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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

UN Security Council Press Statement on Myanmar

4 April 2025 The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to those affected by the earthquake that struck central Myanmar on 28 March 2025, and also impacted neighbouring countries especially Thailand, resulting in significant loss of life, injuries, and widespread destruction. They stressed their solidarity with the peoples of Myanmar, […]

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

Security Council Press Statement on UNISFA detention, abduction and looting by RSF

17 March 2025 The members of the Security Council unequivocally condemned the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) February 28 detention of over 60 UN peacekeepers, armed abduction of eight civilian personnel and looting of a United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) logistics convoy consisting of eight vehicles and 280,000 liters of fuel, following a

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President FU Cong (China): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 11 February against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) near the village of Zobassinda on the Ndele- Akursoubak

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

Security Council Press Statement on the Houthi Detention of the United Nations and international NGO workers

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President FU Cong (China): The Members of the Security Council strongly condemned the tragic death of World Food Programme member of staff, Ahmed, on 10 February in Houthi captivity and expressed their deepest condolences to the family and the United Nations. Council Members strongly

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

Security Council Press Statement on the Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan

12 February 2025 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President FU Cong (China): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack that occurred outside a bank in the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, on 11 February, which was claimed by ISIL (Da’esh)-K

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Joint Statement in support of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Joint Statement in support of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

This statement in support of the International Criminal Court is endorsed by the following States:  Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany,

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Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

Statement by the President of the Security Council on the Peacebuilding Architecture of the Peace Building Commission

The Security Council reaffirms its resolutions 1645 (2005), 1947 (2010), 2282 (2016), 2413 (2018), 2558 (2020), and recalls its resolution 2171 (2014) and presidential statements S/PRST/2015/2, S/PRST/2016/12, PRST/2017/27, and S/PRST/2018/20, and reaffirms the critical importance of peacebuilding and sustaining peace. The Security Council notes with appreciation the release of the Secretary-General’s report on Peacebuilding and

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A3+ Consolidated Statement At The Emergency Security Council Meeting on the Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A3+ Consolidated Statement At The Emergency Security Council Meeting on the Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mr. President, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the A3+ members: Algeria, Guyana, Somalia, and my own country, Sierra Leone. We are deeply grateful to SRSG Ms. Bintou Keita, USG Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and ASG Joyce Msuya for their thorough and detailed accounts of the alarming situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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