August 2025

STATEMENT BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you, Mr. President. I thank Deputy Special Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya, for their sobering briefings. I also wish to thank Ms. Inger Ashing, Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children International, for shedding light on the deeply disturbing plight of children […]

STATEMENT BYMS. SONIA UMU KARIMMINISTER COUNSELLOR/DEPUTY POLITICAL COORDINATOR Mr. President. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, for his briefing. The Security Council bears the solemn responsibility to address all dimensions of threats to international peace and security, including those arising from the deliberate destruction of critical civilian infrastructure. The sabotage of the Nord Stream gas

Thank You Mr. President, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+ members, namely, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia and my country Algeria. The A3+ thanks SRSG Tetteh for her important briefing, particularly on the roadmap that has been proposed to resolve the political deadlock in Libya.  We also thank Ambassador

STATEMENT BYH.E. MR. KALILU IBRAHIM TOTANGIAMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE/ CHARGE D’AFFAIRES a.i. Mr. President, I thank the presidency of Panama for convening this timely and important open debate. We also express our appreciation to SRSG Pramila Patten, for her comprehensive and sobering briefing, and Ms. Ikhlass Ahmed for her compelling contribution. We take note

STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. KALILU IBRAHIM TOTANGIAMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE /CHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I. Mr. President, I warmly welcome Your Excellency José Raúl Mulino, President of the Republic of Panama, to the Council, and commend Panama’s leadership in convening this important high-level open debate. We extend our appreciation to Mr. Arsenio Domínguez, Secretary-General of the

We have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of [Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Liberia, Sénégal, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Togo] to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to regional cooperation, particularly in the fight against terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel. As ECOWAS marks its 50th anniversary this year, we commend its

A3 PLUS STATEMENT BYH. E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR / PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr. President, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the A3+ members, namely Algeria, Guyana, Somalia, and my own country, Sierra Leone. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Leonardo Santos Simão, and UN-Women Executive Director, Sima Sami

We, Denmark, France, Greece, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and my own country Panama, signatories of the Shared Commitments on Women, Peace and Security of the Security Council, express our deepest concern over instability in West Africa and the Sahel, and its devastating impact on women and girls. We