Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 10057th meeting

As Ukrainian civilians battle fourth winter under siege, ongoing peace talks must yield results, speakers tell Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:24:13
• Production Date: 9 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: JOYCE MSUYA; STAVROS LAMBRINIDIS
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LANDMINES; PEACE AND SECURITY; CEASEFIRES; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; PEACEMAKING
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3513312
• Parent Id: 3512020
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10057 PEACE SECURITY UKRAINE 09 DEC 2025 AM

Description

As Ukrainian civilians begin to feel the bite of their fourth winter under siege, speakers in the Security Council today stressed that ongoing negotiations must yield results and that the organ must play its part to alleviate the suffering.

“Despite cautious optimism around resumed diplomatic efforts, 2025 has been one of the deadliest for the people of Ukraine,” reported Kayoko Gotoh, Director for Europe and Central Asia and Officer-in-Charge for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. To illustrate, she noted that civilian casualties between January and November 2025 were 24 per cent higher compared to the same period in 2024. Further, she detailed the Russian Federation’s escalating aerial attacks targeting energy and transport infrastructure across Ukraine as temperatures drop.

Presidency: Ms. Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

• Briefer: Ms. Kayoko Gotoh, Director for Europe and Central Asia and Officer-in-Charge for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations
• Briefer: Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Briefer: Ambassador Tomaž Lovrenčič, Director, ITF Enhancing Human Security
• Statements: All Council members
• Statements: Ukraine, Poland
• Statement: Norway (on behalf of: Nordic countries)
• Statement: Romania
• Statement: Estonia (on behalf of: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
• Statement: Republic of Moldova
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations

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