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18.09.2025 Introduction of the E10 resolution on Gaza on behalf of the E10

Who Permanent Representative, Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen
Who Permanent Representative, Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen
When 18.09.2025

Thank you, Mr. President,

 

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the ten elected members of the Security Council, namely Algeria, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia and my own country, Denmark.

 

Mr. President,

 

As elected members, we represent every region of the world.

 

Importantly, we represent the will and the expectations of the members of the General Assembly by whom we were elected.

 

In electing us, they entrusted us with the solemn responsibility to maintain international peace and security.

 

It is in this spirit, and with this grave responsibility in mind, that we, collectively and resolutely, present today’s resolution.

 

Mr. President,

 

Famine has been confirmed in Gaza. Not projected. Not declared. Confirmed.

 

Desperate mothers are forced to boil leaves to feed their children. Fathers search the rubble for sustenance. People are killed as they try to get food to survive. A generation risks being lost not only to war, but to hunger and despair.

 

Meanwhile, Israel has expanded its military operation in Gaza city, further deepening the suffering of civilians as a result.

 

It is this catastrophic situation, this humanitarian and human failure, that has compelled us to act today.

 

Mr. President,

 

Today we will take action on an important resolution.

  

It focuses on three urgent and immediate demands.

 

Demands that many member states have made time and time again. No more, no less.

 

First: an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties;

 

Second: the immediate, dignified and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups.

 

And third; that the Government of Israel immediately and unconditionally lifts all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and ensures its safe and unhindered distribution to the population in need of such assistance in line with international humanitarian law.

 

Mr. President,

 

This is the product of weeks of consultations.

 

The sole intent of this resolution is to ease suffering and contribute to the end of this abhorrent war.

 

So, colleagues,

 

Let this resolution send a clear message.

 

A message that the Security Council is not turning its back on starving civilians, on the hostages, and the demand for a ceasefire.

 

Let it say that we support humanitarian workers and health personnel struggling against impossible odds.

 

That when a war is livestreamed around the world, daily and in graphic details, we have the decency to act.

 

That international law matters.

 

That humanitarian principles matter.

 

That the principles of humanity enshrined in the UN Charter guide us.

 

Mr. President,

 

We, the ten elected members of the Security Council, call on all Council members to vote in favour of this resolution and to uphold this Council’s responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

 

Thank you.