“The Middle East is not a distant theater of conflict,” Nyanti told the Council, chaired by Somalia’s Permanent Representative, Abukar Dahir Osman. Drawing on Liberia’s own post-conflict experience, Nyanti stressed that peace cannot be achieved by silencing guns alone, but through early, deliberate, and sustained political choices. On the Israel-Palestine conflict, Nyanti reaffirmed Liberia’s support for an immediate and sustained de-escalation of violence, expanded and predictable humanitarian access, and a negotiated two-state solution consistent with relevant UN Security Council resolutions. She emphasized that security without political legitimacy cannot endure and that crisis management cannot replace a genuine peace process. Liberia, she said, stands ready to work with all Security Council members and partners toward a Middle East defined not by perpetual war, but by dignity, justice, and the freedom for ordinary people to build peaceful lives.