Statements – Mission

STATEMENT BY H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you, Mr. President, Excellency Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.  On 24 October, just 5 days ago, the United Nations commemorated 79 years of its establishment, with the primary purpose of upholding international peace and security and avoiding another major […]

STATEMENT BYH.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANUAMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE  President,  At a time when international law is severely under constrain, with blatant violations particularly of international humanitarian law in ongoing conflicts of international concern, Sierra Leone welcomes the debate, on the basis of the 2004 Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal

BYH. E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWAAMBASSADOR/DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVECHARGE D’AFFAIRES a.i. I thank you Madam President, Your Excellency Ms. Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation. I welcome Your Excellency Madam President for joining us in the Security Council today, and I thank the Swiss Presidency for convening this high-level open debate.  I also thank H.E.

BYH.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWAAMBASSADOR AND DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE / CHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I. Mr. President, I thank you for convening this meeting at the request of Slovenia and the United States, and I also thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča for his briefing. We welcome the presence of the representatives of Ukraine, Poland, Finland and Estonia. Sierra

STATEMENT BYH. E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWAAMBASSADOR/DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVECHARGE D’AFFAIRES  Thank you, Mr. President, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Switzerland for convening this important meeting. I thank the briefers Mr. Robin Geiss, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Dr. Jocelyne Bloch, NeuroRestore, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Biology

BY:H.E. MR. AMARA SOWAAMBASSADOR & DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVECHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I. Thank you, Madam President, I thank you for convening this meeting as requested by Algeria. I would also like to thank Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for her sobering briefing. The recent developments in the Gaza Strip, particularly

H.E. MR. AMARA S. M. SOWA|CHARGE D’AFFAIRES A.I.AMBASSADOR & DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Thank you, Madam President. I thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE A3 PLUS MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (ALGERIA, GUYANA, MOZAMBIQUE AND SIERRA LEONE)  BY H.E. DR. MICHAEL IMRAN KANU, AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Madam President, I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the members of the A3+ members, namely, Algeria, Guyana, Mozambique and my country

STATEMENT BY:H.E. FRANCESS PIAGIE ALGHALIDEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, At the outset, let me congratulate you, Chair, Your Excellency Muhammad Abdul Muhith of Bangladesh and members of your Bureau on your respective elections to the Bureau of the Second Committee at its 79th Session. I want to assure you of my delegation’s

STATEMENT BY:AMBASSADOR AMARA SOWADEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE Madam President, I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude for convening this meeting. I also wish to thank the Russian Federation for requesting today’s discussion. It has now been two years since the unfortunate sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. We remain hopeful that a resolution will