I wish to thank all members of the Council for their expressions of sympathy and condolence on the martyrdom of Mr. Rabbani. I would like also to report that a serious investigation is being conducted to find out how the assassination happened. Of course, when we have the final results, we will noti…
I wish to begin by congratulating you, Sir, and the Government of Lebanon on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of September. I also thank my good friend Special Representative Staffan De Mistura for his briefing and presentation of the Secretary-General’s report on Afghanistan (S/…
I am honoured to be here to read the statement of my President, His Excellency Hâmid Karzai, who had to return from New York to Kabul on an urgent basis, following the tragic assassination, through a terrorist plot, of Afghanistan’s former President and Chairman of the High Peace Council, Mr. Burhan…
At the outset, allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of July. I would like also to express appreciation for your personal role and Germany’s prime role in dealing with Afghanistan in the Council.
I would like to extend my war…
It is an honour to take part in this historic gathering, which brings together a broad and diverse group of relevant stakeholders, including Member States and civil society, to take stock of both the progress made and the challenges that have arisen in the past 30 years in addressing HIV/AIDS.
I sh…
I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) submitted under agenda item 51, entitled “United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East”, as contained in document A/65/422/Add.…
Let me begin by thanking you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting, at which the Council has adopted resolution 1974 (2011), extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for an additional 12 months. Afghanistan welcomes the adoption of today’s resolution as an importan…
I was expecting to listen to Mr. De Mistura first, but he has made a very kind gesture to me and my country. My country and the leadership of Afghanistan admire his role and leadership. We benefit from his leadership as a leading international coordinator in Afghanistan and here in New York.
At the…
Please allow me to begin by congratulating you, Madam, and your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of January. I thank you for convening today’s important meeting on post-conflict peacebuilding and institution-building. Our thanks also go to the Secretary-General for …
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Madame President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2010/630) and Special Representative Staffan de Mistura for his informative briefing …
First, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict — a topic of particular importance in Afghanistan. I would also like to thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights and
the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for their…
As this is the first time that I am taking the floor this month, permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council for November. We thank you for holding today’s debate on the work of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council dealing with terrorism.
Afg…
I am honoured to be here today to discuss the annual draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/65/L.9). I wish to extend my gratitude to all delegations that have contributed to the debate and to all of the sponsors, whose collective work on the draft resolution reaffirms their unified com…
At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting on the situation in Afghanistan and congratulate the Government of Turkey for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his most recent repor…
I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I am confident that, under your able stewardship, our deliberations will be fruitful.
Sixty-five years ago, the creation of the United Nations heralded hope for glo…
Ten years ago, Member States gathered in this Assembly to take an unprecedented step. Through the adoption of the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2), we asserted our shared responsibility to humanity and committed to making tangible progress in improving the lives of human beings around the wo…
I would like to convey the deepest condolences of the Government and the people of Afghanistan to the Government and the people of Pakistan, our neighbours, for their loss during this tragedy, and to express our full solidarity with them as they recover and rebuild in the coming months and years.
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I think we have had a very important and constructive debate. We were all on the mission, and we came back with a better understanding of the situation in Afghanistan.
There has been an emphasis in all of our statements today on how, in a short period of time — that is, three months — Mr. De Mistur…
At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and congratulate you on your work as President of the Council for the month of June. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report (S/2010/318) and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staf…
First of all, let me extend my congratulations to you, Minister Okada, and your country for assuming the presidency of the Council for this month, and thank you for convening this meeting and inviting me to participate. I would also like to thank His Excellency the Secretary-General for his presence…
