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Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the second “Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and…

Mr. President, I have the honour to present the Secretary-General’s report on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). The report before you presents…

Security Council Briefing on the First Report of the Secretary-General on the Implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman Mr. President, Member of the Security Council, Ladies and…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region. Attacks by Boko Haram continue, mainly in north-eastern Nigeria and southern Niger, and to a lesser extent in…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, With no prospect for resuming negotiations in sight, developments on the ground continue to undermine an already precarious situation. Illegal settlement construction advances…

Mr. President, I am grateful for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the latest developments in the pursuit for peace in Yemen. The last month has been tragic for Yemen. The departure from Kuwait without an…

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, 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…