Speeches and remarks

As delivered Thank you, Commissioner [Hadja] Lahbib, and thank you to our hosts. As you have heard from the Secretary-General and others, this conference marks a grim and chastening milestone for us...

As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. This is our third briefing to the Security Council this year. What I am about to share is not new – but a deterioration of an already terrible situation. One...

As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, Ambassadors, Excellencies, I appreciate the opportunity to brief the Council from Beirut, where I arrived last night to find anxiety and tensions at levels I...

As delivered You’ve heard a strong and comprehensive briefing from [Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary] DiCarlo, so let me just underline four points and make...

As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. The repercussions of the war in the Middle East are reverberating across the region. For Syria, this escalation adds new strain at a fragile moment – one that...

As delivered Mr. President, Ambassadors, Excellencies, This is a moment of grave peril for Lebanon, and for the region. For all of us. Too many warning lights are flashing. Actions have consequences. ...

Thank you, Madam President, Nearly three years have passed since this war began - more than one thousand days in which violence has spread relentlessly, humanitarian needs have deepened, and...

As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, As Deputy Special Envoy Cordone has just set out, recent weeks have highlighted Syria’s continued vulnerability to insecurity. They have also shown that, with...

As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Allow me to start by recalling that despite the Secretary General’s calls, and despite all efforts, today, 73 UN staff remain arbitrarily detained by the Houthi...

As delivered Thank you, Mr. President As Syria enters the second year of its new chapter, the determination of its people to build a better future is both palpable and encouraging. Recent weeks have...