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Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Today’s briefing is taking place as important developments unfold to end the more than ten year long Palestinian divide and return Gaza to the full control of the legitimate…

Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on progress in the implementation of Resolution 2046 which is concerned with outstanding bilateral issues between Sudan and South Sudan, and, the conflict in South…

Monsieur le président, Permettez-moi, tout d’abord, vous féliciter pour votre accession à la présidence du Conseil pour le mois de novembre. Profitez de cette occasion, je salue les membres du Conseil. Mesdames et Messieurs…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I am briefing you from Geneva, as we are preparing for round 8 of the UN-convened intra-Syrian talks. Let me explain how we got here over the past month, and the approach to the…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, According to the official news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and various governmental sources, at approximately 02:48 am local time on 29 November…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, This Security Council meeting on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is timely and again demonstrates that it is not just the nuclear…

Mr. President, Thank you for the invitation to brief on recent developments in Myanmar. I welcome the participation of Ambassador Hau Do Suan as well as Ambassador Masud Bin Momen. I also welcome being joined by Ms. Pramila…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, It is my honour to present to you the latest Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, Almost two years after Implementation Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, we are at a critical crossroads. Today’s meeting is an important…

Resolution 2397 (2017) Adopted by the Security Council at its 8151st meeting, on 22 December 2017 The Security Council, Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993), resolution 1695 (2006)…

Mr. President, As requested, I would like to brief the Security Council on ongoing developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran under the Agenda Item: The Situation in the Middle East. As this is the first public meeting of…

Mr. President, We are discussing the crisis in Myanmar in this Chamber for the first time in 2018. It is now five months since the start of the violence that has forced 688,000 Rohingya across the border. And the outflow of…