniversary of “Implementation Day” of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which was…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region, a region which continues to suffer from the combined effects of violent extremism, and a serious…

Your Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency Ms. Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba and Chargé d’affairs. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow…

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…

On 11 November 2016, the 41st meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place under the chairmanship of the United Nations. The participants of the meeting followed up on several matters…

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. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to address the Fourth Committee and introduce the Secretary-General’s latest report on “Overall policy matters pertaining to special political…